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Brandon Flowers speaks out for Valet Workers

Liondownnow
Liondownnow
Dec 20, 2016
10:03am
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This is an article from the Review Journal. He is not happy about the valet workers getting screwed.

Valet Parking
alanleroy
alanleroy
Dec 20, 2016
10:15am
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I spoke with the Valet Supervisor at an MGM property last weekend. The valets are being bankrupted. Dramatic drop in the number of people using the Valet and a big drop in the tip amount. Double whammy. Income cut in half.
Dave in Seattle.
Dave in Seattle.
Dec 20, 2016
10:26am
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Now that casinos are making more money,it should trickle back down to the valet workers!
Boy,I would be angry as well.
Those people have to stay in shape. I have never seen an overweight valet worker.
I see them RUN!
malibber2
malibber2
Dec 20, 2016
11:28am
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It is a nice gesture, but in our rigged system people will never trump profits.

pjstroh
pjstroh
Dec 20, 2016
11:47am
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He says their salaries aren't going up. I thought valets were mostly minimum wage workers who made a ton of money in tips. So its more an issue of people using the valet less.

The casinos can only get away with this if customers let them. If their business suffers from boycotters they'll put free parking back in a heartbeat. Apparently that's not happening, though.
alanleroy
alanleroy
Dec 20, 2016
12:49pm
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Originally posted by: pjstroh
So its more an issue of people using the valet less.
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Also the ones who still use the valet are tipping less...since they have to pay $18 for parking overnight instead of 0.

Roulette Man
Roulette Man
Dec 20, 2016
1:28pm
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Originally posted by: pjstroh
He says their salaries aren't going up. I thought valets were mostly minimum wage workers who made a ton of money in tips. So its more an issue of people using the valet less.

The casinos can only get away with this if customers let them. If their business suffers from boycotters they'll put free parking back in a heartbeat. Apparently that's not happening, though.


That or superior competition who doesn't charge for parking.

I read MGM Resorts has now lowered their pours on paid alcohol drinks from 1.5oz to 1.25 oz. They then issued a BS statement that they were offering the best drinks by staying with the industry average.
billryan
billryan
Dec 20, 2016
3:00pm
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Ounce and a quarter is still above average. Standard drink in NY and Ft Lauderdale is one ounce. Sucks that they went from one and a half to one and a quarter, but they are still above the average.
Bar pricing is generally done assuming one ounce per drink.
drmilled
drmilled
Dec 20, 2016
5:27pm
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Once again, billryan does not get it- roulette man was not talking about NY or FtLauderdale, he was talking about Vegas. Leave it to an ignorant liberal to bring inane info to a specific topic.
O2bnVegas
O2bnVegas
Dec 20, 2016
11:31pm
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Originally posted by: drmilled
Once again, billryan does not get it- roulette man was not talking about NY or FtLauderdale, he was talking about Vegas. Leave it to an ignorant liberal to bring inane info to a specific topic.


"You can't handle the truth." Quoting from A Few Good Men, in case nobody saw it.

Someone posts a fact but gets slammed for it.

Bill didn't side with the parking thing, not here at least. He merely stated a community standard concerning drink pour amounts. Fact, interesting. I'll take facts over emotion any day.
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