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06-23-2005, 06:09 AM
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Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
1) While working the floor last night, a guy I have never seen before comes walking in, beelines toward me and rudely says "If you comp me dinner I'll get in that game." While feeling like I'm getting blackmailed I say "Well, we comp players depending on how long they play...". He interrupts and says he wants dinner comped immediately. Annoyed, I say "I can't do that." He mills around for 10 minutes or so and walks out. Meanwhile all of our tables were full and several names were on the board. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
2) While signing up folks for a "freeroll" tourney, I had a guy freak out on me because "the blinds go up too fast and we start with too few chips". He was very upset. It's a FREE tourney for Christ's sake - the buy in is $0.00! Yet he complains. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Both incidents just made me chuckle. While most players are pretty cool, it's amazing the nads that some people have. Sometimes I feel like using Al's trademark "kick them in the nuts" move, but it's his move. I need to find one of my own. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] 
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06-23-2005, 06:32 AM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
I'm writing tickets in the racebook. Supervisor tells me, "See that guy in the grey windbreaker who just walked in? Watch him. He's going to go around and scoop up some old discarded tickets, then come here and ask for some drink tickets." Sure enough, the guy was roaming through the racebook, picking up old tickets, scratch sheets, tucking a used Racing Form under his arm--and heading for my window.
My boss stood nearby, but pretended to be busy with something else. As soon as the bum started to ask for some drink tickets, my boss was right there before the bum had finished making his request. "We comp drinks for the players," my boss told him. Of course, the bum waved all the tickets he had "bought" over the course of the afternoon. My boss took one of the tickets out of Bum's hand and looked at it. "Seventh race at Santa Anita. It just finished. Which horse did you bet?" The bum dropped an F-bomb as he left.
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#4
06-23-2005, 07:09 AM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
on my second trip to Vegas, I was playing 6/12 Holdem at the Mirage from 1-5am -
there was a guy who might remind you of a bum or an Ellix Powers - older black gentleman - but I think he had been playing up on the higher chip platform games - sort of a shabby suit, but not too shabby - come 3am he's hanging out at an empty table, still bumming drinks from the waitress, and reading or hanging out like he was waiting for a new game to start.. It occured to me I could be homeless, play some poker, and drink all night for free if I was at the Mirage - In fact, I don't understand how any decent 2+2'er could even have a bar tab - simply grab a rack of blue, sit down, play uber tight at 1/2 NL, and drink the free whiskeys.... (part of my love for the MGM room goes past just the games/people - they have Jameson whiskey there) - anyways, back to the Mirage, I don't know if that is normal or not, but he asked for a double and they brought it to him - I later found out he might have been waiting for those sandwiches they bring out at 5-6am. pretty darned interesting, to say the least... I helped myself to a couple of the Mirage dinner comps, but in both cases I had been there for hrs and in one case, I still ended up paying 10 bucks for the damned buffet - LOL Canterbury gives you nothing except once in a great, great while, a manager might give you a card for free Valet parking... - to the point that the first time I went to Vegas I asked the waitress how much the drink was - (I later immortalized that incident in a song I wrote - LOL) - - oh wait, nevermind, Canterbury gives free pop - but with tips, nothing is free. RB
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#5
06-23-2005, 08:55 AM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
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(part of my love for the MGM room goes past just the games/people - they have Jameson whiskey there) - [/ QUOTE ] You are a good man. My brother carries his golf clubs in a Jameson golf bag. It has a compartment for the whiskey.
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#6
06-23-2005, 11:04 AM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
First trip to Tunica, I tried to buy someone a beer and they all looked at me like I was stupid or something.
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#7
06-23-2005, 11:54 AM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
I was at the Taj last weekend playing with a regular next to me and some old guy came up and said hi to him. the regular told me the guy comes in every day and plunks his chips down at a 1-5 stud table and basically never plays. he just walks around for 8 hours, playing a hand every hour or so to keep his seat.
he does this all just to collect the 50 cents an hour in comps! apparently a couple months ago they caught on to him and pulled tape on him one day and saw he didnt play a hand the whole day and they confiscated 200 dollars of his comp money.....yet he still does it!
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#9
06-23-2005, 12:49 PM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
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I think I'd rather work at Mcdonalds and get minimum wage then walk around for hours getting .50 in comps. [/ QUOTE ] A lot of older poeple that have nothing to do all day do this.
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#10
06-23-2005, 01:59 PM
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Re: Something for nothing....the nads some people have.
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[ QUOTE ] I think I'd rather work at Mcdonalds and get minimum wage then walk around for hours getting .50 in comps. [/ QUOTE ] A lot of older poeple that have nothing to do all day do this. [/ QUOTE ] Wouldnt they spend more money in a day in blinds then they would get in comps?
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