![]() It was like the “suits” feared we would mess up if we weren’t continually being pleased. Consequently, nothing belonging to the Corporation was too good for the Captains and the Chief Engineers. When the mammoth riverboat first paddled into the tiny riverfront town on the Indiana side of the Ohio River across from Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, the Louisiana-built sternwheeler entirely mesmerized everyone unfamiliar with operating such a behemoth within the narrow confines of the Hoosier portion of the river. The employees, team members, crew, or whatever they were called, were merely the “hired help.” Which also includes me, the SENIOR CAPTAIN of the 330-foot paddlewheeler where all the casino magic happened. Those curious outsiders failed to realize that the fancy food and holiday embellishments the casinos famously touted aimed to please the rubes streaming through the front doors with visions of jackpots dancing in their heads. All I had to do was swipe in with my gaming badge, fill up the tray, eat, and scrape and place the dirty dishes into the bus tray - and all for only two bucks taken out of the next paycheck. The grub was hot lots of it – with no cleaning up afterward. “Bet you ate well on Thanksgiving aboard those gamlin’ boats.
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