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tipping question

#1

One time I hit a royal at the SouthCoast and no one would respond. I wited for like an eternity. Finally, I looked over my shoulder and the change attendant in the booth saw me and waived to say that she would get somebody. About 15 seconds later, I looked again over at the booth and there were 2 suits looking back with big smiles on their faces. Another floor worker paid me off and I tipped her. The smile on the suits faces vanished once they realized that no tip was forthcoming from me. I guess they thought that a tip was coming their way since it was a W2-G hit. I walked back over to the change attendant in the booth and tipped her. Needless to say, she was thrilled and the suits looked none too pleased!
   
  Tipping should be earned and not an obligation. Having worked in the gratuity field, if you provide excellent customer service, smile and are personable, then a gratuity is in order. If you just show up for the cattle call, then tough!

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#2

....I walked back over to the change attendant in the booth and

tipped her. Needless to say, she was thrilled and the suits looked
none too pleased!

Suits them right!

  Tipping should be earned and not an obligation. Having worked in

the gratuity field, if you provide excellent customer service, smile
and are personable, then a gratuity is in order. If you just show up
for the cattle call, then tough!

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! (I'll stop here before Bob frowns upon me)

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#3

  Tipping should be earned and not an obligation. Having worked in

the gratuity field, if you provide excellent customer service, smile
and are personable, then a gratuity is in order. If you just show up
for the cattle call, then tough!

I'm one of those roughly 1% guys, but a lot of times I don't feel
like I know what I'm doing. I'll be at the $5 sometimes and people
are getting beat up on DDB there and finally hit a regular 4OK for
$1250, and the attendants come over dumping loads of congratulations
and how lucky they are, and then take forever to shut off the music
and bring the money. I tip even when I'm getting killed and the
service stinks, but I don't feel particularly good about it.

Now, to reply to the above, my question is then this: If the tip is
for excellent service, how much should the tip be? I mean, I don't
think $20,000 weighs that much more than $1250, so it's not like
they're struggling more to carry it to you. So if $20 is a good tip
for $1250, is it good for $20,000? Of course we'd say no, for the
same reason, I suppose, that a bad waiter in an expensive restaurant
makes bigger tips than an excellent waiter in a cheap restaurant.

I guess there is no fairness with these things. At least at the
tables, the dealer isn't expecting anything unless you're winning,
and s/he knows if you're winning overall and not just one hand.

#4

Excellent point.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "dddddmike" <ddddmike@...> wrote:

I guess there is no fairness with these things. At least at the
tables, the dealer isn't expecting anything unless you're winning,
and s/he knows if you're winning overall and not just one hand.

#5

The last laugh may be on you. The suits have your name, address,
driver's license number, date of birth, and ssn. Have you checked the
casino privacy policy lately?

One time I hit a royal at the SouthCoast and no one would respond.

I wited for like an eternity. Finally, I looked over my shoulder and
the change attendant in the booth saw me and waived to say that she
would get somebody. About 15 seconds later, I looked again over at
the booth and there were 2 suits looking back with big smiles on their
faces. Another floor worker paid me off and I tipped her. The smile
on the suits faces vanished once they realized that no tip was
forthcoming from me. I guess they thought that a tip was coming their
way since it was a W2-G hit. I walked back over to the change
attendant in the booth and tipped her. Needless to say, she was
thrilled and the suits looked none too pleased!

   
  Tipping should be earned and not an obligation. Having worked in

the gratuity field, if you provide excellent customer service, smile
and are personable, then a gratuity is in order. If you just show up
for the cattle call, then tough!

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#6

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000"
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The last laugh may be on you. The suits have your name, address,
driver's license number, date of birth, and ssn. Have you checked the
casino privacy policy lately?

Really? You mean everybody (who is up on the rungs, so they have to
wear a suit) has access to all this information? I can understand
the "casino" having this information, but is it accessible to even the
lowest of suits?

#7

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000"
<nightoftheiguana2000@...> wrote:

The last laugh may be on you. The suits have your name, address,
driver's license number, date of birth, and ssn. Have you checked

the

casino privacy policy lately?

>
> One time I hit a royal at the SouthCoast and no one would

respond.

I wited for like an eternity. Finally, I looked over my shoulder

and

the change attendant in the booth saw me and waived to say that she
would get somebody. About 15 seconds later, I looked again over at
the booth and there were 2 suits looking back with big smiles on

their

faces. Another floor worker paid me off and I tipped her. The

smile

on the suits faces vanished once they realized that no tip was
forthcoming from me. I guess they thought that a tip was coming

their

way since it was a W2-G hit. I walked back over to the change
attendant in the booth and tipped her. Needless to say, she was
thrilled and the suits looked none too pleased!
>
> Tipping should be earned and not an obligation. Having worked

in

the gratuity field, if you provide excellent customer service,

smile

and are personable, then a gratuity is in order. If you just show

up

for the cattle call, then tough!
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Why would the casino privacy policy have to with anything? I guess
that the SouthCoast will be trolling this board and every one else
out there for negative comments. I tipped the APPROPRIATE and
DESERVING associates who made my experience enjoyable. So what
would happen if a casino had a policy to have a minimum of 5 people
give someone a hand pay? Would you feel you would have to tip
everyone that shows up for the cattle call for risk of violating the
casino's policy about who knows what? How about 6,7,8 people???

Just because you show up for a party, doesn't mean that you'll get
in.

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#8

The suits have associated expenses, in buying the suits, having them
cleaned and pressed; which the floor workers don't.

Perhaps Wynn would announce a policy that the floor workers would have
to share the tips with the suits. Then they don't even have to show up;
they can sit in their cubicles and have the tips flowing in.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gimmeaquad" <gimmeaquad@...> wrote:

Just because you show up for a party, doesn't mean that you'll get
in.

#9

If you give your ssn to a bank or employer, they have a privacy policy
about how they protect your number and who gets access to it.

What's the casino privacy policy on your vital information?

Here's Harrah's:
http://www.harrahs.com/privacy.html

We protect, according to strict standards of security and
confidentiality, all nonpublic personal information we collect about
our customers. We maintain physical, electronic and organizational
safeguards to protect this information. We contractually require any
person or organization providing products or services to customers on
our behalf to protect the confidentiality of this information. We
afford former customers the same protections as existing customers
with respect to the use and sharing of their information. We permit
only authorized employees, who are trained in the proper handling of
this information, to have access to it.

Do you believe it? Do you think the authorized employees of Harrah's
are trained in the proper handling of this information? What are other
casino privacy policies? Do they even have one?

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "gimmeaquad" <gimmeaquad@...> wrote:

Why would the casino privacy policy have to with anything?

#10

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "nightoftheiguana2000"
<nightoftheiguana2000@...> wrote:

> Why would the casino privacy policy have to with anything?

If you give your ssn to a bank or employer, they have a privacy

policy

about how they protect your number and who gets access to it.

What's the casino privacy policy on your vital information?

Here's Harrah's:
http://www.harrahs.com/privacy.html

Do you believe it? Do you think the authorized employees of Harrah's
are trained in the proper handling of this information? What are

other

casino privacy policies? Do they even have one?

I would have to say they are probably trained just as good as the LV
DMV with how many thousands of people's info on a laptop, along with
all the other laptops that have went missing the last few months with
names, SSN, addresses, and medical info.

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