Well, I had my questions answered. Women do not actually smell money. They may sense a certain confidence and high morale in a man who has money, and a man who consistently has money does have telltale signs (like nice clothes, good haircut, manicured nails, new shoes…), but that’s just somewhere to start.
How do I know? I asked Mattie about it and my run-in with her and Mai Lin. Turns out Mai Lin was more interested in me simply because Mattie had put the “safe” label out there. She’d already mentioned me to Mai Lin as being single and interesting. So that clears up the myster from my last post.
Now, I won’t say Mai Lin and I are a couple, but I’ve taken her out a few times and I’ve run into “the rules.” The rules have to do with what is and isn’t allowed when you date a dealer at a casino. The first and primary rule is that you can’t hang out at their table when they are working. Dealers are forbidden to interact with significant others (even as insignificant as me) while they are working. Plainly, there’s a worry about cheating — and one thing you don’t want to mess with is the paranoia of casino security. She could lose her job.
She did tell me some stories from the place that don’t reflect well on humans in general. For instance, when some people get fixated on a particular slot machine, they will guard it with their lives. That means no bathroom breaks… you guessed it. Some will pee right there on the stool in front of the machine rather than go to the restroom. Completely disgusting.
And then there’s the string of people hitting on her at work. She’s encouraged to be friendly, even flirtatious, with the players. But some of those players become stalkers, thinking the tip they gave her allows them to be jerks away from the gambling floor. Mai Lin has a few stories about girls that were followed or accosted while on break or when going to their cars after work. Sad, really.
It’s enough of a problem that you are encouraged to go with a coworker or ask for security when leaving the gaming floor after your shift.
