New Posts For Thread: Betting and online gambling staff.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staffI wonder how many betting shop staff and online gambling site staff would know how many bets there are in a round robin and what the bet is?. I reckon in this day and age 10%.National Living wagehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555366401#555366401National Living wageThu, 23 Aug 2018 18:36:45 -050090% of them are as thick as two planks. Glorified till assistants. If the computers were taken off them, they wouldn`t be able to settle a bet. As for their knowledge of sport, it would make one laugh. It must be hard for the veteran settlers workinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555366307#55536630790% of them are as thick as two planks. Glorified till assistants. If the computers were taken off them, they wouldn`t be able to settle a bet. As for their knowledge of sport, it would make one laugh. It must be hard for the veteran settlers workingThu, 23 Aug 2018 18:19:42 -0500They struggle to remember their own name, let alone what colour they're supposed to be painting their nails whilst watching neighbours.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555365961#555365961They struggle to remember their own name, let alone what colour they're supposed to be painting their nails whilst watching neighbours.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:17:33 -0500Always used to tip after a lumpy but they never hesitated to administer the bum's rush when Mr Deal or No Deal told them to.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555365937#555365937Always used to tip after a lumpy but they never hesitated to administer the bum's rush when Mr Deal or No Deal told them to.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:14:44 -0500The giving of tips when having a decent return was always something I did as a rule and was part of trying to keep shop staff onside.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555363781#555363781The giving of tips when having a decent return was always something I did as a rule and was part of trying to keep shop staff onside.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:46:38 -0500I have absolutely nil contempt whatsoever for betting shop staff, quite the reverse in fact and if I manage to get a decent placepot up I'll always give them a tenner for a drink. If you don't train them, you can't blame them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555363205#555363205I have absolutely nil contempt whatsoever for betting shop staff, quite the reverse in fact and if I manage to get a decent placepot up I'll always give them a tenner for a drink. If you don't train them, you can't blame them.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:56:08 -0500FOBT punters get treat very well horsey people not so much,from my times of doing the shops early doors have experienced the changes in attitudes that comes with the realisation that you only bet on racing and aren't a complete mug.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555362557#555362557FOBT punters get treat very well horsey people not so much,from my times of doing the shops early doors have experienced the changes in attitudes that comes with the realisation that you only bet on racing and aren't a complete mug.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:37:18 -0500If punters have contempt for betting staff, think how much contempt they must have for gamblers who throw their money away to pay their wages.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555362269#555362269If punters have contempt for betting staff, think how much contempt they must have for gamblers who throw their money away to pay their wages.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:03:10 -0500One year I overheard a cashier talk about the Grand National being run at Anfield.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555362227#555362227One year I overheard a cashier talk about the Grand National being run at Anfield.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:58:31 -0500Everyone who worked in the business before EPOS came in around the start of the millennium, nobody afterwards. As a bookie we rarely see them and the punters that do them are totally clueless as to how to settle them in my experience.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31441045/betting-and-online-gambling-staff?post_id=555361691#555361691Everyone who worked in the business before EPOS came in around the start of the millennium, nobody afterwards. As a bookie we rarely see them and the punters that do them are totally clueless as to how to settle them in my experience.Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:05:17 -0500