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Peep It Yo!
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Those justifying that All Star weekend in Vegas was "normal" Vegas, have not been there during both times.
Here is yet another article to say otherwise...
Vegas Anger At All-Star Crowd
The stories about the crowds in town for All-Star weekend continue to be draw-dropping. And, locals don't seem ready to move on yet. Let me preface this by saying the resorts take a lot of pride in customer service. Frontline workers on the Strip are not minimum wage workers but highly compensated professionals offering a mix of obsequiousness and hard work that is meant to give every tourist the VIP experience. So, Vegas workers will put up with a lot from tourists without complaining. Casino workers rarely confront troublesome customers rather they try to soothe things over. The sad truth is that the more obnoxious tourists can often bully their way into comps and other treats meant to keep everyone happy.
But the over-the-top "thug" behavior of the All-Star NBA crowd has left in its wake a boiling fury among cocktail waitresses, bartenders, security and other jaded pros of the Strip. Among the nightclubs where incidents seem to have taken place on the Strip are hot spots at Wynn, Mandalay Bay and freestanding Empire Ballroom. Off Strip, the topless bars proved a center for problems, too. The stories range from bottles being thrown at employees to guns being confiscated. An employee at Empire told me about having to hide in the back with other workers when a melee broke out shortly after reports that a gun had found its way into the club. For the entire weekend this person reported that female bartenders and cocktail servers at Empire were routinely addressed by customers with obscenities the nicest of which rhymes with witch. I have heard similar treatment was meted out by customers to servers at Pure. Even the usually mellow Peppermill seems to have been the scene of hassles.
Of course, the incident so far getting press attention is the shooting at the strip club Minxx. That incident combines many of the factors that workers blame for the problems elsewhere: outside promoters, celebrities with large entourages and irresponsible behavior by everyone involved. The Review-Journal reports police have talked to NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones who may have known the shooter.
In all the uproar over the tourists who came here last weekend, particularly disconcerting to the servers I interviewed was the question if race played a part in their perception of the crowd. All denied it. One worker at Empire told me: "These were thugs. It was mostly black people, yes, but this had nothing to do with race. I also got called 'slut' by a white guy with a grill. It was thug culture."
In all Las Vegas seems traumatized by the entire experience of All-Star weekend.
February 22, 2007 at 04:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack (0)
Here is yet another article to say otherwise...
Vegas Anger At All-Star Crowd
The stories about the crowds in town for All-Star weekend continue to be draw-dropping. And, locals don't seem ready to move on yet. Let me preface this by saying the resorts take a lot of pride in customer service. Frontline workers on the Strip are not minimum wage workers but highly compensated professionals offering a mix of obsequiousness and hard work that is meant to give every tourist the VIP experience. So, Vegas workers will put up with a lot from tourists without complaining. Casino workers rarely confront troublesome customers rather they try to soothe things over. The sad truth is that the more obnoxious tourists can often bully their way into comps and other treats meant to keep everyone happy.
But the over-the-top "thug" behavior of the All-Star NBA crowd has left in its wake a boiling fury among cocktail waitresses, bartenders, security and other jaded pros of the Strip. Among the nightclubs where incidents seem to have taken place on the Strip are hot spots at Wynn, Mandalay Bay and freestanding Empire Ballroom. Off Strip, the topless bars proved a center for problems, too. The stories range from bottles being thrown at employees to guns being confiscated. An employee at Empire told me about having to hide in the back with other workers when a melee broke out shortly after reports that a gun had found its way into the club. For the entire weekend this person reported that female bartenders and cocktail servers at Empire were routinely addressed by customers with obscenities the nicest of which rhymes with witch. I have heard similar treatment was meted out by customers to servers at Pure. Even the usually mellow Peppermill seems to have been the scene of hassles.
Of course, the incident so far getting press attention is the shooting at the strip club Minxx. That incident combines many of the factors that workers blame for the problems elsewhere: outside promoters, celebrities with large entourages and irresponsible behavior by everyone involved. The Review-Journal reports police have talked to NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones who may have known the shooter.
In all the uproar over the tourists who came here last weekend, particularly disconcerting to the servers I interviewed was the question if race played a part in their perception of the crowd. All denied it. One worker at Empire told me: "These were thugs. It was mostly black people, yes, but this had nothing to do with race. I also got called 'slut' by a white guy with a grill. It was thug culture."
In all Las Vegas seems traumatized by the entire experience of All-Star weekend.
February 22, 2007 at 04:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack (0)
pricklypete
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How I wish Vegas was still run by the Mafia.
I would have loved seeing these bums getting mopped up.
I would have loved seeing these bums getting mopped up.
redman
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It's been referenced multiple times by some apologists in this thread.
Smack Tripper
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Society basically functions on a trust. If you stop and think of all you COULD get away with, via either cunning or force, you would be flabbergasted. But in operating a business, especially one where the service or good precedes payment, you live and die by that trust. For the most part, it is kept, but when it breaks, it is something almost deeper than a heinous crime, its an errosion of some collective common decency which unites us as humans and Americans. You should not go to the chair for dine and ditch, but you should not pass it off as something harmless, especially if it happens on a mass basis. It's very troubling to know any segment of people could be responsibile for this.
Smack Tripper
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Awesome rant by Chris Russo from the Mike and the Mad Dog show here!
Koya
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Nice find. I heard this while driving home from work. It was a slow day at the Fan, and then someone who is related to the bouncer who was shot and paralyzed came on the air. After some calm reflection and sadness, Russo just went OFF. I texted my friend immediately - hadnt heard the Dog go that wild in a long time.
Gary Coal Man
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