So tell me, is the economy really as bad as some in the media would lead us to believe? I spent a week in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend, thanks to my loving girl friends gift that she bestowed on me for my 40th birthday. Now mind you I have never been to Vegas let alone over a weekend holiday.
As far as excess goes it was pretty much everything that I expected, flashy loud, in a lot of cases tacky as hell. I mean where else on earth can you get married at 4am in all night make shift wedding chapel by an Elvis impersonator in between shows at the Bolagio? And no I did not go there to get married; I think some where in the Caribbean would be more to my liking rather than a Pirate Ship in front of Treasure Island with a bunch of Japanese tourists snapping their cameras.
I guess the thing that got me the most is the amount of adults with their young children in tow. Granted there are water parks and other things for kids to do, but that would have to be in between dad dropping 500.00 at the black jack table. What is up with some of you ignorant ass selfish adults dragging your kids to Vegas for a family vacation? Just think, little Johnny wants to go for a roller coaster ride on top of the Stratosphere but dad is too busy losing little Johnny's college fund at the 100.00 minimum black jack table , getting stoned drunk and hitting on the high priced hooker next to him. Yeah that's just what I would want my 10 year old to see WTF!
Sorry got on a tangent there, I guess my whole point here, is seeing all the people there, hotels packed, and all the money that is dropped. I guess it shows me that the economy can't really be that bad unless I was just surrounded by a bunch of millionaires. Which I seriously doubt because they won't allow me in places like that. No really, I inquired at the newly built Wynn hotel huge, beautiful and classy, I went to the front desk and asked the price on a room. I was wearing a sleeveless shirt(tatoos showing) and I noticed the snooty desk clerk slightly rolling her eyes as she was checking availability. She replied back with 289.00 a night, so after watching her first reaction with my appearance, I replied with "Don't you have a smelly biker discount" she looked in confusion or more like disgust and said no. So then I asked her the price for a suite, she told me they had no suites. A hotel in Vegas with no suite? Riiiiight. I guess there was just no suite for a guy inquiring about a "Smelly Biker Discount" Anyway, I really doubt the economy is as bad as some people would believe or why else would places like Vegas and other casinos be that busy. Some would say hope, well if some of you are that dense to think you are going to parlay your 100.00 into 100,000.00 you need to check what little intelligence you have at the door. These places exist on your money. But lets face it walking away from the Black Jack table with a extra 50.00 can be fun.
