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That's an amusing story, Bob--not least because it's such a beautiful example of brain-dead casino management behavior.
But it's also a great example of something every AP encounters repeatedly--attitudes casting aspersions on all kinds of things that we do to earn a living. We get it from family members, non-gambling friends, other players at the table. From casino management we expect it, of course, and from that direction it's simply hypocritical and self-serving. But think of the civilians who think that counting cards is cheating, who cluck their tongues like chickens if a dealer shoves a hole card in your face, and tell you you can't pay attention to it, who will actually stand with 17 when the whole table knows the dealer has 18 because she just flubbed the deal and flipped the hole card face up. It's incredible how many have a Miss Goody Two-Shoes attitude, when it should be obvious to everyone that the casino gives no quarter.
I realize that APs tend to push the envelope pretty hard. There are plays on the ethics of which reasonable minds may differ. But we are surrounded by so many people who never even ask themselves that question, who just consider it all players' duty to behave exactly as the casino would want. Soldiers think only other soldiers understand them, etc.
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