# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/41 "2013-05-29T23:26:20Z")
This just keeps getting better! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/42 "2013-05-29T23:41:38Z")
I think we are somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, riding a Vincent Black Shadow. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/43 "2013-05-29T23:45:51Z")
Thank goodness you’re back to clarify whatever the fuck this trainwreck is about. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/44 "2013-05-29T23:48:40Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > I think we are somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, riding a Vincent Black Shadow. I’m getting [this](http://youtu.be/ZLd9MZYQwy0) vibe. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/45 "2013-05-30T00:01:54Z")
> [@smee\_goan](#): > > Took the day off for the interview (soon), > > 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) well thank you for clearing that up. I thought I had no fucking clue what you were talking about earlier, now I _know_ I have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/46 "2013-05-30T00:07:57Z")
Can you be fired from a casino for failing a mandatory drug test? I foresee a problem there. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/47 "2013-05-30T00:16:48Z")
Sam Rothstein: Point is, Mr. Goan is unfit to work at the Caesars Casino. He is weak, slow to learn and incompetent. I went way out of my way to be helpful to that kid and he goofed. Commissioner Webb: Welp, I am afraid you have me checkmated, pardner. Old Smee is about as useless as teats on a bull! That being said, it does not change the fact he still is my brother-in-law and I would deeply appreciate it if you considered some more about hiring him back. Could there, say, be a position further down the trough? Sam Rothstein: Forget it. I know who you are and I like to help people. The bottom line is, I cannot have a man like that working for me. Sorry this cannot be more favorable. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/48 "2013-05-30T00:22:42Z")
> [@smee\_goan](#): > > Took the day off for the interview (soon), > > 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) Wow, thanks for coming back with that… super helpful update. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/49 "2013-05-30T00:34:44Z")
> [@smee\_goan](#): > > Took the day off for the interview (soon), > > 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) With a banana slug! ---
**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 30, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/50 "2013-05-30T00:46:54Z")
Ouch. Let me see… > [@smee\_goan](#): > > Took the day off for the interview (soon), I have been away from my computer for the day to prepare for the interview, which will be happening shortly, and as such was unable to return to the thread until now. > [@](#): > > [snipped all-your-base quote] > Also liked the pit boss stuff, thanks… I appreciated the humor as well as the information on how a dealer should be interacting with a pit boss. > [@](#): > > I lost (actually down that amount) $750.00 on the NYSE today, It’s funny the attitude that people have towards casinos, considering the state of “legitimate” financial investments. Per the New York Stock Exchange’s fluctuations, my investments lost $750 this morning. > [@](#): > > I have a “belly-job” now pull in sum bucks, will see what they offer… My current employment covers my basics and allows me to stay well-fed, but I shall see what this opportunity brings. … I think. (I really hope that’s what he means by “belly-job” because whoa, you do not want to know what Urban Dictionary thinks. (It’s what you’d expect from UD.) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/51 "2013-05-30T01:37:49Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > I think we are somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, riding a Vincent Black Shadow. Pretty sure this is bat country. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/52 "2013-05-30T02:23:01Z")
Just so as you know I was convinced the guy got fired because the pit boss was watching the game on TV and, when the dealer turned his head, a little bit of his neck tattoo showed above his collar 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/53 "2013-05-30T04:25:28Z")
Took the day off to understand the OP (soon), > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Ouch. Let me see… Also liked the translation stuff, thanks… Good luck with the interview, **smee goan**. When come back, bring update. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/54 "2013-05-30T07:59:17Z")
Ferret Herder, you and the OP deserve some sort of award for producing the most (unintentionally?) hilarious stuff I’ve ever read in my life. This really needs to be a recurring bit between you two. It’s honestly amazing. I was laughing so hard I could only manage to keep one eye open barely enough to keep reading. Wow… that was fantastic. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/55 "2013-05-31T06:55:37Z")
I really hope the OP comes back to tell us more ☹ ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/56 "2013-05-31T09:00:30Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I’m as lost as Little Nemo. I still have no idea what’s going on here. The OP is just too confusing. Which didn’t prevent people from posting interesting infos about casino dealers work conditions. If only other dopers could provide poorly known trivia about motorcycles and weird stories involving ex-cops, we could thank the OP for creating a very lively and interesting thread. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/57 "2013-05-31T11:34:30Z")
I took “turning head on a live game” to mean “killing a wild gamebird (perhaps a turkey or pheasant) by wringing its neck.” Looks like I was way off. Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/58 "2013-05-31T13:20:40Z")
What’s funny was that the broken link was probably more on-point than whatever it was supposed to be: _“We are unable to process your [del]request[/del] **OP** at this time. Please try again later.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Gilbert1984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Gilbert1984](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilbert1984)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/59 "2013-05-31T19:42:11Z")
> [@smee\_goan](#): > > Took the day off for the interview (soon), > > 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) You lost 750 bucks at the NYSE? Try going to the lost property office. I’m sure some honorable person at that fine establishment will have handed in your $750 for safe keeping. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fired-for-turning-head-on-a-live-game-at-a-casino/659586/60 "2013-05-31T21:05:57Z")
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