[las vegas drunk]

Originally Posted by mojavedxer

Are LVBVLD street performers offered health insurance, 401K, pension or any benefits. Running the risk of city issued citations or possibly a nightly trip to the city detention center does not seem like much of a future to me.

My job offers no benefits whatsoever, and I have to pay taxes unlike the street performers. With the unemployment rate as high as it is you will likely see more and more of them.

[von949]

Originally Posted by las vegas drunk

My job offers no benefits whatsoever, and I have to pay taxes unlike the street performers. With the unemployment rate as high as it is you will likely see more and more of them.

Around the M&Ms store on the strip and Fremont Street Experience there seems to already be too much competition for them. When leaving the M&Ms store with my daughter earlier this year, there was Spiderman, Cinderella, Ironman, Power Puff girls and some type of cartoon bear. My daughter was having a hard time figuring out who to take a picture with. lol

My mom came to visit a month later. Took her down on Fremont st. We played guess the "celebrity" most of the night.

We spotted...

Showgirls, Tom Petty, MJ, Kid Rock, KISS, Ron Jeremy, Jason, Simba(Lion King), Mike Tyson, Neo(Matrix)....The rest we could not figure out.

[airics]

Originally Posted by von949

Around the M&Ms store on the strip and Fremont Street Experience there seems to already be too much competition for them. When leaving the M&Ms store with my daughter earlier this year, there was Spiderman, Cinderella, Ironman, Power Puff girls and some type of cartoon bear. My daughter was having a hard time figuring out who to take a picture with. lol

My mom came to visit a month later. Took her down on Fremont st. We played guess the "celebrity" most of the night.

We spotted...

Showgirls, Tom Petty, MJ, Kid Rock, KISS, Ron Jeremy, Jason, Simba(Lion King), Mike Tyson, Neo(Matrix)....The rest we could not figure out.

Don't forget the Bandit and Buford T Justice

[unf0rgiven6262]

Since people are already herded around like cattle on the strip maybe I will dress up as a toll booth operator and all the really drunk people and other hypnotized tourists will just drop change in my hand.

[kimba01]

Good one^...couldn't rep ya yet.

I saw PeeWee Herman and Chuckie. Fremont was very crowded and NO ONE stopped to even glance at them. Showgirls do good. Big Bird was flapping around by himself the whole time too. It's over done, IMO. I won't even go by the M&Ms store area anymore...way too congested. I think they ought to herd them all in one circular plaza and then if people want to check them out, they go there. Otherwise, to me, it's ugly.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by kimba01

Good one^...couldn't rep ya yet.

I saw PeeWee Herman and Chuckie. Fremont was very crowded and NO ONE stopped to even glance at them. Showgirls do good. Big Bird was flapping around by himself the whole time too. It's over done, IMO. I won't even go by the M&Ms store area anymore...way too congested. I think they ought to herd them all in one circular plaza and then if people want to check them out, they go there. Otherwise, to me, it's ugly.

I would vote for that Kimmie.....have you EVER seen anything worse to pass off on a kid then the SpongeBob Dirty Pants?

I overheard one telling a tourista last night that they HAD to tip for a picture..... AFTER they had sucked them in for the pic. Hopefully that is what Carrolyn G can change.

[unf0rgiven6262]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

I would vote for that Kimmie.....have you EVER seen anything worse to pass off on a kid then the SpongeBob Dirty Pants?

I overheard one telling a tourista last night that they HAD to tip for a picture..... AFTER they had sucked them in for the pic. Hopefully that is what Carrolyn G can change.

Before I moved here I was visiting down on the strip and my girlfriend took a picture with a really bad elvis impersonator. I went to give him 50 cents I had left in my pocket and he got all pissed and said "I take bills!". I said, that's too bad, kept the change and walked away.

[Dltordj]

When did all these characters start invading the strip? I dont remember seeing them when I was working at the Venetian-maybe I was just in a hurry to get the heck out of there?

What can they do anyway if you dont tip them besides complain? I heard these guys tell a go-go dancer on Fremont street that she can go & you know what when she demanded a tip because she took a picture & danced with them.

Also there was a hula hooping acrobat type lady that wasn't wearing any shoes or even using at least a yoga mat, that is gross.

[pommysmommy]

This tough economy has made me change my views. If these people can keep a roof over their heads and food on their table doing this in a down economy, more power to them. I happened to watch an episode of TruTv about the Clark County Jail. The police warned a man who was selling cans of beer on the street without a permit. He had apparently been warned a few times before, he told the police officer that he has been trying to get legitimate work and is now just trying to feed his kids.

[Isitmeorarethingsnuts?]

Im with you Pommysmommy. I have been at the Flamingo for twelve days and have watched the same card snappers every day. They irritate me yet they are trying to survive in this down economy. I don't understand how they make any money but there has to be income coming from somewhere in that arangement. It's very sad.

On an up note though...Vegas seems very busy on this trip.