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Hi Everyone-
I got a call from an old friend this morning. She felt like coming
to AC, and we decided to meet at the Borgata. We had a nice comped
lunch in the buffetand then went out to play.
Soon after we sat down, a couple sat next to me, both with lit
cigarettes in hand. I immediately took out my fan. The woman, sitting to
my immediate right, said "Is that a fan?" and I said "yes.". When a seat
on the end opened up, at a machine my friend likes, she moved to it. I
moved over to her seat to get further from the smoke. I tried a few
other machines as they opened up, but couldn't hit. When the man in this
couple got up, vacating the machine to my friend's left, I moved to sit
next to her. I hadn't seen her in a few years, and wanted to chat with
her as we played. I took my fan with me. The female smoker was to my
immediate left.
I will add her, that normally I would have just gotten up and left
that bank of machines, but my friend wanted to play that one machine
and I wanted to sit with her.
We played for several hours, and I lost about $200. As we were
getting ready to leave anyway, a young (late 20s, early 30s) male
manager came up to me. "Is that fan for smoke?" he said, and I said
yes.
He then went on to say that smoking is allowed in the area and I
shouldn't use the fan. I said I am not asking the woman not to smoke,
but using the fan so she doesn't force me to smoke too. I didn't see any
signs saying "no fans." I told him the Borgata' "non-smoking" area is a
complete joke, and smells worse than the regular floor. He said the
employees enforce the no-smoking rule. I said that's news to me, because
in 2 1/2 years of playing there, I've seen an employee enforce it only
once or twice. My friend backed me up, saying the no-smoking signs
there aren't enforced.
He continued to say that smoking is allowed and I shouldn't use my
fan. I said "Let's see if you still feel the same way 20 years from now,
when you have lung cancer from breathing this shit 40 hours a week.
Non-smoking casino workers have gotten lung cancer you know." He
said he knows. I said my mother died of lung cancer last year and I am
only trying to protect myself.
He again said I shouldn't use the fan.
I then pointed the fan towards myself and said, "OK it's for hot
flashes. Have a nice evening." He didn't buy it.
"Are you telling me the Borgata doesn't want my business?" I
asked.
He wouldn't go that far, but said I should play in the non-smoking
area. I reiterated that the "non smoking" area is a joke.
We were getting to leave anyway, so I told him that next time I'll
go to Trump Plaza where they have a real no-smoking area and
appreciate my play.
He walked away, knowing he wasn't getting anywhere with me. We
left soon after that.
Well, that's the story. In addition to being really cheap with
comps and cashback, the Borgata apparently has no regard for the health
and comfort of its customers. I'll stop in to pick up the cashback I've
earned and maybe use some comps, but they've seen the last of me.