>>>I got there I received nothing but rude and obnoxious answers from the Showboat employees

I've never known the Harrah's folks to be anything but superb.

>>>including a supervisor at the casino cage who kept claiming that they could not legally sell chips from the cage

Whether you like it or not... in AC, they do not sell chips directly from the cage. Walk next door to the Taj or Resorts and you would have received the same answer....