Clumsy casino customers?

Just something I realized last night. I guess this would fall into the category of odd things. Last summer seemed to be the summer of people falling flat on their faces at the 2 Indiana riverboats that I frequent the most.

Incident #1: I was playing Crazy 4 Poker at Grand Victoria. There is a V/P bar across the aisle from this table. There was an older woman (I am guessing late 60s-early 70s) with a cane sitting there when I sat down. After several hands, I hear this loud thump and feel it in the floor and my seat. I turned around to see her laying on the floor. Her cane and her bar stool are laying next to her. A few people gathered to help followed by a medic a couple of minutes later (a staff medic perhaps?). After a little chatter with the medic, he helps her up and she is on her way. I don’t know if the condition that required the cane caused her to loose her balance getting off the chair or if she had been drinking too much (or both).

Incident #2: Also at Grand Victoria in my next visit 2 or 3 weeks later. I was playing 3 Card Poker. This table has a clear view of the escalators. I saw an older man with a cane (also appeared around 70) get off the UP escalator and walk about 6 or 7 feet, stumble and fall flat on his face. The people he was with helped him back up. No medic this time. I don’t know if he had been drinking,

Incident #3: A few weeks later at Belterra, I was playing Crazy 4 Poker there, only to hear a loud thump coming from the slot machines behind me. This time it was a younger guy (guessing mid 40s) with a cane getting some help from his buddy to get up. Apparently he fell getting out if his seat. He walked away with a very noticeable limp (appeared to have a problem with his right leg). Again, I don’t know if he was drinking.

I am under the impression that a lot of casinos have a paramedic or EMT on staff to deal with mishaps (#1 above). Early last year at Belterra, I cut the inside of my right thumb on a card at the Crazy 4 Poker table and a medic showed up a few minutes later with a bandaid and antibiotic cream for the cut. Of course, that deck of cards was retired and put in a zip-loc bag as a precaution. The dealer said she had cut her hands several times over the years dealing different games, so this was not unheard of. I kept on playing without any issues.

jenaphir needs to show up and tell about the time I tripped over a chair at the Plaza.

after the last Vegas trip, on Sunday morning I had a painful bruise on my upper left arm. I was told later that I must have gotten it when I fell into a cab at the Cosmo

Maybe it's the canes that are causing them to fall.


Rick

Keep on Rock'n


EDITED TO ASK: Karen, did you have a cane when you fell ?

it was one of them fancy flasks shaped like a cane.

when i tripped over the chair at the Plaza, I never actually landed on the ground. I had a nice recovery and ended up on my own 2 feet. No I did not have a cane


I have no recollection of falling into the cab, or the cab ride, or who was with me in the cab. Or whether or not I had a cane. I have never used a cane before, but who knows?

When Illinois casinos went nonsmoking there seemed to be an increase in clumsy behavior on my Illinois boat. Especially people knocking over chairs as they left their machines. This has always happened, but seemed to increase with the influx of new nonsmoking customers.

In one instance a young woman on the bank behind me not only knocked over her chair, but managed to then trip over it. She fell back towards me so fast that I didn't have a chance to catch her. But a well placed forearm to the butt prevented her from crashing into me, and she hit the machine next to me instead.

When that casino went landbased shortly thereafter I again failed to catch a falling patron. I was on the third machine from the left on a bank, and an elderly woman with a cane was trying to get to the machine next to me by way of the far left machine. She was bumping along, which I am used to from the elderly, so I didn't pay much attention. By the time I looked up and saw she was actually in trouble, it was too late to catch her. I was amazed at how fast she went down. But after a group of bystanders helped her up, she got into her seat and started playing like nothing had happened.

I've witnessed a number of other falls, mostly by the elderly. Paramedics are usually on the scene in a hurry, I suppose mainly to make sure the incident wasn't heart-related. In all cases I have seen, the main damage has been embarrassment, and the victims seem to prefer as little attention as possible.

These tumbles make me long for a Bagiant "Trip" report

Twenty years ago or so, we had just arrived in Vegas, Harrahs. No alcohol yet.
Unpacked, headed toward the elevator, not running but probably at a brisk pace.
The carpet was very plush I recall.
Almost at the elevator, I more or less stubbed my toe, went flying totally into the air, came down totally prone on the carpet.

Got up, glad nobody except husband witnessed this, not hurt, laughed, went on.
Kept tripping same way with the shoes except no acrobatics.
Tossed them in that trash can that night.

Anyone who witnessed this would have thought I was already wasted in Vegas.

Edited to add that the shoes were brand new.

and how many of those did she trip over?

At Aliante, the security staff are trained in first aid, up to and including CPR and defibrulators. I assume this is similar at other casinos. The security people do what they can for the guest until the paramedics arrive.