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Originally Posted by QuadsOverQuads
My response was both correct and on-point. You are the one who is moving the bar.
Fine. Then I've moved the bar. Ignore the question and pick nits.
Where's the poker room that can't expand due to a shortage of dealers?
Dealing is one of the best jobs someone with no significant qualifications can get, and yes, it compares in terms of relative skill to operating heavy machinery.
Let me tell you something. I'm
absolutely lucky to have my job. I'm incredibly fortunate to make considerably more than nearly any dealer I know, and I probably, in terms of 8-hour shifts, have easier days. But I'm thankful every day for my job, and I'm thankful that my
particular niche prevents me from being replaced by guy in Pakistan or Romania.
[India is so passé.] I know I can still be replaced, and I think the FSM every day that I'm allowed to come to work and eventually collect a check.
The dealers who object so much in this thread seem to think that they're special -- that they job they do is somehow on a plateau of skill and finesse, and that they're
entitled to every penny that they get, and that tips aren't an extra thing that they get, but that every
missed tip is taken
FROM them - as if they
deserved it to begin with.
I appreciate the dealers that deal for me. I tip them roughly in line with what most people in my area do; more when I'm winning, and less when I'm losing, and that stance has been outlined here in bullet-point detail.
...but dealers need to realize that they're 100% replaceable, and that there's an army of barely-skilled college drop-outs waiting to take their job, who, with a little time and training, will deal almost as many hands per hour.
It doesn't mean you're not appreciated or that you don't do a good job. It just means that you need to take a hard look at how easy it is to replace you.
Last edited by The Palimax; 10-12-2011 at 02:02 PM.
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