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Originally Posted by psandman
Sure and this sounds very reasonable...... But my general experience is that the reasonable player already understands this ...... The guy who is arguing about it doesn't listen to the 5 to 10 second explanation .... He just heard it as "wah wah wah wah wah wah wah ...."
Sure their is value in trying to be tactful but let's not pretend that if we said it this way the player was going to all of a sudden believe he wasn't getting screwed over or that he should consider trying to not make checking motions when he didn't want to check.
For me personally, it would be equal parts being genuinely empathetic for the offender's circumstance, getting the other players and the dealer on my side by treating the offender with empathy but also upholding the rules, and covering my ass by making sure it's clear that future violations will be dealt with consistently and possibly even with increasing punishment, like a tempban.
In other words, it's OK--and of no real consequence--if the offender hears "wah wah wah."