One issue I've had the past couple times I've been to Parx is one of the Players abusing dealers. This is the first time I've seen this tolerated outside of Atlantic City. I even made a
post a few months back about how friendly I thought the players were in the $15 game. However, there has been one guy I've been seeing in the room frequently for the past couple months who can be relentless on the dealers for minor mistakes.
For example, a couple weeks ago in a heads up pot where there was 6-7 raises back and forth on the flop, the dealer didn't pull the chips into the middle before dealing the turn. She simply left the chips that were bet in front of the players. This player (who wasn't even in the hand at this point) went crazy and started yelling at the top of his lungs about how horrible the dealer is. He was relentless about it her entire down. Even when she got pushed to a new table, he continued yelling across to the other table about her being an awful dealer.
It made everyone very uncomfortable at the table. (Well, at least it made me uncomfortable - I guess I can't speak for the others.) Incredibly, this player wasn't even involved in the hand when the incident took place! He had folded pre-flop.
Should she have pulled the chips into the middle? Yes.
Was it a
major fire-the-dealer blow-up-the-cardroom mistake? Of course not!
Should a Player berate a dealer for this? Absolutely not!
Should a Player berate a dealer ever? Emphatic NO!
If you have a problem with a dealer, please go talk to the floorman. I don't want people coming into my office and yelling at me when I make a mistake. I treat dealers in their place of business the way I expect to be treated in my office. Have some common courtesy!
In my opinion, this type of abuse should not be tolerated. This guy was so loud, the floorman had to have heard the conversation, but no one said anything.
/rant