by Kate
25. November 2010 09:44
How far would you go, or not go, to ensure that you wouldn’t have to leave your slot machine until it paid out?
Online poker players are known for their ability to play for long hours without sleep, without adequate nutrition (cereal doesn’t count) or without partaking in the daily average grooming requirements. But we kinda hope that it never reaches the point where any of them would ‘let themselves go’ and ‘relieve’ themselves right where they’re sitting just for the sake of not missing a second of the action.
There are rumours circulating that some slot machine devotees have no qualms with doing such things. Employees of a casino in Sydney, Australia, have stated that there are unfortunately more urinating and defecating patrons than we would like to think.
A study was conducted of 225 employees to this casino who anonymously said they had witnessed poker machine players who took their toilet breaks ‘on location’ so that there is no risk of losing their seat.
One employee said: "They won't get off their ass and get a drink, they won't even go to the toilet... They just sit there and go to the toilet at the machine."
One of the university professors who conducted the study said: "Staff report constantly that they have up to a dozen stools out the back that need to be fumigated and reupholstered, and people who work in the reupholstering business confirm that."
The casino has said that this is an “urban myth” and that “if anybody committed such an act, they would be instantly barred from the casino."
We always love a gross story though.