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People will only abuse the priveledge if the floorstaff is incompetant and allows them to abuse it.

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At the Bellagio last year one guy at my table was on his phone for an orbit or two and was continually holding up the game.
He as speaking very loudly and obnoxiously.
"F'king Bellagio!! Don't be a pussy. Get your ass down here." (pause). "I already told you, F'cking Bellagio. Why aren't you here yet."
This thrilling conversation went on and on while he continually held up the game and made everyone at the table kind of uncomfortable.

dealer and floor did nothing.

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Did anyone ask for the floor? Ideally the floor should be paying attention, but sometimes they aren't. I would be very suprised if the floor would not ask this player to step away from the tabel if he became aware of this.

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It would have been very difficult for anyone anywhere near the table NOT to hear it.
I looked and saw the floor reasonably nearby but they didn't seem to care that somebody was cussing that loudly on his phone.

I'm still rather noob-ish at B&M play and was reluctant to call the floor on a guy at our table as I figured they could take care of it.
In other words, I was a wimp about telling an intimidating drunk to mind his manners and quiet down.

I don't know enough about B&M poker, but I think it should be okay for a dealer or the floor to attend to a matter like this without some player needing to muster up the courage to complain about it.

If the poker-floor is bothered by all the 'nits' offering one complaint after another then one way to change that would be to address problems themselves without relying on the complainers.