# Fired! For Turning Head On A Live Game At A Casino? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586 "2013-05-28T22:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/21 "2013-05-29T16:34:44Z")
I have read a lot of stuff today, including several chapters of a well-known work of humor. This thread is the funniest thing I’ve read all day. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/22 "2013-05-29T16:49:23Z")
The OP approaches a level on incomprehensibility previously achieved only by 6th graders hopped up on Pixie Stix. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/23 "2013-05-29T16:51:03Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > My interpretation: > The title is pretty straightforward: “Can you be fired as a casino dealer for turning your head on a game in progress?” > “I have a job interview with a casino, among other expected accessories I will be bringing two copies of my résumé, and meet their appearance and grooming standards.” > “However I have been told that they fired a dealer over the infraction laid out in the thread title. I understand the demands and stakes involved in the business of casinos, but feel this is a bit strict.” > “Said former employee had previously been a police officer so he understands the issues behind a job like this,” > “Said gentleman even rode a motorcycle in the course of his job and (whispered aside) owns a particularly large, stylish heavyweight model of motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson.” > > Am I close? Barbara Billingsley, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/24 "2013-05-29T16:54:26Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Barbara Billingsley, is that you? Oh stewardess! I speak… uh. Whatever the hell that was. (It wasn’t jive!) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/25 "2013-05-29T17:04:39Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Okay, how about just telling us what “turning head on a live game” entails. FWIW, Google informs me that this thread is the only place in the history of the entire Internet where the phrase has been used. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/26 "2013-05-29T17:43:21Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I’m as lost as Little Nemo. I still have no idea what’s going on here. The OP is just too confusing. Hey, he said “yo”, yo. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/27 "2013-05-29T17:47:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > FWIW, Google informs me that this thread is the only place in the history of the entire Internet where the phrase has been used. I’m assuming he means looking away from the table while a casino game is in progress. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/28 "2013-05-29T17:47:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > FWIW, Google informs me that this thread is the only place in the history of the entire Internet where the phrase has been used. And we were all here to witness its birth! ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/29 "2013-05-29T18:08:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > And we were all here to witness its birth! I thought the mother would be the one who suffers the pain from the event. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/30 "2013-05-29T18:11:54Z")
Anybody got a burlap bag and a creek handy? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/31 "2013-05-29T18:29:31Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Am I close? We can’t be sure, since **smee goan** is yadda yaddaing somewhere else. But your translation sounds spot-on to me. And I think I can formulate our reply: "Yes, casinos really do fire dealers for this and similar infractions. Even a police officer might find casino security policies unfamiliar, since police are trained to respond to any emergency, whereas dealers are required to focus like a laser on the table in front of them, to prevent cheating and theft in the event of possibly deliberate distraction. You need not and should not let this stop you from going on your interview, but do be aware that if you are hired you will be responsible for large amounts of money and held to rather strict standards." Now, can you translate this back into something that the OP can understand? I certainly can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/32 "2013-05-29T19:03:43Z")
The OP’s username reminds me of this Knock Knock joke: Knock Knock! Who’s there? Goan! Goan who? Goan fuck yourself! ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/33 "2013-05-29T19:11:57Z")
I appreciate the interpretation to help me understand what the hell the OP was talking about, but I’m still uncertain what the cop rode had anything to do with it. Further ideas anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/34 "2013-05-29T19:17:52Z")
> [@Tequila\_Party](#): > > I appreciate the interpretation to help me understand what the hell the OP was talking about, but I’m still uncertain what the cop rode had anything to do with it. Further ideas anyone? I think it’s his way of saying that the cop was badass–the kind of tough, streetwise hombre that you would think a casino would _want_ working security. And yet they fired him for dereliction of duty. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/35 "2013-05-29T19:30:28Z")
Get’s my vote for Most Inarticulate OP of the Year. Hell, this has got to be in the top 10 of all time. Glad someone could translate into English. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/36 "2013-05-29T19:32:34Z")
Turning Head On a Live Game! Apply directly to the unemployment office! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/37 "2013-05-29T19:33:21Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Get’s my vote for Most Inarticulate OP of the Year. It get is what now? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/38 "2013-05-29T19:40:42Z")
Fired! For Turning Head? I can see it now. Boss says “Enough with the Linda Blair impression. You’re fired!” ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/39 "2013-05-29T19:51:45Z")
Once I saw a Fat Boy getting his game on while **getting** head, but that’s the best I got. ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/40 "2013-05-29T23:08:28Z")
Took the day off for the interview (soon), > [@](#): > > Agreed. All his base are belonged to the casino. Also liked the pit boss stuff, thanks… I lost (actually down that amount) $750.00 on the NYSE today, I have a “belly-job” now pull in sum bucks, will see what they offer… [http://caesars.hodesiq.com/careers/Link\_nav/job-careers.asp](http://caesars.hodesiq.com/careers/Link_nav/job-careers.asp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586.md?page=3)