[Peter]

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If you want "to insure prompt service" I suggest tipping the dealers. They don't have to deliver a fast game if they don't want to.


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Aren't tips meant to work the other way around? If someone wants a tip, he/she should deliver prompt service no matter what their line of work is.

I think it used to be this way, but somewhere along the line people starting expecting to get tips and when they don't they figure that the person that didn't tip them doesn't deserve prompt service.

I think they do have to deliver a fast game, even if they don't want to because that's what they're paid for. Unfortunately, because of "expecting to get tips", bosses will also expect that their employees get tipped and to increase their profit they renamed the tips "to be part of their income" so they could decrease the pay which basically means that a lot of people actually get underpaid.
Sorry for the long sentence.

In my opinion tips should never be seen as part of your income by whoever pays your salary, but try telling the bosses that.

Maybe the casino system in the Netherlands isn't so bad. The casino's are property of the government, with all the profit going to the state, and the employees actually get a pretty decent paycheck, even without tips.

Peter