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Had a room visit. The two security guys were friendly in that weird way where they're all smiley and talkative, but completely ignore anything you say. Weird st
by strictnein 8y ago
Had a room visit. The two security guys were friendly in that weird way where they're all smiley and talkative, but completely ignore anything you say. Weird stuff.
Oh, and they made fun of how much I paid for room service, which is weird because it's overpriced to help pay their salaries... shrug
I get the why of what they're doing, but they didn't look through anything, so if I was planning something I could have had it all just in my dresser.
Defcon is moving to Paris, Bally's, and Planet Hollywood next year, but those are all Caesar owned properties, so it doesn't address anything. Although the room service may be cheaper.
- gammateam 8y agoIs the room service really that expensive? I do remember paying extra taxes on taxes at the Encore
- strictnein 8y ago$75 for french onion soup, a caesar salad, and two beers $55 for a bad 18" NY style pepperoni pizza There's an 18% gratuity and a $10 delivery fee for every order.
- Someone1234 8y agoThat's astonishingly expensive. I bet you could get a local pizza place to deliver an 18" Pepperoni for half that, let alone the $10 fee.
- tibbon 8y agoEverything on the strip is jacked up beyond anything I've ever seen in Tokyo or NYC. Pizza delivery might work, but otherwise... literally everything on the strip is jacked. I can find $1 slice pizza in Manhattan. Less-good version in Vegas? $6.
- rbritton 8y agoVegas has discovered that it doesn't really matter what they charge. People will pay it. Gone are the days where they subsidized food costs with gambling revenue -- I really wouldn't be surprised if the casino floor cocktailers disappeared in the near future.
- secabeen 8y agoDelivery food is a great way to save money, but they can't deliver to your hotel room. You have to meet them at the entrance to the hotel.
- DEADBEEFC0FFEE 8y agoThat seems pretty ok.
- kayfox 8y agoNo pizza places deliver to rooms in casinos on the strip, you have to go down and meet the driver.
- baby 8y agoAt least fees are included and you don't get a bad look for not tipping.
- bkor 8y ago> because it's overpriced to help pay their salaries That's something you assume but cannot know unless you had a look at their books. Paying security out of room service seems quite odd. I don't think that the salary of security is based upon room service at all. Apparently these security people weren't that useful security wise, but maybe it's more that they know that too.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoWhat? Money that people pay for room service is money flowing into the business, all of which helps pay staff salaries. I didn't realise there was any controversy around this arrangement.
- saurik 8y ago> Defcon is moving to Paris, Bally's, and Planet Hollywood next year, but those are all Caesar owned properties, so it doesn't address anything. DEFCON was at Bally's and Paris for two or three years two or three years ago. The theory a few of us have is the Caesar's Palace people were looking for soldering equipment (that might damage their tables) and that Caesar's doesn't care as much if there is damage to their less prestigious properties.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoStrange theory, why not just charge people retroactively for the damage and then repair it? Is that not how hotels usually work?
- snarfy 8y agoThe last time I went to Defcon, someone drove the security golf cart into the pool. Others were flushing bags of concrete down the toilet. There's damage, and then there is Defcon.
- throwawaymath 8y agoWhy the hell do people act like that at the conference? That sounds like children running amok, not a security conference.
- snarfy 8y agoThe age requirement for Defcon is 18. There is also a large cross section of counter culture and drug culture. There were many parties happening. I recall smoking salvia out of a hooka, which later tipped and burned the bed sheets. A random guy came in to the party with a 50 gallon trash bag full of dried salvia.
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoNo, defcon has no age requirement.