How to handle a pissed off dealer

[Benoit]

ask him to try to get them closer and pitch him a dollar when he does.

[octop]

It was definalty intentional
I won a decent sized pot a little while later and tipped him and magically my cards were able to reach me
However I feel like an [censored] for doing so
I wish I had come up with a better solution ( I think dealers who are good deserved to be tipped but a dealer who gets pissed at not getting a tip for a 12 dollar pot should not.)
I am not trying to start a tipping thread mearly asking how I could have handle the situation.

[Randy_Refeld]

Dealers that actually do this sort of thin are a real PITA. They could get out an extra hand with the time they waste palygin games and make the $1 they feel they were stiffed.

[zipo]

This is the problem with tipping.

Pretty soon, these people take it as an entitlement, and get all uppity if they don't feel someone tips 'enough'.

Remember, tipping is a *gratuity* - and as such totally voluntary.

And also, tipping is always, always -EV.

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This is the problem with tipping.

Pretty soon, these people take it as an entitlement, and get all uppity if they don't feel someone tips 'enough'.

Remember, tipping is a *gratuity* - and as such totally voluntary.

And also, tipping is always, always -EV.

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You know what, as a dealer i don't get upset if a player doesn't tip me on a pot. That seems real petty to me.

But as a player I don't get upset if the cards don't land directly in my hand and I have to reach out a little to get them. Seems really petty to me.

[AngusThermopyle]

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You know what, as a dealer i don't get upset if a player doesn't tip me on a pot. That seems real petty to me.

But as a player I don't get upset if the cards don't land directly in my hand and I have to reach out a little to get them. Seems really petty to me.

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And as a player, I think the "Dealers can do no wrong" posts from dealers don't help the situation.
Read his post.
It was clear that the dealer was tossing short.
Not as an accident.
Face facts. There are some incompetent, petty, rude, and otherwise "bad" dealers out there. And when dealers like you come to their defense, it shows that you really don't care about the job, just the tips.

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You know what, as a dealer i don't get upset if a player doesn't tip me on a pot. That seems real petty to me.

But as a player I don't get upset if the cards don't land directly in my hand and I have to reach out a little to get them. Seems really petty to me.

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And as a player, I think the "Dealers can do no wrong" posts from dealers don't help the situation.
Read his post.
It was clear that the dealer was tossing short.
Not as an accident.
Face facts. There are some incompetent, petty, rude, and otherwise "bad" dealers out there. And when dealers like you come to their defense, it shows that you really don't care about the job, just the tips.

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I'm not defending the Dealer. I'm just pointing out that that having your cards dealt short is not quite the worst thing that can happen to you at a table.

My doing so is not an indication that I don't care about my job. I care greatly about doing my job to the best of my ability and my tips have suffered for that.

I've said the dealer here was being petty. The thing is that I've seen to many big problems come petty retailiation for petty carp. It starts to feed of itself and it grows. Last Saturday night I had a near brawl break out between three players over the most of things, but each had to have the last word. It seems to me much more productive to shrug of the petty passive aggressive crap that gets thrown at you then to even give it a second thought.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

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I'm just pointing out that that having your cards dealt short is not quite the worst thing that can happen to you at a table.


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Nope. The worst thing would be more like this...

You're happily playing along. The waitress is kinda foxy, and you're flirting a little with her. You're up a few bux, you've had a few beers. The colts are ahead, and you've got a bennie bet on them to win! Life is grand. Viva Las Vegas!

Then you get aces. You raise before the flop. You get reraised. Two calls, you make a HUGE reraise all-in, everyone calls. The BEST hand you're facing is J2o. The waitress winks at you...


WHAM!!!!! SOME FRIGGIN' JERK WEARING STEEL TOED BOOTS COMES ALONG AND KICKS YOU RIGHT IN THE NUTS!!!!

As an aside, your aces lose to Js2d, who hits runner-runner trip deuces.

The waitress then spills hot coffee in your lap, just in case your nuts weren't sore enough already. At almost the same time you find out she's a man-hating lesbian who was just working your sorry ass for tips. As you're writhing in agony on the floor, you see the jerkoff kicker for the other team make a last minute 59 yard field goal, EVEN THO THEIR TEAM WAS BEHIND BY EIGHTEEN POINTS, thus making certain that you DON'T "cover the spread."

Oh yeah, and they're out of your favorite brand of beer, so they bring you an O-douls. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

al