I feel I should put something in my journal just because I haven't for a while. So, sit back and get ready to read a boring entry.
Work has improved recently. I haven't been in the high roller room for a week and the people that I have been dealing to have been nice. All of the dealers noticed that the people over the past two weeks have been just awful. Isn't it funny that all the jerks go on vacation at the same time.
Greg said that he is tired of thinking that the "grass is greener on the other side". Now that he got a job at Whiskey Pete's as a server, he's thinking that he isn't going to try to apply to another job for a very long time. I, of course, think that a job in town would be better than a 41 mile drive each way (that's 82 miles a day for the hopelessly math impaired). I figure after some experience and after he tires of the drive and gas prices, he will apply for a server job in town. He kind of wants me to adapt the same attitude as he, but I can't. I can't be a dealer the rest of my life. The older dealers that I work with are "burnt". They hate their jobs and they hate life. Also, I don't want to be working until 4AM for the rest of my life. I'm not sure what to do next, which has always been my problem all along. It's too bad that Greg doesn't enjoy job and city hopping as much as I do. Oh well.
Well, that is all for now.
Ironically, Greg got tired of the grass seeming greener while he was 41 miles out to pasture. One might reason, if the grass is, indeed, no different from spot to spot that he might wanna range in a little closer to home before settling down in one place.
ReplyDeleteWorking to 4am in a casino sounds so glamorous. But then I think about what it would be like to work til 4am at, say, Denney's. What a pain in the ass, babysitting style, nuts-come-out-at-night job that would be. It's hard to remember that you are working in the casino, not just enjoying an exciting vacation retreat every shift.
I think you should be a professional writer. I know, I know it's not that easy. But a jump in that direction can't hurt. You are a great writer and it's a pity that the world can't share in that.
ReplyDeleteActually, I tried thinking that it was like a vacation retreat thanks to your reply. It worked for a little while then I had a guy betting $4,000 a hand and I had to snap back to reality. Still, the right frame of mind can do wonders. I'm working on that.
ReplyDeleteYou're too sweet. I can never come up with any sort of plot and let's face it, I'm too lazy.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool that you can play with it.
ReplyDeleteI cant imagine the tension of laying down the cards for a $4,000 a hand game for someone.
You must look like the face of the Evil Empire to them everytime they lose, and "The Man" they are getting something out of, finally, when they win. You have to be an improv actor that the audience picks the roles for at your job, basically. Saviour, Highway Robber, and Just Some Guy Who Deals the Cards.
I bet you are a well-adjusted person.
That's a great way to think of it, too. An improv actor that gets assigned roles. My favorite is "Just Some Guy Who Deals the Cards".
ReplyDeleteso I don't think that I said I was going to stay Pete's. Ijust don't think that I am going to quit my job and try something new for awhile (i.e. vet hospital, vegetable store, vitamins). I am just sick of looking for a jobs, I feel like I have been looking for a job ever since I moved here, and well enough is enough. Sadly, the only job that I have liked is the animal hospital and well it paid so poorly (sigh). Of course this is today and tomorrow is another day..hey for all I know I might just call and quit right now..Portland Maine anyone???
ReplyDeleteso I don't think that I said I was going to stay Pete's. Ijust don't think that I am going to quit my job and try something new for awhile (i.e. vet hospital, vegetable store, vitamins). I am just sick of looking for a jobs, I feel like I have been looking for a job ever since I moved here, and well enough is enough. Sadly, the only job that I have liked is the animal hospital and well it paid so poorly (sigh). Of course this is today and tomorrow is another day..hey for all I know I might just call and quit right now..Portland Maine anyone???
ReplyDeleteI think you should be a professional writer. I know, I know it's not that easy. But a jump in that direction can't hurt. You are a great writer and it's a pity that the world can't share in that.
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