It's a liability!

[Anakah]

My casino got sold like a year ago. The name changed, the place got a makeover and the chips we used got destroyed and replaced with much better ones. The chips are now worthless and cannot be redeemed anywhere. We sent out notices, put it in the paper and had signs up everywhere for like five months telling people to cash out the chips because after December we'd no longer be accepting them.

This man came into my window today and held out three of the last company's chips.

Me: I'm sorry sir, we can no longer accept those.

SC: Why not?

Me: Well we're a completely different company.

SC: No, you are still associated with blank company!

Me: No sir, we're not. Blank company is gone. We have nothing to do with them.

He just stared at me for a few moments. I stared back. I don't understand the stare. It's like they think its some kind of jedi mind trick that will ensure them into getting their way.

SC: What do I do with these then?

Me: Souveniers. They're completely worthless.

SC: This is a liabilty! This a debt you need to pay me.

He had three red chips, all together worth fifteen dollars.

SC: I want your supervisor.

I told the Supervisior the story and she rolled her eyes too.


SV: Again, we're sorry but we can't accept them. They have no value to us. We sent out notices and put up signs everywhere.

SC: Well I didn't get one or see any! I could take you to court for this!

And he stomped off. Idiot.

[ThePhoneGoddess]

Yeah like he's gonna spend a coupla hundred dollars to take you to court over $15. of course! It's the principle of the thing, doncha know?!

[Casino Jockey]

my casino moved 10 years ago - when we did we changed chips to new ones.

we still get people coming with the old ones

[Kara]

Yeah, let him pay hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to sue over $15. Then the case would be thrown out the window and he could take himself to court for assault with a stupid weapon.

It's like they think its some kind of jedi mind trick that will ensure them into getting their way.

That or they think they're Scanners. Like they could overpower our minds!

[infavorofnaturalselection]

Ah casinos which bring their own special brands of sucky customers.

From drug dealers using the casino to launder their drug money to foreign nationals who upon winning over 1200 dollars become indigant they have to fill out a form to celebs who are complete @@@holes casinos attract a lot of suck to the workers in them.

Yes sir you have to fill out this form for the IRS so they can properly calcuate your income tax from the gambling win. Yes sir you are not a citizen of the United States and when the IRS processes the form they will see that and null the form. There is no reason to have a screaming %%%% fit in the casino floor. You will not lose any money it's a standard procedure everyone goes through it.

[strawbabies]

While I was working at a gift shop at McCarran Int'l Airport in Vegas, I had people try to pay for stuff with casino chips.

[infavorofnaturalselection]

While I was working at a gift shop at McCarran Int'l Airport in Vegas, I had people try to pay for stuff with casino chips.

That takes the cake. I suspect a gambling problem because most people would have changed the chips into cash upon leaving their hotel/casino unless kicked out. Plus considering the number of casinos there are in vegas and as well as how many novelty ones are sold in gift shops how could someone outside a particular casino recognize the real deal?

OT but I need to go back to Vegas and catch more sights then I did last time. But I am not drinking outside of the Star Trek bar. Too many places in Vegas serve water downed drinks at inflated prices. Plus where else can you get Romulan Ale in Vegas?

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Yeah like he's gonna spend a coupla hundred dollars to take you to court over $15. of course! It's the principle of the thing, doncha know?!

Actually there are thousands of Ambulance Chasing class of lawyers who advertise "If you don't win, you don't pay". Even if he doesn't have to pay lawyer fees, there's the matter of the court fee. Just to file for a lawsuit is $30 in the states I've lived in.

Lets see. There would be the lost day(s) of wages, gas to and from the courthouse, court fees, parking at the courthouse (if the facility is big enough they do charge or at least have meters)...it adds up.

All over $15 bucks.

Dumb ass

[XCashier]

SC: What do I do with these then?

He can always try selling them on eBay.

[Casino Jockey]

... celebs who are complete @@@holes casinos attract a lot of suck to the workers in them...

there was a certain canadian singer staying at my casino this weekend and the story doing the rounds was when she tried to enter the gaming floor she was carded (we card on entry here - no minors on the floor ever!). she got indignat and spat back "don't you know who i am i was number 1 in this pisshole country and all over the world.. i sang at XXXXX".. went down like a lead balloon when the guard reportatly shot back "yeah that and $4 will get you a coffee at starbucks"

[tollbaby]

there was a certain canadian singer staying at my casino this weekend and the story doing the rounds was when she tried to enter the gaming floor she was carded (we card on entry here - no minors on the floor ever!). she got indignat and spat back "don't you know who i am i was number 1 in this pisshole country and all over the world.. i sang at XXXXX".. went down like a lead balloon when the guard reportatly shot back "yeah that and $4 will get you a coffee at starbucks"

Lemme guess, Avril Lavigne? Nice girl, but a 'tude the size of ... well.... Canada

[Kara]

Lemme guess, Avril Lavigne?

Don't say it! That name puts "goffik" images in my brain.

/threadjack

[infavorofnaturalselection]

Actually there are thousands of Ambulance Chasing class of lawyers who advertise "If you don't win, you don't pay".Dumb ass

Even they toss a lot of people coming to them with claims. They want the juicy ones they know they can win or get settled out of court for maximum profit.

Plus a great lawyer can make someone suing a client of theirs really regret it.

My father is an attorney that well is highly qualified. He passed the bar first time and found it easy to do. He could represent clients in front of the Supreme Court but since he will never have a client go up that far he doesn't want to pay the fee to have the paperwork showing he is qualified be on file.

OT but this does show why people should be very carefull when they claim they will take someone to court.

When I heard this story at first I thought it was a small amount of money but as I listened more I learned it was a substantial amount of money.

One day my dad was drinking to the point of excess outside his house upon going into the house his moneyclip with several hundred dollars falls out. Upon the next morning he discovers what had happened and the moneyclip is gone. After calling his friends among the police he learns an interesting fact "neighborhood kids should know who he is if one of their friends or parents took the money" Upon driving through the neighborhood he hears and sees kids shouting "there he is!!!". Upon talking to them he learns what person took the moneyclip. Now my dad would have giving the person some of the money upon getting the moneyclip with it's contents intact because otherwise he would have lost everything. Plus he didn't have anything to go upon thinking the person was a theif.

Of course he know does because at first the woman refused to give the money back proclaiming she didn't have it nor know what he was talking about. Then she did something really stupid she said she would take him to court over it. The woman had spent the money on herself my father would have worked out a payment plan with her in writting but no she had to go to court.

Lets just say the woman had no idea taking a lawyer to court is bad news. My father not only got his attorney's fees paid by the woman which is pure profit for him but all the lost money plus some extra. Also the payment to him was court mandated. Not following through on that is bad news for someone.
The woman lost far more then if she had giving him the money back.

My father has recieved cars to be resold or used by him in payment, among other things. He had had to refuse offers such as trucks full of food stuffs because the client was a rep of a food service company wanted to pay him in liue of cash.

As for sucky clients well one way to be a sucky client to a lawyer is to go on the witness stand when your lawyer tells you not to. You will make your side lose the case if you go against your attorney's advice in that manner because the lawyer has to prep someone and if they don't feel like you would help the case stay away from the stand unless called. Do not speak your mind the judge will either hit you with the gavel on the head for wasting his time or hear something that will make you lose the case. Sometimes both will happen.

[LiberryWorker]

Lemme guess, Avril Lavigne? Nice girl, but a 'tude the size of ... well.... Canada

My money is on Celine . . .

[Casino Jockey]

tollbaby is on the money...