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Originally Posted by football0020
You have to give respect to get respect man... I've come up to a table before and could barely fit into my spot and the person who was cramping my space looked very intimidating, 300+ lb, big black guy with tattoos, looks like he could be a bouncer for sure, not someone who I would ever mess with, but as soon as I sit and can barely fit I say something like "hey boss could you slide over a bit for me" and he obliged. It also helps to be personable with the people who you are trying to take money off of. Had I come up to the table, not interacted with anyone, and the first thing I said upon sitting down is "dealer, square up the table", I imagine I would give off some negative vibes.
I'm not defending at all what that guy did, and that's a huge outlier as I've never seen anything like this happen live, but I just think it could've been avoided had you showed him some respect upon sitting down and just politely asked him to move yourself.
I did say please
I have seen angry reactions and a fight involving this guy before. He is not someone I would ask directly. With a guy like him, the proper way to do it is ask the dealer nicely to square the table imo.
On the other hand some of the biggest, most intimidating (to some people) guys like you describe that I see regularly are people I probably would ask directly. Chances are it wouldn't even be necessary to ask.
I am pretty good with people, I used to be in sales. I have a generally friendly demeanor and have no problems striking up conversation with people. It has been years since I've even argued with anyone at the table.
I respect you guys opinions, some of you feel I started it by saying F You man. But in my opinion he started it when he pushed my chips.
If I could go back, I might say something different? But I don't think my response was out of line at all given what he just did.
I'm fairly certain that if we were in a different situation (with no security nearby) I would have beat his ass for grabbing me like that. But I would not have felt good about it.