I’ve been working as a cocktail server in a casino for about eight months, and somehow everyone assumes I know every game on the floor.
Truth is, I don’t.
I can tell you which blackjack tables stay busy, which dealers joke with players, and which regulars never leave before 2 a.m. But if someone actually asked me about the blackjack table rules, I’d probably sound like I’d watched two YouTube videos and called it a day.
One of the dealers keeps telling me to sit down after my shift and he’ll walk me through a few hands, but that’s exactly the problem. I don’t mind looking clueless in front of strangers. Looking clueless in front of people I work with every week? That’s a different story.
Has anyone else been in that situation? Working around casino games every day somehow made me less willing to actually try one. Did you finally get over it, or did you keep avoiding the table because everyone already expected you to know what you were doing?