How honest are you?

[Rusty]

In the past I have handed in wallets and told cashtill clerks when they have undercharged or given me too much change.Quite the model citizen.
Well not quite;
I was in the Casino on Friday night playing at the Blackjack tables.I was in the last seat and having a nightmare, although I was winning for the rest of the table(I was so happy for them).I was around £200 down playing £5 stakes when I had mini revival but because I was chasing I doubled up my stake upto £40 and just hoped to win a few more hands or hit a BJ or two.Anyway I was dealt 11 against the dealers 5 and doubled up fearing the worse.I hit an A making 12 and now my only hope was for the dealer to bust.She drew a 3(8) another 3(11) and a 7(18) sealing my fate.Except she then proceeded to pay a guy at the front with 19 and then me with 12(£80).
A few thoughts flashed through my head, Casinos are evil, dont look a gift horse in the mouth, you need the money, anything to vindicate my decision to take the money.Then, just as I was about to take the money, the guy at the front shouts out.
"Wo, wait love, you have paid him out there when you have beat him."
Now that was honest of him if somewhat unappreciated and un-necessary.Surfice to say it ended in a fierce slanging match between us.
So, how honest would you be?

[EasyRhino]

General rule of thumb is that you can be as honest as you want with your own hand, but not with the other players'. That just ain't cool.

I'll correct a dealer about a mistake in my favor about half of the time. I guess my honesty runs in streaks or something.

What I feel most potentially guilty about was when a casino cashier made a math mistake that gave me an extra $100 bucks. I didn't notice it until I after I had walked away from the cage, but I could have reported it fairly quickly. I'm pretty sure she won't be fired for it, I hope.

[gfkostas]

Originally Posted by Rusty

In the past I have handed in wallets and told cashtill clerks when they have undercharged or given me too much change.Quite the model citizen.
Well not quite;
I was in the Casino on Friday night playing at the Blackjack tables.I was in the last seat and having a nightmare, although I was winning for the rest of the table(I was so happy for them).I was around £200 down playing £5 stakes when I had mini revival but because I was chasing I doubled up my stake upto £40 and just hoped to win a few more hands or hit a BJ or two.Anyway I was dealt 11 against the dealers 5 and doubled up fearing the worse.I hit an A making 12 and now my only hope was for the dealer to bust.She drew a 3(8) another 3(11) and a 7(18) sealing my fate.Except she then proceeded to pay a guy at the front with 19 and then me with 12(£80).
A few thoughts flashed through my head, Casinos are evil, dont look a gift horse in the mouth, you need the money, anything to vindicate my decision to take the money.Then, just as I was about to take the money, the guy at the front shouts out.
"Wo, wait love, you have paid him out there when you have beat him."
Now that was honest of him if somewhat unappreciated and un-necessary.Surfice to say it ended in a fierce slanging match between us.
So, how honest would you be?

Oh jeez....I've seen similar mistakes but I let the guy get paid. You may say that it's not fair to "cheat" the casino on the other hand is it fair for the casinos to offer to the public negative expectations games?
If a mistake happens I let it be (that is as long as favours me)
One that guy did is probably a sing of envy.

[paul1]

Holy rat finks! Rusty, you should have punched that guy in the nose. How big was he?

[Rusty]

Holy rat finks! Rusty, you should have punched that guy in the nose. How big was he?

LOL shoud'nt that be phrased;"How big was he?Should you have punched that guy in the nose?"
TBH It very nearly came to blows as the Guy was incerdibly arrogant too.He actually tried to show me up infront of everybody by trying to make out I was lowlife for asking what business of his it was that I got paid.
Glad my friend was there to calm me down.

[gfkostas]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Holy rat finks! Rusty, you should have punched that guy in the nose. How big was he?

LOL shoud'nt that be phrased;"How big was he?Should you have punched that guy in the nose?"
TBH It very nearly came to blows as the Guy was incerdibly arrogant too.He actually tried to show me up infront of everybody by trying to make out I was lowlife for asking what business of his it was that I got paid.
Glad my friend was there to calm me down.

That's why I have nearly stop visiting casinos in regular basis. Too many idiots. It's sad that at least in Britain casinos are usally filled with low life people.

[tennis_balls]

that's doubly bad luck that you were at a table with such a prick.

If I'm gambling at a casino, I consider the house as the enemy. If their dealer can't get it right, I don't feel it is my responsibility to point it out.

Some of my best casino memories are a result of such screw-ups when you look around the table and you make eye contact with another player who gives you the "yep. the dealer just blew it." knowing look.

If they're going to design casinos so it takes me 20 minutes just to find the exit, with swirling music and 10,000 kilowatt beams of light shooting into my eyeballs at 4 a.m., then I figure I can look the other way on the RARE occasion when an error occurs in my favor.

My best one of these stories happened on one of my first visits to Vegas. I was playing this silly machine with a mini horsetrack with plastic horses where you bet on winning combos and then watched the race. I had a losing combo when suddenly my spot at this machine starts flashing and bells are ringing and quarters start pouring out. I was frozen with a WTF expression when an old timer at the table goes "hey kid. quick. get those quarters in a bucket before the supervisor gets here" The boss lady arrived shortly thereafter and man was she pissed. You would have thought I had pried that machine open with a crowbar with the look she gave me. I took my bucket and headed straight for the elevator. Then I sweated it out in my room for an hour wondering when Vinnie and Mario would knock on the door requesting I come take a ride with them in the desert. (I was just a dumb kid.)

I think my total haul on that one was roughly $300. (which wasn't bad back in 1984.) Somehow Bally's has managed to remain in business despite that malfunction in my favor.

[winbig]

I have to agree with the majority here. The guy was a real dick!

I have to say that I will (and haven't) not correct dealer's mistakes. IMO (and stated above), if they can't get it right, then it's on them, NOT me. If they do happen to catch it on the cameras, then I'll play dumb; as if I wasn't paying attention on the hand.

In the end, it's the dealer that they're going to come down on, NOT YOU.

Think about it, what are they going to do? "Sorry sir, you're going to have to leave. The dealer paid you when they shouldn't have. Yes, it was their mistake, but it's up to you to make sure the dealer is doing their job."

I don't think so..................

[GrandMaster]

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[Rusty]

It is nice to know that people here do not think I acted out of turn.Pitty you were'nt all there at the time we could of all shouted "prick!" at him at the same time
PS
That is my dream to have a slot pay me out wrongly