Saw a guy tip $50 in reds on one hand the other day and thought of all the jabronies in this thread that would have needed a fainting chair if they were at the table

Don’t be so sure. I’m 100 percent confident I was the best drive through employee after about an hour of training.

I'm 100% confident I'd be the best algebra teacher in almost any high school with zero training

If they didn't faint then they would definitely use that tip as justification for stiffing the dealer for the rest of that down...

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I suspect it's a generational thing. The gamer generation should be comfortable with electronic media -- the question is "will that generation still be playing poker?" History is littered with money-games that went out of fashion.

Another thing to think about -- players hated and distrusted auto shufflers when they first hit the market, too.

The rest of the drive thru employees likely felt the same way about themselves. they tend to be a very confident group.

Damn it’s a little hot in here.

WSOP hires about 1100-1200 dealers a year [It fluctuates]. They intentionally overhire knowing that a large amount of them are going to quit after the first or second week. They only really need that amount for the first week to cover the Colossus.

... And they still do. You should see the look on faces when they find out that the PSII can sort the deck!

... Also, pretty sure they hand shuffle on PokerGo now as well after Magic Antonio lost a huge pot with DNegs and Dwan (AAvKKvQQ) and the production staff told him 'one more hand' before an interview was to take place.

Obviously stacking the deck requires a precision cut of the deck by the Dealer as well but your point is well taken on how 'acceptable' technology is in certain applications by different generations. And as well, when you really want to do something you are forced to accept the conditions of the venue or seek out other locations (that may not exist). GL

(lol made up stats to fit my opinion) but I'd say 50-80% of the people that come out to play poker do it to get out of the house and be social while filling their gambling addiction. Making all the tables virtual isn't going to work any time in the near future.

Wrong. If you gave me 1 hour of training at McDonalds on how to work the drive thru or the counter I would easily outperform anyone that you let me train for an hour to deal poker. I have trained several experienced poker players to deal and your perception is just wrong. It is much harder than it looks.

Teaching is a skill - I have a math degree - but I’d suck at teaching alegebra.

Possibly, how many people have you trained to work the drive thru?

All my math teachers sucked at it too.

I don't know how to work the drive thru. What's your point? That I don't know how hard it is? Its running a POS system and a register with the addition of handing people a bag of food. Preferably the food they ordered. No comparison.

I had a GOAT math teacher in my high school. She was clearly miles better at it than any of my other teachers were at their subject.

I also had an awesome history teacher in middle school who came close (he was also 100% blind and used Braille to keep track of attendance and grades)

Man, if you are making that argument then own it. Don't hide behind a hypothetical someone.

To work you have to have speed, people handling skills, and the ability to handle money. The customers who come to your window expect zero mistakes, fast service, are often hammered, and incredibly rude. If you do everything 100% right noone will say a thing, but if you get anything wrong, you'll get crucified. For your efforts you'll get paid a low wage.

Now....did I just describe the McDonalds dude, or the dealer?

I have to admit my DT experience is very rusty (I could still do circles around 99% of what I see today) since it goes back to the days where I had to take the orders on paper tickets, total the order, including taxes, in my head, but your understanding working DT is deficient.

Do you know there is a specific way to bag the order? As specific way you are supposed to pass the order out (including a specific way to hand the bag(s) to the customer), even a specific way to fold the top of the bag(s). Do you know the proper amount of ice to put in the cups (unless a specific other request.) A specific way to make the change? A specific set of conditions on when and how to park a customer. Etc. Note I will admit that today's McD DT personnel probably don't know and definitely don't follow these procedures. But they are still there.

I am certain I don't know everything about dealing. But I suspect from reading here and seeing many thousands and thousands of hands, that I probably know more about dealing then you do about McD DT's. I don't have the dexterity to hand shuffle well; but that is a 'medical' issue not a knowledge issue. I physically can't hit a 90 mph slider either, never could And I can no longer consistently (if at all) hit a 300+ yard drive (same medical issue). But with an auto shuffler, I believe I would come closer to properly managing a poker table than you would a busy McD DT, at least initially. But it would be evident in both cases we were beginners.

put on headseat "hello can I take your order" type in a few buttons on the computer "that will be $xx.xx at the second window" customer pulls up "$xx.xx" swipe card, give back with receipt, wait for bag of food, hand to customer "have a nice day"

so hard

Wait...you skipped the step where you Pesci'ed the customer at the second window.

Which buttons?

Technology is hard.

Depends on the game. An experienced player dealing mid+ stakes limit holdem is McDonald's mopping floor difficulty level; a player dealing dealer's choice TD to a bunch of sourpusses is like owning a McDonald's franchise (at least that's how rare it is to encounter a stellar to world-class dealer in mixed TD).

When I deal random home cash games I feel very in control. Is dealing at a casino that much harder? Need to manage rake. Few other complexities. Seems fairly straight forward.

However McDonald also seems fairly straight forward too


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