Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I went to accompany Malaykham to the casino. She gambled money, and I just watched. She lost it all. I don't know if she had fun or not.
She seemed disappointed although she seemed like she was used to it. I wasn't about to let her try to win it back, we're both card dealers, we know when luck isn't on your side.
I don't really like to gamble. As much as I like money, I don't like playing with it. I don't really understand the whole joy of gambling. Sure, you win money, it feels good. You lose money, you feel like crap. I hate feeling like crap. And worst of all, I hate working for free, and when you gamble, you basically pay to hit a button, or see some numbers on a blackjack table. Gambling is definitely not for the poor, and not for the weak hearted.
Which I am both.
I really hate when people talk about money. It makes me really irritated. When Malaykham talks about how much money someone bets for her or how much she makes that day I just want to slap her. It's not that I'm jealous or anything, I just hate hearing her little stories. I don't mind if she talks about it every once in a while, but I am already tired of her worrying about how much other girls make and how much money she is going to make this week and that week. What I mean to say is, I don't want to know her business because it is becoming too much information.
I want to start charging her money for every time she talks about money.
I hate when hearing about how much this person has, or how much this person won at the casino.
I get really annoyed hearing these things, because generally,
I don't care.
I don't mean to be selfish, but I worry about my own money. When you start worrying about other peoples' money, that's when greed and envy start to form. Two ugly little monsters I hope never get me.
I have my own hopes and dreams with what I want to do with my money.
So far, my goal is to save enough money to move out of this crap town.
I am so tired of the weather, the dirty air, and the people that live around here.
They seem to have this attitude that they're something big and bad and every one wants them. I think they watch too much T.V. because they seem to be imitating everything they see, only worse.
Oh life.
She seemed disappointed although she seemed like she was used to it. I wasn't about to let her try to win it back, we're both card dealers, we know when luck isn't on your side.
I don't really like to gamble. As much as I like money, I don't like playing with it. I don't really understand the whole joy of gambling. Sure, you win money, it feels good. You lose money, you feel like crap. I hate feeling like crap. And worst of all, I hate working for free, and when you gamble, you basically pay to hit a button, or see some numbers on a blackjack table. Gambling is definitely not for the poor, and not for the weak hearted.
Which I am both.
I really hate when people talk about money. It makes me really irritated. When Malaykham talks about how much money someone bets for her or how much she makes that day I just want to slap her. It's not that I'm jealous or anything, I just hate hearing her little stories. I don't mind if she talks about it every once in a while, but I am already tired of her worrying about how much other girls make and how much money she is going to make this week and that week. What I mean to say is, I don't want to know her business because it is becoming too much information.
I want to start charging her money for every time she talks about money.
I hate when hearing about how much this person has, or how much this person won at the casino.
I get really annoyed hearing these things, because generally,
I don't care.
I don't mean to be selfish, but I worry about my own money. When you start worrying about other peoples' money, that's when greed and envy start to form. Two ugly little monsters I hope never get me.
I have my own hopes and dreams with what I want to do with my money.
So far, my goal is to save enough money to move out of this crap town.
I am so tired of the weather, the dirty air, and the people that live around here.
They seem to have this attitude that they're something big and bad and every one wants them. I think they watch too much T.V. because they seem to be imitating everything they see, only worse.
Oh life.
So you can gamble in the casino even if you work there? I thought that was a big bad no-no, but maybe I'm thinking of Nevada, or just some movie I've seen. I'm totally with you about not enjoying gambling; I work too hard for my money. Even tho I can do a decent job of keeping track of the cards, it's just so much work. I guess being a successful gambler IS a sort of work, but I need something more predictable.
Well depending on the casino, they either let you patronize it or not. The casino I work at allows us to gamble there once a month due to the economy crisis. Before it used to be twice a year and it was called employee appreciation day where we got free food and everything, but times are rough and the casino wants some of the money back from employees. It beats laying people off for more money.
When counting cards, there are a number of things to consider, other peoples cards, what comes out when they hit, the dealer's hole card and ultimately, how many people you get coming in and out of the game. Another thing you have to consider is the speed of the dealer. Its really difficult to keep your card accuracy if a dealer is a fast and breezes through a hand. Also card counting is only possible with a shoe. Now these days casinos have automatic shufflers which make it impossible to count anything because after each hand we recycle all the discards. I get irritated at people trying to count with an auto shuffler.
One more thing you really have to consider is luck. No matter how good of a card counter you are, the cards will come out how ever they come out. You still can't predict what the dealer will have exactly and what the will draw. Its just too hard. Its not worth the effort ha ha!