OK, yesterday I went for my drug test for a new job.
Dealing craps.
at…
THE FLAMINGO HILTON
I should be getting called with the official job offer by the end of the week, so I can give notice at my current job.
I’m a nervous wreck.
I shouldn’t be. I have more than two years dealing experience. I’m very customer service oriented, and I have the kind of friendly personality that most of the casinos are looking for. My soon-to-be new boss really likes me. I should have nothing to worry about, but…
it’s
THE FLAMINGO HILTON!!!
on
THE STRIP
This will be my first job dealing on the Strip.
I’m freaking out. What if I make some boneheaded mistake?
What if they decide I’m not personable enough? What if I end up on swing shift, and get that post midnight brain-fade, and they don’t cut me slack for adjusting my sleep cycle the first few weeks? What if I just flat out forget how to deal?
Ever since I passed the audition,I’ve been having these thoughts. I’m vacillating between total ecstasy and raw terror. I can’t sleep nights. When I’m on a dead game at my current job, I stand there fidgeting and hyperventilating.
Somebody give me a hug and tell me everything will be OK.
Any Dopers swinging thru Vegas should make a point of going to Thea’s table. Put lots of traffic at her table and make her look good. (at her job, she already looks good)
You’ll be fine. After a while you’ll realise it’s the same old, same old and wonder why you were worried. Have faith in yourself (but take some hugs too).
Thea! Would you be bothered by a Doper visitor sometime? I mean after you settle in and all. I live in Vegas and hit the casinos on rare occasion and I have yet to go to the Flamingo. I hear they have penguins! L I don’t know how to play craps and I know you can’t hold conversations with the customers, but I could learn some basic bets and wave to you. Craps always looks like fun.
Actually,at most casinos, they like the dealers to talk to the customers, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of dealing the game. I have been known to exchange recipies with a regular player in the middle of a jammed up game. However, it’s considered extremely bad form to have friends come to play on your game. Whenever I’ve dropped in to visit a friend at work, I sort of say hi, then hang back and stay out of the way while they do their jobs and talk to them while they’re on break. If the game is dead, it’s ok to chat, but if there’s a live game going on, it’s best to stay out of the way.
I don’t know what the rules would be regarding someone you only know from a message board but haven’t actually met IRL. I think that would be kind of a grey area that would be floorman’s call whether you should be playing at the table. If you want to visit, it’s best to say hi, let the dealer know you’re there, and find out when their next break is.
I’ve been dealing for more than two years, working with people who have been in the business a lot longer, and I’ve never heard it referred to as anything other than dealing.