Bettie: Rio to Replace Cocktail Waitresses

[hip hop]

I am not one of the beautiful people. Let's just disclose that before someone else suggests it. So yeah maybe a little sour grapes here, just a little though.

These girls don't get my sympathy on this. These were the knockouts from all around the country that came to las vegas hoping to make some money on their looks. These girls settle in making 100000K doing 20000K jobs because of their looks. I'm sure there were many more capable waitresses that weren't given these jobs. Perhaps certain assets were too big or too small. Now 10 or 12 years later the looks are fading. Not satisfied with practically stealing a million bucks over the years because of their looks they will now sue for another chunk of change sighting discrimination due to fading looks. Shades of the price is right girls. No, they get no sympathy from me. She who lives by the sword dies by the sword.

Hip Hop

[10Splitter]

While I agree with much of what you are saying...

I doubt that these girls are making $100,000,000.00 (100000K) at these jobs.



10Splitter

[hip hop]

[Buick Riviera]

The Rio is
> doing a mass firing of all the cocktail
> waitresses, who will be replaced with
> singing and dancing
> "bevertainers."

How do you prounounce that? Like Beaver-tainers.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Buick

[Norm Wattenberger]

Suppose they wanted a mass age or looks 'upgrade' of the cocktail waitress staff. A mass firing would probably result in a court date. Perhaps they have experienced suits already as occurred with flight attendants ages ago. But, by substituting them en masse with 'entertainers,' they not only change the job description - but redefine the job such that firing and hiring can take place without legal repercussion. You don't need a reason to terminate an entertainer. After a time, they can dump the idea and hire new cocktail waitresses.

[Parker]

This makes a lot of sense.

The whole concept is so totally idiotic that there almost has to be an ulterior motive.

[Wildcard]

> Suppose they wanted a mass age or looks
> 'upgrade' of the cocktail waitress staff. A
> mass firing would probably result in a court
> date. Perhaps they have experienced suits
> already as occurred with flight attendants
> ages ago. But, by substituting them en masse
> with 'entertainers,' they not only change
> the job description - but redefine the job
> such that firing and hiring can take place
> without legal repercussion. You don't need a
> reason to terminate an entertainer. After a
> time, they can dump the idea and hire new
> cocktail waitresses.

I hadn't thought of that Norm, but I think you may well have hit the nail exactly on the head. This way they can "recycle" the "waitresses" at will and always appear to have the youngest and best, without age every entering into the picture.

Still a pathetic idea, if in fact this is the "behind the scenes" thought process that generated this decision. I haven't been to Rio in quite some time, so I can't give an opinion of the waitresses currently employed...musth've sent a shock wave through the entire staff!

[pat]

> I hadn't thought of that Norm, but I think
> you may well have hit the nail exactly on
> the head. This way they can
> "recycle" the
> "waitresses" at will and always
> appear to have the youngest and best,
> without age every entering into the picture.

> Still a pathetic idea, if in fact this is
> the "behind the scenes" thought
> process that generated this decision. I
> haven't been to Rio in quite some time, so I
> can't give an opinion of the waitresses
> currently employed...musth've sent a shock
> wave through the entire staff!
if the girls have been working since day one and they havent saved enough money to retire-thats their fault.who wants to waitress at a casino for 30 yars anyway.its a crappy job.the money is good but it gets old like any job.

[Norm Wattenberger]

> I haven't been to Rio in quite some time, so I
> can't give an opinion of the waitresses
> currently employed...musth've sent a shock
> wave through the entire staff!

I was there last month and they were nothing to write home about. Could be I was on an off-day - or have different tastes.

Firing the entire staff sounds pretty crude no matter what the curcumstance.