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09-08-2007, 09:37 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
F bomb rule is an abomination in general. We're all adults engaging in an adult activity and being told to watch your language in a Casino, of all [censored] locations, a place where your surrounded by gambling, sexual advertisements, and no children.
We're all adults, sometimes adults swear, who cares? 
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#12
09-08-2007, 09:43 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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F bomb rule is an abomination in general. We're all adults engaging in an adult activity and being told to watch your language in a Casino, of all [censored] locations, a place where your surrounded by gambling, sexual advertisements, and no children. We're all adults, sometimes adults swear, who cares? [/ QUOTE ] This is something that really varies by location. In the casino in question if you changed it from "say the F-word, get a penalty" to "punch the dealer, get a penalty" players would form time to time punch the dealer. The reason I like it isn't so much that the F-word is so bad it is that if you draw the line there it never progresses to players spitting on the delaer or throwing things at the dealer (both of which were fairly common at this location prior to introducing the F-word rule).
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#14
09-09-2007, 01:23 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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F bomb rule is an abomination in general. We're all adults, sometimes adults swear, who cares? [/ QUOTE ] I agree. I like the new change that the F bomb is okay as long as it is not direct at a person or staff member. The world is becoming way too [censored] politically correct.
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#15
09-10-2007, 01:24 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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Alas, the charming acronymous origin of the word in question is an urban legend; more specifically, it is false. I would provide the snopes.com URL, but it includes the word in question and hence cannot be posted on this enlightened forum. [/ QUOTE ] http://tinyurl.com/ypu8pl
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#17
09-10-2007, 03:06 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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This is something that really varies by location. In the casino in question if you changed it from "say the F-word, get a penalty" to "punch the dealer, get a penalty" players would form time to time punch the dealer. The reason I like it isn't so much that the F-word is so bad it is that if you draw the line there it never progresses to players spitting on the delaer or throwing things at the dealer (both of which were fairly common at this location prior to introducing the F-word rule). [/ QUOTE ] One of the reasons a rule like this gets implemented is because people somehow make a connection between spitting on a dealer and saying a word. There is no connection...none...nada...nil...none. If people are spitting on dealers then that is a big problem and any management worth their salt would take care of that immediately. But if someone just took a 989:1 bad beat in the biggest hand of the biggest tournament of their life and mutters; "[censored] me." at low volume then there shouldn't be a penalty...no way...no how. Dealer abuse = penalty Player abuse = penalty Saying a word should not be a penalty.
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#18
09-10-2007, 10:50 PM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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One of the reasons a rule like this gets implemented is because people somehow make a connection between spitting on a dealer and saying a word. There is no connection...none...nada...nil...none. If people are spitting on dealers then that is a big problem and any management worth their salt would take care of that immediately. [/ QUOTE ] The connection is that you set the bar very low on the abuse scale because wherever you decide "this is abusive enough, you get a penalty" there will some people that decide to go ahead and get a penalty. [ QUOTE ] But if someone just took a 989:1 bad beat in the biggest hand of the biggest tournament of their life and mutters; "[censored] me." at low volume then there shouldn't be a penalty...no way...no how. [/ QUOTE ] In most venues this would be true. In a venue where the dealers don't speak/understand English they can't tell if someone was upset abotu a beat or was swearing at the dealer. The can be told "if you hear this word, call the floor." I do not favor this as a universal rule, but I think it is a very good rule in the LA market.
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#19
09-11-2007, 11:10 AM
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Re: The \"F-Bomb\" Rule
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F bomb rule is an abomination in general. We're all adults engaging in an adult activity and being told to watch your language in a Casino, of all [censored] locations, a place where your surrounded by gambling, sexual advertisements, and no children. We're all adults, sometimes adults swear, who cares? [/ QUOTE ] I get what you're saying, I really do, but I prefer the rule in place. Well, actually, I prefer what the OP said about abusive behavior. I think the F-bomb rule is, as the OP said, overly specific. When someone goes on a f-bomb tirade my gut instinctively turns over and I get a fight or flight adrenaline reaction. Is this guy going to go postal? No, probably not, but his tirade screws me up and it takes several minutes to calm my nerves. Whining, fine. A soft curse, fine. Tirades? Penalty on the spot. Any behavior that's your classic precursor to violence (rising anger, shouting, pounding on the table) are all over the line to me and deserve a penalty. I really don't care if the F-word is used, it's how it's used. Unfortunately, such discretion is incredibly difficult to delegate to the dealers in a way that's consistent. I'd rather the rule were about the tirades themselves, but given the F-word is so frequently associated with postal-esque tirades, I'm fine with the rule as a flawed attempt to prevent abusive behavior.
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