Pool Related Pet Peeves...

Kickin' Chicken

Kickin' Chicken

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Here's where we can get 'em off our chests. I have a few, but, without a doubt, this is my number 1 pet peeve:

Opponents who after chalking, carelessly smack the chalk cube down on the rails sideways, or upside down, leaving trails of blue dust everywhere.

I don't want that friction dust all over my hands, clothes, and cueshaft, I want to remain slippery during play. Usually, before starting a match, I ask the staff for a damp cloth and I clean the rails. Am I the Felix Unger of pool; is it unreasonable to expect a relatively clean table to play on?

Well, there you have it. If you play me, kindly chalk your cue and place that danged cube back on the table in the proper orientation. :mad::eek::mad:

What's your pool related pet peeve?

Best,
Brian kc
 
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Kickin' Chicken said:
What's your pool related pet peeve?
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Oh Lord, don't get me started :grin:!!! I'm gettin' too heavy to climb up on my soapbox nowadays :o.

But....I'll restrain myself and throw ONE pet peeve out there: I hate when someone commits an obvious foul and has the audacity to argue it with you (or EVERYBODY else in the place that saw it too). When it's the "shooters call" this can really "steam my clams" :angry: !!!

Maniac
 
How about those people who powered there hands and the whole table.
Ive seen some tables look like they been through a snow storm.
 
Childrent running Like Indians in the poor Room, loud music that makes the filling in your Teeth Rattle, DRUNK PEOPLE bumping in to you. Loud Drunks, and Drug Dealer using the REST ROOM for their office!
 
My pet peeve's while playing pool

My pet peeve's while playing pool are no more than two cube's of chalk on the table at anytime, anymore than that, I will get rid of the extra's.

Also if I'm shooting a ball towards a pocket that has a cube of chalk on any rail in my sight picture, I will move it.

I like to keep up with one chalk usually and hope my opponent keeps up with the other one.

That's all the pet peeve's I have!


David Harcrow
 
Here's one for you. You and your opponent are sharing a single cube of chalk. Your opponent misses and then proceeds to chalk his cue while you wait to chalk yours. :angry: It ain't your shot! Sit the hell down! I posted this pet peeve the other day on here and 9ballmarksman told me the next time someone does that to you tell them"hey, you're not going to miscue from your chair. Can I have the chalk?!" I like this one.:)
 
8pack said:
How about those people who powered there hands and the whole table.
Ive seen some tables look like they been through a snow storm.
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This is mine too. With giant white sploches all over the cloth, it looks like a giraffe ejaculated on the table sometimes.

Pardon the graphic visual.
 
Mine would be that when playing on a drop pocket table your opponent

dont make a fast move to help retreive the balls for the next rack..or

does this to just slow you down or piss you off..SA
 
Cell phones piss me off more than anything. In the middle of a match, either take a time out and walk away to answer your phone, or turn the damn thing off. Total lack of respect for the game, the situation, and the player.

Also, when I played in Japan there were always many pros from all over the world coming to town for big tournaments and they'd usually stop by the local weekly tournaments to get in stroke, and the Chinese mens pros never return to their chairs while not shooting. Some of them even even lean on the rails as you're trying to shoot. I'm the type that walks quickly around the table the long way sometimes when moving to the next shot, and one guy wouldn't yeild one time and ended up on his ass. (I can do that when I'm the only American in a tournament filled with guys that are no taller than 5'6".)
dave
 
I am taking notes so if I ever play any of you I can get in your head during the game. :)

For me, definitely it has to be people standing in my line of sight when I am shooting, sit the hell down or get out of the way, but don't walk to the opposite end of the table from me and observe my shot.
 
Ive got a few but Ill list the main two...

1. I absolutely completely hate people that bumb into the butt of your cue when your gettin in your practice strokes in or in mid-stroke hitting the cue. It really makes me want to punch babies or flip strollers at Wal-Mart.

2. People that place their beverage on the rail... there really is no excuse. Your beer should be no where near the table.
 
Everything mentioned more or less. One thing not mentioned is someone banging object balls covering them with chalk.

I must have OCD because I can't play without cleaning all the balls before the match begins
 
Lazy Ledy said:
People that place their beverage on the rail...
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And people wonder why I have a gun in my truck...

Oh yeah pet peeves; people without class. There are too many examples of it, but realistically (and depending on your own family) treat other people the same way you would treat your grandfather. If you think he would be ashamed of your behavior you're doing something wrong.
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
Here's where we can get it off our chests. I have a few, but, without a doubt, this is my number 1 pet peeve:

Opponents who after chalking, carelessly smack the chalk cube down on the rails sideways, or upside down, leaving trails of blue dust everywhere.

I don't want that friction dust all over my hands, clothes, and cueshaft, I want to remain slippery during play. Usually, before starting a match, I ask the staff for a damp cloth and I clean the rails. Am I the Felix Unger of pool; is it unreasonable to expect a relatively clean table to play on?

Well, there you have it. If you play me, kindly chalk your cue and place the danged cube back on the table in the proper orientation. :mad::eek::mad:

What's your pool related pet peeve?

Best,
Brian kc
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Kicken' Chicken , I will never be good enough to play you but if I do I
GUARANTEE that the chalk is going to be left upside down on the rail.
Your hands are going to be so blue that you'll swear you, " Mugged a Smurf.":wink2:
 
owners losing money trying to make a little more

A lot of minor annoyances easily ignored but my number one annoyance is having tables jammed so closely together or against other things that you are constantly waiting to let other people move or play and have to suspend play on one end or one side of a table every time somebody wants to walk by.

Nothing annoys me more than not having room to play and I mostly avoid these places making me suspect that the potential earnings from one or two extra tables jammed in are more than offset by the lost business.

As for all the other things, I'm taking notes. Long ago I learned to eat a nice meal including beans, cabbage, and sweet potatoes four or five hours before a big match. Curse words aren't the only reason the air is blue around my table!

Hu
 
How about Joe cool with that Cigarette in his mouth and the ashes about 2 miles long that falls on the table and he smears it into the cloth like no big deal.I actually think he's related to the guy who chalk's his cue and then bang's it against the table.
 
Excessive bridge use. It drives me up a wall when your playing someone and it seems every other shot they suddenly cant change their stance and learn how to move around a pool table but instead grab their little friend the bridge and spend several minutes lining up a simple shot with it only to miss and then proceed to whine about if they had only been able to reach it properly they would have totally made it.
 
Chalk on the rails. Every time I see someone put that damn cube down upside down on the rail it make me wanna crack them in the head with a house stick.
 
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