My Day At The Casino

So I'm playing a bar top machine, about half way through my play. Suddenly, a well dressed man sits down next to me. I think nothing of it, until he pulls out a spray bottle and a small terry cloth rag. Now I'm interested. This guy starts spraying his machine and wiping down every spot, plus the counter around the machine. He cleans the buttons, every inch of the screen, after three minutes it's just sparkling. He's meticulous.

So I'm thinking to myself, "Now here is a real professional, a top notch advantage video poker player who takes his game quite serious. I'm sure he is very knowledgeable, I gotta admire this guy." I keep watching him out of the corner of my eye, I'm very interested. He pulls some money out and inserts it into his machine.

AND STARTS PLAYING CAVEMAN KENO!

What an a-hole.

Quote: bobbartop

So I'm playing a bar top machine, about half way through my play. Suddenly, a well dressed man sits down next to me. I think nothing of it, until he pulls out a spray bottle and a small terry cloth rag. Now I'm interested. This guy starts spraying his machine and wiping down every spot, plus the counter around the machine. He cleans the buttons, every inch of the screen, after three minutes it's just sparkling. He's meticulous.

So I'm thinking to myself, "Now here is a real professional, a top notch advantage video poker player who takes his game quite serious. I'm sure he is very knowledgeable, I gotta admire this guy." I keep watching him out of the corner of my eye, I'm very interested. He pulls some money out and inserts it into his machine.

AND STARTS PLAYING CAVEMAN KENO!

What an a-hole.

I would have automatically just assumed he was a germaphobe.

And for good reason, I'm sure the machines are absolutely filthy(I'm sure some of us long-timers have built up an immunity). Remember, there's guys who ride buses and subways who are "fresh" off the bus (they probably just took a dump on the bus) that play those things, you could get get all kinds of scabies, lice and probably some diseases.

p.s. I used to get some strange sickness that felt similar to the flu about once a year or so when I had to deal with coin in coin out machines(ones that you had to hand feed each time) for an extended period of time. If you ever looked at your hands after playing those type of machines your hands would be covered with a metallic Sparkle that looked as if you were playing with ashes. I got so sick one time actually went to the emergency room, they couldn't figure out what it was and they wanted to do a spinal tap, I refused. It cleared up soon after and I was much more cautious after that frequently washing my hands with hand sanitizer and I made sure not to touch any other part of my body while playing. Needless to say, after the coin machines all but vanished I never got sick like that again.

Quote: AxelWolf

I would have automatically just assumed he was a germaphobe.

And for good reason, I'm sure the machines are absolutely filthy(I'm sure some of us long-timers have built up an immunity). Remember, there's guys who ride buses and subways who are "fresh" off the bus (they probably just took a dump on the bus) that play those things, you could get get all kinds of scabies, lice and probably some diseases.

Valid point. Especially on the East Coast.

I guarantee that at least 50% of men do NOT wash their hands after taking a leak in the men's room. Some don't wash even when coming out of a stall. Now I'm sure the women's restroom is different. You can probably eat off the floor they're so clean.

Quote: bobbartop

Valid point. Especially on the East Coast.

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ROFLMAO.

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So the one thing I don't get is when people spend all this time washing their hands and then they walk out and grab the door handle that the non hand washers just used. Use the paper towel you just threw away to open the damn thing next time.

Quote: bobbartop

Valid point. Especially on the East Coast.

I guarantee that at least 50% of men do NOT wash their hands after taking a leak in the men's room. Some don't wash even when coming out of a stall. Now I'm sure the women's restroom is different. You can probably eat off the floor they're so clean.

I've heard the opposite -- that women's rooms are often far dirtier than men's rooms.

Quote: AxelWolf

So the one thing I don't get is when people spend all this time washing their hands and then they walk out and grab the door handle that the non hand washers just used. Use the paper towel you just threw away to open the damn thing next time.

That's another valid point. I always use the paper towel to grab the handle. And if there are several guys in the men's room, I just wait for one of them to open the door and then dart through without touching anything.

Quote: RS

I've heard the opposite -- that women's rooms are often far dirtier than men's rooms.

Who can we ask to confirm this?

Quote: RS

I've heard the opposite -- that women's rooms are often far dirtier than men's rooms.

I’ve seen videos taken in a Walgreens ladies room. Seemed pretty clean.

Quote: bobbartop

Who can we ask to confirm this?

I used to work at a Denny's as a teenager and one of my obligations was to sweep up the restrooms. I also did janitorial services as a teenager. We had a few few truck stops under contract, I did the same at the Eagles Club. I can confirm that they are significantly worse then the men's room.

My wife will also confirm that some women are absolutely disgusting when it comes to public restrooms.

The Men's Rooms always had much more damage than the Women's restroom.

Quote: michael99000

I’ve seen videos taken in a Walgreens ladies room. Seemed pretty clean.

It's nice to know that you and Nathan have a personal connection outside the Forum.

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Coincidence, you decide.

Nothing worse than the guy who sits his drink on the urinal in a casino bathroom. Assuming we have all observed it, but if you haven’t, visit the Cosmo on a Saturday night. You will be a full lineup of douches doing it.

Quote: bobbartop

AND STARTS PLAYING CAVEMAN KENO!

Fantastic! Made my evening.

Quote: AxelWolf

I would have automatically just assumed he was a germaphobe.

Yes. Back in the pre-historic times when there where no TITO machines and coin buckets were popular, all the 'change girls' would bring you the packets of moist towelettes. Every booth that featured a coin-counting machine displayed a bowl of such towelletes. People used them liberally but it did not indicate any skill level with the games.

Exclaiming about restroom hygiene? However, are you then fine with going to your hotel room and performing oral sex on your partner/escort?

At the moment that God designed people, he showed his unfathomable sense of humor by making the sex organs be the organs of excretion.

Quote: bobbartop

AND STARTS PLAYING CAVEMAN KENO!

What an a-hole.

Before there was caveman keno, people would actually play KENO. Pick 20 out of 80. no one in the history of the game at ANY Nevada casino ever hit 20 out of 80. zillions of idiots played and even tipped those 'Keno Runners".