..I dont think them pour a thousand dollars into the players is gonna hurt them...
It aggravates me when people just assume stuff like this. Ask before you assume $1,000 isn't going to hurt them. They have to make sure the bottom line isn't touched and they can foot the bill. There are extra expenses to keep things working for more customers. For instance, more paychecks will be required. How much money will extra waitresses cost and/or how much will they require for extra work time? It also costs more for extra folks to flush the toilets and wash their hands and for the cooks to keep the stove up and running and possibly pay for extra kitchen help, too. If they had to pay for 5 extra folks at $10 per hour, that's $50 per hour. Twenty hours would eat up that $1,000 and they would still have to pay for the extra food supplies, extra utilities used... Would the extra income from food orders be enough to counter the bill? I know we only eat at Subway, when we travel. That means no money for the pool hall we are at, other than soda pop and tips. We can't afford pool hall prices when we're on the road and I'm a heart patient... I know what I'm getting with Subway's meals at a good price.
Ask before you assume. Sometimes, just footing the bill for a mere $50 is a tough thing to do. Just because a business LOOKS successful, doesn't mean they are. Think about this... If they look unsuccessful, people won't go there, right? So, no matter how bad things get, they have no option, if they want to survive. THEY HAVE TO LOOK SUCCESSFUL, no matter how bad it hurts.
I had 2 renters who thought we were made of money, just because we owned a few rental properties. They treated our property poorly and didn't care if they were on time with the rent until they finally realized we were scraping by, just like they were. If they didn't pay the rent, we couldn't pay our bills. Just knowing that we were on the same income level made a huge difference in the respect we got from them. However, they had to live on our property and if they continued like they had been doing, they weren't going to be there much longer. So, I did have the upper hand in the end, but I didn't have to resort to any of that, after they knew the circumstances.
When a favorite pool hall closes, people are always shocked, wondering how that could have happened when they seemed so much like they were rolling in the dough. The people who care most about the pool hall will do the math and ask the questions to make sure they are helping, not hurting.
Don't assume. ASK. Please. It could make the difference in the success or failure of your favorite hangout. If you ask and what you want seems like a really good idea to the owner, he/she is going to help you come up with a much better plan than you even imagined.
For what it's worth, I think dropping the number of games was a good idea. We have folks who can finish off a game in about 3 minutes and folks who will make one game last 15 minutes. Each player plays the game differently and if you run out of time, then how are you going to fix it? In fact, having to fix it while it's going on would make you look bad. So, I would suggest figuring out the longest time a game should take and maybe working out your numbers according to that. It would be much better to end each phase early than to be costing the pool hall more money to pay for the extra time and losing players who have to be somewhere else.
Good luck and let us know how your event goes.
