Course, in that case, your friend is basically lying down in traffic for you and eating all those neutral/negative cards... sounds perfect!
But I feel your pain. What's irks me is that if you've got a table with like 4 civilians at it, they just play so slowly, and don't even get me started when ploppies start coming in with their ploppy-wonging and having to cash in $55 in wrinkled fivers.
Just keep telling yourself "at least I'm not betting in a count this bad... at least I'm not betting in a count this bad...". It helps, in a Wizard of Oz sort of way.