In a message dated 1/20/2008 8:40:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
GRAYTLEEGRAY@aol.com writes:
So what part of the service did you take offense? Was it the bartender's
manner and tone in requesting maximum play, or the rule of maximum play
itself to
get comped?
Of course it was his manner. Rules are rules and a quiet explanation would
have served just as well. I don't make (or comment on) the rules at that
casino. But it is how they are implemented that matters.
In another case, I was directed to try to get a drink (without playing) in a
poker room at a big Strip casino. I've done this many times without
incident but in this case, when I asked for 'orange juice and soda,' the waitress
loudly asked if I was playing. When I said no, she huffed, "Then I can't serve
you!" This is patently not true - what about wives and girlfriends of
players - wouldn't they drag their man out of there after being embarrassed like
that? Over a nonalcoholic drink, no less. That's why the casinos want to
have us in there finding out how their employees treat guests.
Karen
"She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you
would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
- Mark Twain
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