Blackjack dealer class.

[dalesql]

Halfway through the blackjack dealing class. Things are going well. At this point, we know everything we need to know, now it's just a matter of actually dealing and making fewer and fewer mistakes. The classes that were in the previous cycle from mine, most of them went down to the new casino in twin river, RI and got offers. One didn't, as she was nervous and froze up during the audition.
I hear there is a gambling boat that is going to be operating out of Lynn harbor this summer. I hope to get a weekend job with them once I finish the course. Then reassess things in the fall. Maybe take another game course in preparation for the casinos that are coming to mass soon.

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[jugularjaguar.livejournal.com]

hey there. I did this for 5 years. If anything I would say I was harassed. Firs t of all I was told we would be leading the way of how the casino should be doing things. So when we did it the way we were trained, we were trained we got in trouble for that. If you asked any questions so to better understand what you were doing they found fault in that. You could have abusive customers right there and the management would do nothing about it.
I think one of the worst things was when I had my bike accident. I bruised some rids. I contacted my manager about it and let them know about it. I did come in to drop off paperwork and each day I called in and talked to a supervisor. They said they could not contact me even though I left a phone number each time I called.
There were other things also but luckily they are fading away.. I think as a part time job that might be pretty cool..

[dalesql.livejournal.com]

No job is much fun when the management doesn't do it's job.It sounds like the management was failing in several ways there. I've heard that the indian reservation casinos can legally racially discriminate against non-indians, and a lot of them do. Which would make any non-indian worker not want to stay there. I'm sorry you got crapped on by the job. I hope things are better now.

The instructor did warn us about how some folks who were great dealers would get promoted and turned out to be lousy supervisors. I've worked for a few of them over the years, and I was one of them at one job. But I learned my lesson and now avoid management positions.