Should I be flattered or concerned?

[DK528]

I started going to the Borgata in spring 2011 if I remember correctly. From my birthday in 2012 onward, I've gotten a Borgata birthday cake. This year I didn't get one and was honestly, a little bummed.

Today it arrived with the attached card. Flattering but do I really want to be one of their "top customers?" :loco:

[DK528]

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[treyster]

That's cool they do it, better than a card from the dentist lol

Only thing I get is drink coupons from Southwest Air that I never get to use.

[dvandentop]

looks good lets see it when cut open

[Hawkeye]

Be flattered. Looks like a tasty cake.

[Luckylinda123]

A late cake beats no cake. It does look good

[noleman]

You should be flattered. I've gotten a single email from a host ("call me and I'll try to get you a room") and basically nothing else even though I lost thousands there between Christmas and New Year's.

On the other hand, at Resorts in AC, where I have been known to low roll, I happened to be there not long ago for a gift givaway and received a lovely box of Faberware (read: cheap, Asian-made utensils) kitchen tools. I had a choice between green and black and the multiple pieces inside included a number of prized rarities such as a plastic soup ladle and carrot peeler. I was there on a day when the buses of seniors were too, so actually quite a number of people there partook and could be seen around the casino for the remainder of the day carrying the box from slot to slot. I later observed someone trading Soupman (yes, there's one of those franchises in Resorts) for one of the boxes and a couple people waiting at the bus depot that were using the pasta stirrer as a back scratcher. Yuck, although I admit to having tried it myself later and those pasta stirrers are actually quite efficient and satisfying for hard to reach places.

[fiatmama]

Well, be flattered and I hope you had a wonderful birthday Dina!!

fiatmama

[DK528]

I was being sort of tongue-in-cheek -- it is nice to receive it. Will probably bring it into work tomorrow so will show you an innards photo then, Derek!

But not going to lie, the thought flashes through my mind of "do I really want to be a customer that gets noticed enough to get a cake?" I've had a much better 14 months at Borgata but I question my gambling from time to time. I think it's mainly b/c my family doesn't approve and most of my friends don't so I'm really an outlier. But ... no debt, paid off my 30 year law school student loans in 7, have lots in my 401k and building up my savings. Just the Jewish guilt gets to me sometimes.

As I head down to AC for a three night trip next week

[noleman]

I was being sort of tongue-in-cheek -- it is nice to receive it. Will probably bring it into work tomorrow so will show you an innards photo then, Derek!

But not going to lie, the thought flashes through my mind of "do I really want to be a customer that gets noticed enough to get a cake?" I've had a much better 14 months at Borgata but I question my gambling from time to time. I think it's mainly b/c my family doesn't approve and most of my friends don't so I'm really an outlier. But ... no debt, paid off my 30 year law school student loans in 7, have lots in my 401k and building up my savings. Just the Jewish guilt gets to me sometimes.

As I head down to AC for a three night trip next week

You and I need to get together sometime and talk about BigLaw decompression techniques. Like you, I have savings, a family I spend time with (though not as much as they want), a 401(k) , etc. I love, absolutely love, to chase a jackpot though and it's a great diversion from some of the awful stuff we all have to put up with and, at least in my view, a much healthier alternative to drinking (by far, the most common outlet I observe), abuse of prescription drugs (close #2), and just getting burned out. The folks who tend not to approve don't know the "joy" of dealing with accounting for your life in six minute increments, opposing counsel who fight to the death on the smallest and most insignificant of issues, petty law office politics and self-important "business generators" who haven't done a real day of hard work, much less any legal work, in years. Sorry, been one of those days.