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    We used to get this old couple in the casino I worked at that were always trying to scam free drinks. We called them "The Chicken People" because, according to their own admission, had multiple chickens that ran freely throughout their house like pets.

    They both used to sit at the bar and try to scam drinks. Like I said in the Bud Light B*tch post, we had a $10 minimum with max bet policy for comping drinks. When they learned they couldn't get a drink with a dollar or two in the machine or only playing a nickel at a time, they tried putting $10 in and playing the max bet, ONLY when we were near by them. If we walked away, they'd go back to a single nickel, if they even played at all, while drinking their beers. When that no longer worked, they got high tech.

    One would sit at the bar and the other would be out on the casino floor somewhere, usually at a penny machine. Each one of them had a walkie talkie in their hands.

    When our cocktail waitress would head out to the floor, the one sitting at the bar would alert the other to start playing to make it look like the other was abiding by our policy.

    We always suspected that's what they were doing, but couldn't prove it until we went out down to Radio Shack and bought similar walkie talkies. After a few attempts to figure out what channel they were on, we were able to catch them red handed and kick them out. They were officially banned from the casino.

    Their response? They picketed us with signs that said "*CH's Casino* unfair. Try our friends at *Other Casino*" That ended up getting them banned from the other casino.

    CH
    Some People Are Alive Only Because It Is Illegal To Kill Them

  • #2
    Quoth crashhelmet View Post
    That ended up getting them banned from the other casino.
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PWNED!!!!!!!!

    Music to my evil little ears!
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    RIP Plaidman.

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    • #3
      How much of a raging alcoholic must you be to have to go to all that trouble?
      Shit, just buy a bottle of vodka and pass out in the gutter like the rest of the bums.

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      • #4
        Quoth rerant View Post
        How much of a raging alcoholic must you be to have to go to all that trouble?
        Shit, just buy a bottle of vodka and pass out in the gutter like the rest of the bums.
        You truly have no idea what people will do for free shit until you work in a casino
        Some People Are Alive Only Because It Is Illegal To Kill Them

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        • #5
          I'm disappointed. A thread title like "The Chicken People" promises tales of people who take their pet chicken shopping.

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          • #6
            That sounds way too complicated and way too much work just to be able to stay in a casino and not have to abide by the rules. I mean damn, I was so confused reading that story the first few times that I can only speculate that they planned it out at home with their chickens before they executed the plan.
            You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth

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            • #7
              Some people use innovation to drink...I use drinking for innovation.
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              • #8
                Quoth crashhelmet View Post

                We always suspected that's what they were doing, but couldn't prove it until we went out down to Radio Shack and bought similar walkie talkies. After a few attempts to figure out what channel they were on, we were able to catch them red handed and kick them out. They were officially banned from the casino.

                Their response? They picketed us with signs that said "*CH's Casino* unfair. Try our friends at *Other Casino*" That ended up getting them banned from the other casino.

                CH
                SC's That were caught in the act and banned not once, but twice!!!! NICE!!!
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                • #9
                  I love happy endings.
                  Unseen but seeing
                  oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                  There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                  3rd shift needs love, too
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                  • #10
                    double the fail factor; add in the chickens roaming the house (eww...) and it's a trifecta of stupid and fail.

                    i also had weird visions of chicken related activities...
                    look! it's ghengis khan!
                    Sorry, but while I can do many things, extracting heads from anuses isn't one of them. (so sayeth the irv)

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                    • #11
                      especially since it's apparently so damn cheap to drink at CH's bar.

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                      • #12
                        When I worked there, it was cheap. Not sure how much they may have raised prices since, but it was

                        All Drafts: $1.25 ($0.50 during happy hour)
                        All domestic bottles: $2.25 ($1 during happy hour)
                        Premium Bottles and Regular Imports: $2.50
                        Premium Imports: $2.75

                        Well Drinks: $2.25 ($1 during happy hour)
                        Calls: $2.75
                        Top Shelf: $3 - $5.75 depending on what it was.

                        Mixed drink prices varied by the amounts and types of alcohol or mixers added to it.

                        In a Casino, Food and beverage is what's called a "Loss Leader." They're designed to lose money to keep people gambling. They give free drinks to gamblers and keep the reduced for the friends that don't gamble if it means keeping them there.

                        CH
                        Some People Are Alive Only Because It Is Illegal To Kill Them

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                        • #13
                          So how much would a Newcastle or an Original Sin run me?

                          Also, why not spend the money they spent on the walkie-talkies and just put it towards alcohol?

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Record Store Tough Guy View Post
                            So how much would a Newcastle or an Original Sin run me?

                            Also, why not spend the money they spent on the walkie-talkies and just put it towards alcohol?


                            $2.75 for the New Castle and they don't normally stock Champagne at that bar, but if they did, an Original Sin would probably cost $6.00

                            CH
                            Last edited by crashhelmet; 03-12-2008, 05:47 AM. Reason: Brain Fart
                            Some People Are Alive Only Because It Is Illegal To Kill Them

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                            • #15
                              ^^ $6? Ouch. I can almost buy a six-pack down here for that. It's because they make it with champagne yeast, isn't it?

                              Not bad on the Newcastle, though. The pizza joint I frequent has it for 3.29 a bottle. Although last time I was there I got one comped because I ordered one, and told the server I might want another. Close to finishing I decided I did not, in fact, want another, and when she came by again, I was going to tell her. Only problem was the next time she came by, she had a second Newcie, already opened. "Oh Noes!" I proclaimed. "I was just going to tell you I didn't want the second!"

                              She just thought for a minute, then laughed and said, "Well, it's already open, and I should probably have checked with you before I opened it, so... might as well drink it, but I won't charge you for it."

                              She got an extra large tip that night.

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