Miserable Night at the poolhall...

david(tx) said:
Well when I first got there I ended up playing some 10ball and straight pool with another guy there (free) and had a good time but it wasnt really the practice I wanted on the tougher equipment I wanted to play on.

You were playing for free ?
Click to expand...

I was on table time, but not gambling. That's what I meant by free. Hell if I wasnt paying time at all I wouldnt be complaining.
 
Nope-

Icon of Sin said:
Just wanted to vent...

I remembered why I never go to the poolhall on Thursday right around 10pm last night...

So I normally hit up my local poolhall once a week, mostly on a Wednesday but couldnt make it on that day this week so I went last night. I forgot about the crew of Verizon employees/reps/children/whatever that comes in late. Well that crew is now massive. There had to be 50 of them. All of a sudden about 50 20year old yuppies flooded the place. On the front tables, in the side room, f***ing everywhere...

The routine I would normally like to happen is get there about 7:30ish shoot for at least 2 hours straight by myself. Maybe get into some action if it were to arise and I like it or just continue playing by myself on one of the front tables which are all considerably tighter. Well when I first got there I ended up playing some 10ball and straight pool with another guy there (free) and had a good time but it wasnt really the practice I wanted on the tougher equipment I wanted to play on.

When we finished up we talked about cues for a bit and I went to go shoot by myself and that's when all these entitled acting ****s just flooded the place. I shit you not, there was about 50 of them. They had only three tables, 5 or 6 at a time just standing around the tables in each others way. All constantly walking by. Sitting and eating in the chairs at my table... No pool etiquette at all, not that I would expect that from them, but a little etiquette in general would have been nice. In that massive of a group of all like minded 20 year olds, you can forget about any respect for other people there, let alone ones that arent in there group.

They went into the side room, found an unopened Cornhole game. Opened up and just started playing as if it were theirs. It was like a more annoying fraternity decided to have "Pool Night".

After about 15 minutes of playing solo, a guy I normally play cheap with came in. I was already at my limit, as my tolerance for ass-hattery (-OMGWTF) was on tilt, and was getting ready to pack up to leave. The guy asked to play one quick cheap set. I obliged since I came out 2 sets ahead of him last time we played. He got me 5-0. I quit in the middle of last rack. He could tell I was annoyed and I cant blame him for capitalizing on it.

So I know out of all this, I am mostly to blame for my own miserable time. I should have just skipped on Thursday night, but I forgot about the shit-show and I had no idea the shit-show tripled in size. I love this poolhall but I cant help but place some of the blame on them as well. This massive crew of ****tards are a regular occurrence on Thursday night. They had tables available but scattered. They should have placed other people closer together so they could have contained the massive group elsewhere other then the front where the actually pool players and regulars shoot/practice/gamble.

So overall, the night sucked and did not go the way I wanted it too at all. Typing it out to an audience that might understand is a little therapeutic for me.

I'm sure I'm going to get a reply from all the online champions telling me I should learn to block all that out etc etc... Thanks for that advice. You are right.
Click to expand...

You are so not alone.

Thursday nights at 10pm one of my favorite places (The Mark II Lounge, Open til 4am, with free pool on 3 tables- 2 4x8's and 4 1/2x9 Diamonds) becomes Northwestern University's "go to" bar.

I know I have a very low threshold for ass-hattery (OMGWTF) when all I want to do is play.
Especially after watching and editing hours and hours of footage and I need to play.
At some point, I remove myself, otherwise I know I'll contribute to Chicago's murder rate going up if I stay.
:grin-square:
Go CUBS, Go POOL!
 
It could be worse.

free-throw-distraction.jpg
 
I feel your pain, I really do but we need the next generation to pick up some cues or our favorite spots will keep closing.

I hope they keep playing but also learn a bit of etiquette

Sent from my LG-H812 using Tapatalk
 
I was talking to some friends who work for Verizon and they were talking about som E cranky ass mofo at their bar who was acting like he needed all the space around him at the same time and kept looking at the table as though ghandi himself would pop up out of sheer concentration.

They also said he had funny shoes on and thought he was hot shit.

And he smelled bad.
 
Black-Balled said:
I was talking to some friends who work for Verizon and they were talking about som E cranky ass mofo at their bar who was acting like he needed all the space around him at the same time and kept looking at the table as though ghandi himself would pop up out of sheer concentration.

They also said he had funny shoes on and thought he was hot shit.

And he smelled bad.
Click to expand...

Couldnt have been me. Not a sneakerhead anymore and I wasnt at a bar...:D:D:D

The majority of the people I'm talking about didnt seem old enough to be at a bar...

...smartass. :D:D:D
 
Icon of Sin said:
Couldnt have been me. Not a sneakerhead anymore and I wasnt at a bar...:D:D:D

The majority of the people I'm talking about didnt seem old enough to be at a bar...

...smartass. :D:D:D
Click to expand...

So you do think you are hot shit and smell like it?:grin-square:
Funny shoes aren't the same as sneakers:wink:
 
I can't understand why they didn't throw everyone else out for someone the pays the rent with two hours a week. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
I can't understand why they didn't throw everyone else out for someone the pays the rent with two hours a week. Johnnyt
Click to expand...

I never asked them too and never insinuated that they should. I actually said the opposite of that when I said it's great the poolhall is getting that business.

All I said was they were annoying, rude and disrespectful and that a group of that magnitude should have been handled differently.

Where did I say I shoot there just 2 hours a week? Normally a night there is 4 hours at least for me and Ive been there a more then once a week a lot recently as Ive been unable to attend my weekly tournament elsewhere.

Next time don't be a cafeteria poster picking and choosing what you want to respond too. Get down off your pulpit and read the whole thread before responding so you don't look like more of a clown then your posts normally make you look.
 
Icon of Sin said:
I never asked them too and never insinuated that they should. I actually said the opposite of that when I said it's great the poolhall is getting that business.

All I said was they were annoying, rude and disrespectful and that a group of that magnitude should have been handled differently.

Where did I say I shoot there just 2 hours a week? Normally a night there is 4 hours at least for me and Ive been there a more then once a week a lot recently as Ive been unable to attend my weekly tournament elsewhere.

Next time don't be a cafeteria poster picking and choosing what you want to respond too. Get down off your pulpit and read the whole thread before responding so you don't look like more of a clown then your posts normally make you look.
Click to expand...

I don't care for you either. Johnnyt
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top