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Top Ten Casino Annoyances...

#1

Don't forget the slot machine in the next row that is loudly shouting something ("WHEEL!!! OF!!! FORTUNE!!! seems most common) to promote itself to passers-by, and no one is even playing it. Just plain noise.

--BG

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10. Top Ten Casino Annoyances...
Posted by: "bjaygold@aol.com" bjaygold@aol.com bjaygold
Date: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:38 am ((PDT))

10. People Who Eat, Noisily And/Or Messily, While Playing Next To Me

9. People Who Cash Out Every Two Minutes

8. People Who Curse Loudly At Their Machine While Playing Near Me

7. Screen Knockers

6. Button Pounders

5. Cigarette Smokers (Upwind)

4. People Who Have Not Bathed In Four Days (Upwind)

3. People Who Won't Shut Up And Let Me Play

2. People Who Hover Or Sit Behind Me, Trying To Watch Me Play

1. Cigar Smokers (Upwind)

Honorable Mention to:

HM1. Drawings With Paper Tickets

HM2. Players With Machine Volume Set To Maximum In A Quiet Casino

HM3. Strangers Who Root For You While Passing By (Come On, ROYAL!)

HM4. Hovering Bartenders

HM5. Cocktail Waitresses Who, After Loudly Saying "Cocktails" Three Feet
Away, Then Single You Out With, "Are You Okay?"

HM6. Restrooms That Are Closed For Cleaning

HM7. Ticket Cashing Machines And ATMs With Low Limits

HM8. Very Loud Casino Music

HM9. Outlets At New Casinos Where You Have To Get A Printed Comp--No Card
Swiping

HM10. Getting A Beverage In A Five Ounce Glass With Four Ounces Of Ice

#2

Don't forget the slot machine in the next row that is loudly shouting something ("WHEEL!!! OF!!! FORTUNE!!! seems most common) to promote itself to passers-by, and no one is even playing it. Just plain noise.

--BG

I think I've memorized a few of Dean Martin's songs with the annoying
help of some machines.

#3

I was playing a table game near the most obnoxious WMS machine I've ever
heard in my entire life. It was set to about 150 decibels and every time the
player got any sort of win, ear-piercing noise played, causing me intense
physical pain. Not about to leave my table game, because I'm a degenerate
gambler, I silently prayed to God that the player would go broke soon (I
hate rooting against other players though) so I would get relief from the
horrible noise. After about 5 minutes, I noticed I didn't hear the sound
anymore. I turned around to confirm that he was gone and not just talking on
his cell phone or something. Instead, I saw he hit the top award! He was
waiting for a $2,500 hand pay. He took his money and left the machine. No
one else played the entire time I was at the table. Win/win.

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Tom Robertson <madameguyon@embarqmail.com>wrote:

>Don't forget the slot machine in the next row that is loudly shouting
something ("WHEEL!!! OF!!! FORTUNE!!! seems most common) to promote itself
to passers-by, and no one is even playing it. Just plain noise.
>
>--BG

I think I've memorized a few of Dean Martin's songs with the annoying
help of some machines.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

#4

Yes, WHEEL...OF...FORTUNE ranks way up there on the annoyance meter, along with a few other machines I can think of, such as the dreadful Caveman Keno. But there is one machine that stands in a class by itself. That would be... LEPRECHAUN. If you have ever had the misfortune of being seated for several hours near a Leprechaun machine turned up to full volume, you won't soon forget it.

EE

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Glazer" <b.glazer@...> wrote:

Don't forget the slot machine in the next row that is loudly shouting something ("WHEEL!!! OF!!! FORTUNE!!! seems most common) to promote itself to passers-by, and no one is even playing it. Just plain noise.