Today, I got a job at a casino where I was actually planning on spending my 21st birthday next month. After they hired me, they told me no employees are allowed to play or gamble on or off the clock, for as long as they are employed there, or termination will immediately follow. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, to celebrate my older sister's 21st birthday, my parents forced me to take the night off work so we could all go to the casino. Not only is this coming out of my vacation, I wasn't old enough to enter the casino, so I had to sit in the car. FML
Today, I got fired from my new job on my first day. Why? Because I'm 19 and company policy says you have to be 21. But they can't ask how old you are. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could take a vacation day for my birthday on Monday. She called to tell me yes, and then told me I'm getting laid off. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. My manager found Facebook pictures of me drinking underage at a party. He said he didn't want "that kind of image" associated with the business. It was his birthday party. He supplied the booze. FML
Today, after working at my summer job for 3 weeks, I was informed that I was too young to work there. I had contacted them 3 months prior and had given them my birthdate multiple times. I had also attended a special training in their corporate HQ, which I drove 7 hours both ways to get to. FML
Today, it's my birthday and I had to work. My boss wished me a happy birthday, and then told me I was fired. FML
Today, I was fired for using violence and intimidation in the work place. I was a bouncer at a strip club. FML
Today, I got fired. Yesterday was my birthday and I was told I was getting a promotion. FML
Today, I was fired because my boss found out I had been looking for a new job. Then, I got a call from my only job prospect, saying I was overqualified and too young to work there as a waitress. FML
Today, I was enjoying my first vacation day in 2 years. My boss then called me to come in, saying it was an emergency. I got to work and got fired. Yes, my boss made me come in just to fire me. FML
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Top comments
Sandsh8rk 36
Congratulations on the job! I know it sucks that you can't gamble there anymore, but think about it this way - you've scored yourself consistent employment and are saving yourself from blowing all of your money. Is there another casino near that one where you can celebrate by any chance?
ShotaSammy 17
Be happy you don't live in Pennsylvania. My mother works at a casino in town and she isn't allowed to gamble at any casino in the entire state.
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Comments (47)
Raye_Delvego 8
They do this to ensure that the patrons don't see you and think the house is cheating. Most people know that the odds are in the houses favor, but if the patrons see employees gambling, even off the clock there's the image that the house is making sure it stays on top and that nobody can win outside the house. My dad used to be a security guard for a casino, and that was the rule as well, employees weren't allowed to gamble at the site they work at.
FML_dude_117 8
well gambling is bad so just dont do it.
zmanryan4 4
Better to have a job and make money. Then lose it at the casino. Buy yourself something nice for your birthday instead.
anaheimangels40 11
I worked for a major hotel casino that owned half the strip In Vegas and we were allowed to gamble, we got huge discounts on the restaurants and everything else.
PrimalSeptimus 2
I used to work for Konami, and we weren't allowed to take winnings from any Konami machines. Just go to another casino.
Namenlos_fml 20
So be it. Go somewhere else if they're willing to piss away business like that
ACCOUNTKILLER 18
You can still have the party, you just can't gamble or stand near the gaming areas or have anyone bet on your behalf- I hope you haven't booked anything out yet. Also it's pretty common knowledge that employees are not permitted to gamble at the casino they work at, even if they don't work there as a croupier
GhostFox 34
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention another contributing factor to the rule, other than the cheating one. More specifically, gambling addiction. Common, dangerous, hidden relatively easily. An employee with an addiction could do some major damage.
Twodovesgirrafe 6
You can't work in a casino if you're not 21
Pretty_Pisces 11
Congratulations on the job! If this is the casino I have in mind (like the recently renamed one), you could always cross the boarder to Indiana and still have a rocking birthday!