In a message dated 10/2/2007 11:08:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
glee4ever@yahoo.com writes:
Another illuminating observation by my friend who is in one
of the biggest card rooms on the strip. Since this is not
strictly videopoker, please indicate whether you rather I do
not post such info:
As for the poker machines, I feel that they'll have a VERY limited
appeal and as such a somewhat limited market.
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Private email to DrainBramage:
Your friend the dealer? My friend Ed the horse has an illuminating
observation about cars or carriages with no horse in front. It will never catch on.
My friend the displaced change girl [who was retrained in another casino
job] waxes nostalgic about the days of heavy change belts full of rolls of
nickels. Coinless slots will never catch on for real. Soon we'll all demand to
have a return of the real feel and sound of money. And what about the daredevil
adventure of taking the full bucket of quarters to the change booth. You sort
of knew if the attendant stared at you as you approached that you were in
for some sort of skim attempt. Gawd I miss knowing exactly how many quarters I
had in the bucket and calling over management to complain. And anyway it's
well known and documented by a poster to this list who shall remain anonymous
that... the ticket redemption/change machines that are in the same area the
change booth used to be are not working out. They never work for one. Idiot
ploopies stand there and convert Franklin's into Washington's while the rest of
us wait grumbling in line. BTW something, you'd think Stations would have
taken that as a hint that Guaranteed Play would be a failure, just like the MGM
shuda known Orientals would not walk through the mouth of a lion in order to
gamble... "Have a Grand Day"
Anyway, how else can a casino gambler have a challenge of slaying the dragon
if that live booth attendant is not up high lauding over us all?
And how about all those WalMart Supercenters? Geeese. How much lead paint
can our children ingest for Chrissakes?? Actually if you look at the total
production of China any anomalies like the toy problem are minor. I used to work
what was called the "Junk" show. A trade show at the Sands Convention Center.
Recently the entire basement was tiny booths of Chinese manufacturing firms.
I sensed that if all the extant companies in China would have been here
every inch of convention space in the city would be jammed with tiny booths. And
maybe like the McDonalds manager convention, they might have to have three
waves of attendees over a period of a month.
Speaking of the McDonalds show which is every other year [pity the poor
manager of the McDonalds across the street as a total of 20,000 managers attend
over a three week period]. I worked back stage in the Mandalay Ballroom for
set up of the 7000 seat concerts. I joked with a Stage Hand Union guy when they
were testing the sound system that was spitting out gutteral low bass sounds
as an introduction, "That's the sound of a Big Mac being born." He laughed
at first then realized McDonalds was his employer for that deal and glared at
me like I was a traitor.
Consider one item, bicycle trailers. I bought one in 2001 with a list price
of $300. Today you can buy one in a WalMart for $90. It's not as light and
might be slightly lower quality but which bicycle rider would prefer the more
expensive one with an even higher price now than in 2001?
Ok Ok. I must be a Commie. Let's close all the Walmarts and return to the
neighborhood hardware, bakery, market, clothing stores, butcher shops etc.
Remember the smell of rotting fish as you walked into Joe's Grocery And Meat
Market?
And my friend the $2/4 Limit Holdem player is also nuts when he says, "It's
hard to overcome the rake and the dealer tip." [slowly turning up the Sousa
Stars and Stripes song] Let's all regain our senses and increase the dealer
tips and save an important industry [DADADADADADADADADA DAT DAT cymbal crash]
And after all... That All American Dealer might just own a HORSE!
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