Finally, a benefit resulting from your beer problem.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nKnowing what we now know, it’s tough to view Las Vegas casinos in quite the same way. Yes, we can order our favorite drink at the bar and pay for it, but once at a table or machine, we have to visit the bar and get a refill (you can’t purchase a cocktail from a cocktail server) or drink the cheap substitute.<\/p>\n
Oh, or we could not drink at all. Which is about as likely as Criss Angel getting a normal haircut.<\/p>\nKudos to the only casino we’ve found in Vegas that’s willing to put their policy in writing. Doesn’t make it right, but at least it’s honest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe only way this practice is could change is if customers, in substantial numbers, let casinos know it’s not cool to provide something we didn’t order and that it’s going to cost them our business. So, essentially, it’s not going to happen.<\/p>\n
Do you think it’s a big deal that when you order one thing you get something else, like ordering chocolate chip ice cream and getting mint chocolate chip?<\/p>\n
While we understand the business rationale behind the liquor swap, not being able to get the specific liquor brand we love when we gamble has made Las Vegas, well, a little less Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Talk about a buzzkill.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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