A piece of lint fell on top of a whale's head

[Graves The Elder]

years ago I saw Sinatra playing at the roulette table in Vegas. he was surrounded by his goons.
another time I rode an elevator with Robin Williams in a casino. he was with his first wife.
no one spoke. I didn't know what to say.

 

[loyalyolayal]

I got side tracked for this thread. I came to share after reading OP that I've seen who I presume to be Indonesia Datuk wives/daughers come into Casino carrying brown paper bags full of cash. Yes, those we see in B movies where druglords hold their cash with, those brown paper bags.

It sometimes takes 15min+ for our cashiers to count the notes with a money counter.

There are some rich fuks out there that doesn't look their part for sure.

My friend had an indonesian big shot losing all day at his table that he threatened my friend and asked for the floor manager for my friend's schedule. He also mentioned of a Singaporean matriarch who practically lives in the casino. Probably built an empire and had her kids give her gambling allowance.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

 

[SalvadorAllende]

guys like that acquire such things BECAUSE they have that mentality of "still working"

to them, even if they amass a certain income level, they have the drive to keep going, taking more risks....they cannot be placated, as long as their mind and body are still able to work (make money)

that's the whole thing most people dont realize. When we say "if i had just $10 million of that guy's money, Id never work.....when that guy wouldnt have that $10 million to spare if he did NOT have the mindset of always working

Most people with the thinking of "if I have xx amount, I would quit my job to travel around sipping martini on some islands" are the ones that won't get rags to riches. Most..

Some of my friends plans to retire from work around 35 ~ 40, but ALL of them mentioned that they will continue working passive here and there for their companies. Some plans to help out charity of sorts. And no, it's not like Charity in US where rich people transfer funds just to evade taxes and shit.

And these are the friends I legitimately believe they can retire at said age. Unless of course some health or family shit pops up.

EDIT:
Damn.. @Pure Peace said something similar while I'm typing this shit up.

That is a discussion we had the other day at work.
I have one coworker (34 yo female) who spents 9 hours here complaining about her work while it represents about 25% of her income and her husband is literally millionaire. Every time I ask her why she just don't quit she tells me that she wants to keep making money... but in reality is afraid of getting bored and feel useless.

I agree that being inactive while drinking martinis by the pool is a shitty mentality and unluckly majority of people see that type of life as an endgoal.
But there are others thing you could do. I would personally love to open a martial arts gym for kids who can't pay.

I just think that letting our work define us while we don't have to is kind of sad.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

No, he made his money in stock and property.

So to clarify, he owns 7 apartments that are each worth 2-3 million dollars...and he works in an HR department? Why?
That doesn't sound very plausible. Surely if you were worth at least $14 million you'd be doing something else with your time, not working in HR! He could live comfortably just living off the rent, considering these must be luxury, high rental apartments. And people that have that much in their stock and property portfolio are usually full time investors, not doing a 9-5 job in an HR department (unless they also have some ownership in the company, but that's not normal even for HR directors).

 

[Richmma80]

So to clarify, he owns 7 apartments that are each worth 2-3 million dollars...and he works in an HR department? Why?
That doesn't sound very plausible. Surely if you were worth at least $14 million you'd be doing something else with your time, not working in HR! He could live comfortably just living off the rent, considering these must be luxury, high rental apartments. And people that have that much in their stock and property portfolio are usually full time investors, not doing a 9-5 job in an HR department (unless they also have some ownership in the company, but that's not normal even for HR directors).

HR is fun. You get to hear about all the drama

 

[TheLinguist]

So to clarify, he owns 7 apartments that are each worth 2-3 million dollars...and he works in an HR department? Why?
That doesn't sound very plausible. Surely if you were worth at least $14 million you'd be doing something else with your time, not working in HR! He could live comfortably just living off the rent, considering these must be luxury, high rental apartments. And people that have that much in their stock and property portfolio are usually full time investors, not doing a 9-5 job in an HR department (unless they also have some ownership in the company, but that's not normal even for HR directors).

Yeah beats me, you could buy a flight ticket and come over here and ask him yourself

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Is the trick to gambling just being so rich you don't give a fuck about losses, or what?

In some sense yes. You have to have little to no respect for money if you’re gambling with deep stacks.

 

[MoparOrNoCar]

years ago I saw Sinatra playing at the roulette table in Vegas. he was surrounded by his goons.
another time I rode an elevator with Robin Williams in a casino. he was with his first wife.
no one spoke. I didn't know what to say.

You should have said "Help is on the wayyyy!"

 

[D Train]

Curious what Casino you work at? Is it an MGE property? I work at a casino in Niagara Falls Ontario. I work behind the scenes setting a lot of stuff up for these whales. Today is our Mid-Autumn festival event for the highest of the high asian whales. It's been crazy here for weeks setting this up. It's amazing how demanding, and very specifically demanding these patrons are.

Can you give some examples? This stuff fascinates me.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Those first couple stories are depressing. I just need a million.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I played Roulette from like 3am to noon with this Chinese (I think) dude one night wearing like denim coveralls and a trucker hat. Dude way betting $1000 a spin, just had massive wads of 100s in this pocket. I won like $700 that night and felt like I was big balling.

 

[Organic Damage]

In some sense yes. You have to have little to no respect for money if you’re gambling with deep stacks.

I guess what I never got is that people who gambled to "make money" are kind of doing it wrong. Doubly so if you bust and then can't cover your mortgage after.

You make money, and then gamble to feel like a bigshot. There goes my side hustle plans I guess...

 

[dildos]

I used to attend a local casino but only spent a little a time.

Always noticed the same Asian guys and women too. They were always there in the same seats too.

One guy turned out to be the farmer of a house converted for growing weed.

i heard they get superstitious and where they feel the luck is or where they have had it before they keep going back.

my cousin told me he saw an asian dude win on the pokies here in a casino in syd, and he didnt leave that machine the whole time, even saw him piss on the floor there by the side of the machine!

 

[dildos]

He’s in the HR dept.

i thought the usual response to this question is to say you are in building/construction (if from china).

 

[TheLinguist]

i thought the usual response to this question is to say you are in building/construction (if from china).

You mean engineers?

 

[dildos]

You mean engineers?

no, just no globally some of the largest construction/building companies are chinese.

wait, sorry. i was gonna say the company building 2, 30 story apartments right next to my work is chinese, but they are actually japanese owned.

but still, lots of chinese in the construction/building game globally.

 

[TheLinguist]

no, just no globally some of the largest construction/building companies are chinese.

wait, sorry. i was gonna say the company building 2, 30 story apartments right next to my work is chinese, but they are actually japanese owned.

but still, lots of chinese in the construction/building game globally.

AH, I see haha very true, construction and mining game is where China excel globally

 

[CoolB]

Can you give some examples? This stuff fascinates me.

I set up the basics for them. Rooms, concerts, comps. A lot of them. One big player will come to the casino and need 10 rooms, 5k just for birds nest soup for all their entourage. I only hear stories about the craziest requests though. Just one we we're talking about yesterday was how quickly they need their dinner plates cleaned at these big events. Apparently there is a trend with the more vain patrons where they only chew the food to get the flavour but they spit it out instead of swallowing it. Our servers hate working these events because of how disgusting their eating habits are.

 

[D Train]

I set up the basics for them. Rooms, concerts, comps. A lot of them. One big player will come to the casino and need 10 rooms, 5k just for birds nest soup for all their entourage. I only hear stories about the craziest requests though. Just one we we're talking about yesterday was how quickly they need their dinner plates cleaned at these big events. Apparently there is a trend with the more vain patrons where they only chew the food to get the flavour but they spit it out instead of swallowing it. Our servers hate working these events because of how disgusting their eating habits are.

That’s some Hunger Games District 1 level decadence.