Thursday, December 11, 2008

Meet Shorty


For those of you that aren't Piston's fans this is a picture of Alan Iverson. He was at Greektown Casino tonight. Since that's my first home I saw him there. I'm not a groupie, his fan or even interested in meeting him. To me it was no big deal but the entire casino was gossiping "there's Alan Iverson!" The younger people would say "Where?" Older people would say "Who's Alan Iverson?" The waitresses were fighting to serve him and his entourage.
At the high limit table he sat with his 2 friends and a body guard that was shorter than Alan. They blocked off 2 blackjack tables on both sides of him so nobody would bother him. The casino had 2 security officers on each side of the tables.
OK, so he got all of this attention. When he stood up he was six feet tall. I was expecting some big dude but he was short and skinny with a ton of tattoos and braided hair. I wasn't impressed.
He's making good money. He shouldn't be making $3,000 bets. These young guys have gambling problems.
My casino host was telling everyone that he's been there for 4 hours and already lost $60,000. He was also was tipping the waitresses $200.00. Now that I'm impressed about! Getting a $200.00 tip for every drink you bring to 3 people is marvy!
And to think I feel bad for waitresses! HA! I'm filling out an application tomorrow.

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