I feel guilty , should I??

You know what I feel better. You guys and gals are right, he should be lucky it was me and not someone else. They would have straight robbed him. However I didn't stall on the guy to keep him playing I beat him 5 to 0 so I think he may have realized that another game would have been stupid. He also is not very educated as far as how pool can work with weight etc. He did get out of the deal good cos $37 retail is prob $10 his cost.

Thank you all for your wisdom,
 
Evidently you feel somewhat guilty or you wouldn't be aking the question. Do the right thing and go back and pay the $37 bill. The guy was drunk and you took advantage of it.
 
Catch-Up.

bfdlad said:
Last night my girl and I went down to the local bar for a drink and meet another couple. We are just all chit chatting and the bar owner comes over and starts running his mouth about playing me some pool. Due to my associations with great players some people get the idea that I am a top player too. Now the bar owner I can tell has had a couple of drinks but not wasted. He keeps on at me to play and I keep telling him I'm not in the mood and just having a drink. Eventually I say ok, what you wanna play for? He says its up top me. So I think I may still be able to get out of this if I tell him $50. So I tell him $50 race to 5. He says ok but if i lose i can just pay you in bar credit. I think ok cos if i take care of the nights tab its gonna coast me $50 anyway.

So we head back into the room where the table is at. he opens the table (Just a little BB) I find the best cue I can from the rack and rack and tell him to break. Now he is at the duke box trying to put money in but it wont go in. So he says "Thats it I can't play without music" he keeps going and getting all different kinds of dollar bills, this takes seriously 10-15 mins. I say " Ok well are we done?" he tells me to hold on he got it now. This is when I realize this guy is more drunk than I thought as he is dancing, doing real wannabe hustler stuff around the table thinking he is sharking me. But he just looks dopey.

The first rack he broke and made a couple of balls and I am thinking this may be harder than I thought he actually can make balls and on a BB anyone can win if they can make balls. but then I guess the booze kicked in more and he began missing real easy stuff. All the time ordering more shots back to back and at one point had 3 beers lined up as well.

Anyway I beat him easy shook his hand and we had decided to leave after that anyway. So I go to tab out and tell the waitress who had seen that we were betting and what we were betting for. The tab is $37.00, I tell her he owes me $50 and that I was gonna call this straight and to tell him that. So I gave her a $10 for herself and she tore up the tab.

Now this morning I feel guilty that I took advantage of a drunk guy. Its hard to explain but there was no way for me to get out of it after I realized how drunk he was or he would have wanted my $50. Should I feel bad about this?
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You should have played one more set. It's called Catch-Up!
 
Someone sounds unhappy!!

Neil said:
Yes, you should feel guilty. You tried to get out of it, but he kept insisting. You should have played him for $100, and CASH! You should feel guilty for letting him off the hook for running his big mouth. You essentially threw away $50!
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Pretty good response IMHO.. Don't see any reason for the response below??

Wybrook said:
Spoken like the christian you are.... hypocrite.
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Is it hard to keep all of those windows clean in your glass house?? I bet you go through gallons of Windex every week!!



Neil said:
Not hypocritical at all. But, you don't know that because I doubt you even know what the Bible says about it. Maybe I should have just said to call the police and have him arrested for public intoxication.:rolleyes:
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I'd agree completely!:p
 
ArizonaPete said:
Evidently you feel somewhat guilty or you wouldn't be aking the question. Do the right thing and go back and pay the $37 bill. The guy was drunk and you took advantage of it.
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Absolutely not!

The bar owner comps more drinks than that, I'm quite sure. He got off easy. His help was paid for her time. The owner could have gotten into far worse shape.
 
ArizonaPete said:
Evidently you feel somewhat guilty or you wouldn't be aking the question. Do the right thing and go back and pay the $37 bill. The guy was drunk and you took advantage of it.
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Pete;

The bar owner instigated and insisted on the game despite Mark initially declining his offer.

He badgered, Mark finally agreed and set up the game, let the guy break, then proceeded to beat the guy out of what probably ended up costing him $10 - $15.

Again, keep in mind that this wasn't some hobo who wandered in off the street, it was the owner of the bar.

I agree with those who feel he got a very cheap pool lesson.

Best,
Brian kc
 
I can't remember who it was that used to come on here all the time telling tales of beating the landscapers out of $$, the roofing guy working on his house and it was like $500 a pop from what he said. Who was that?
 
bfdlad said:
I can't remember who it was that used to come on here all the time telling tales of beating the landscapers out of $$, the roofing guy working on his house and it was like $500 a pop from what he said. Who was that?
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Don't forget the mailman-----Twas Johnnyt
 
Words of advice

That guy is either not very smart or just a complete idiot. You did the right thing.

Also, when I am on a date with a woman, I never matched up with any one, ever. Keep dates and pool playing separate, you life will be a lot less complicated that way. When a woman is on a date with you, she wants your attention and to have fun with you, not being treated as if she is an object.
 
You shouldn't feel bad; you hopefully taught him a lesson BUT I bet he's the kind of person that is actually bragging today about how many balls he sunk on you ! lol !
 
Yeah, johnnyT. How the hell did he get so much action from these guys?? $200 here $500 there thats alot of money to a mailman, roofer, pool boy etc. and what the hell are they doing walking around with a roll like that? Anyway, the last 2 times I played for $$ I have won so I am ahead of the game right now. Oh I also took $10 off of Nick Varner last weekend too. Hell I might just go on the road:) problem is $10 wins don't pay gas food or motel. So I guess i will stay home.
 
Snapshot9 said:
That guy is either not very smart or just a complete idiot. You did the right thing.

Also, when I am on a date with a woman, I never matched up with any one, ever. Keep dates and pool playing separate, you life will be a lot less complicated that way. When a woman is on a date with you, she wants your attention and to have fun with you, not being treated as if she is an object.
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Ease up there, I never treated her like an object. We live together and she was encouraging me to play. She likes pool so I think before you go off telling me how to treat a lady you may want to ask questions first. Like Was your lady pissed? did she disagree with you playing? That kind of thing. If I had answered to those questions "Yeah she hates pool, didn't want me to play, was pissed and felt like I abandoned her" Then you could maybe be justified in a comment like that. Wow, not sure where the nastyness came into this from there.
 
Neil said:
Not hypocritical at all. But, you don't know that because I doubt you even know what the Bible says about it. Maybe I should have just said to call the police and have him arrested for public intoxication.:rolleyes:
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haha.. sure.

And there is a passage in there also to pardon you when you kill your son, or rape someone... good ol'e bible....

The bible is fantasy, so you just live your life in fantasy land. I'm sure it all makes sense to you.
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I think the guy got what he deserved. I would never play a drunk and take advantage, but if they were contantly badgering, then its fair game.
 
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Sorry, didn't know she lived with you and understood, that's different than just taking someone out on a date, but I know how bored women can get because their boyfriends matched up, and left them just sitting there watching for hours, when they really expected something else.
 
Snapshot9 said:
Sorry, didn't know she lived with you and understood, that's different than just taking someone out on a date, but I know how bored women can get because their boyfriends matched up, and left them just sitting there watching for hours, when they really expected something else.
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Thank you and glad you now understand. She loves watching the game and tries to get me in action all the time so she can watch.
 
Mark
Nothing wrong with what you did. in fact it sounds like you have some class.
Bar owners should never gamble in their own place. Not a good idea for business.
What you did was give an inexpensive lesson. It probably didn't cost him more then $5.00 in alcohol anyway. Relax no need to feel guilty.
 
Nah he kept on you until you played and he lost. Think of it this way: He lost because of his mouth......not necessarily because he was drunk.
 
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