Behavior of Guests in Your Home

fd_colorado

fd_colorado

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I don't want to start a rant, but oftentimes I feel that some of my billiard playing guests could display better manners while being a guest at my home.

I'd like to hear from those of you who have home tables, or are guests of those who do, and what your likes/dislikes are.
 
fd_colorado said:
I don't want to start a rant, but oftentimes I feel that some of my billiard playing guests could display better manners while being a guest at my home.

I'd like to hear from those of you who have home tables, or are guests of those who do, and what your likes/dislikes are.
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Don't even get me started. How about people that think you billiard room is a play room to entertain their kids. When company is over I don't mind them using the table but I have no problem telling them to knock it off when I see them, including adults, misusing my table.
 
Mine was beverages and hands.......in a home setting, it's common to have drinks and snacks......both of which can contribute to deposits on your hands........which should not go back onto the felt until you clean them which involves more than just wiping a napkin over your finger tips.......I always hated having to clean the table needlessly when it was in pristine shape before we started play......I'd do this during the course of the evening play and kindly point out the reason and need for doing it........visitors either caught on or they didn't get to play on the table again on their next visit......that's just how it was and if they couldn't respect the importance was to me for preserving the table's condition, well then I didn't even care to play pool with those folks......it was akin to mistreating one of my pool cues........do you think I am going to let you use it again? Some things are understood and if they not, you forfeit your privileges to use or borrow my equipment whether's it's my pool table or one of my cues.

Matt B.
 
I'm real fussy who plays on my table. I do set some guidelines such as no drinks near the table. I point out which cues can be used. Request keeping the cue level and so on. One day I come home and my wife lets the guests start playing before I get there. They were using my most expensive cues. I told my wife it's not an arcade and please don't give anyone the courtesy of freedom if I'm not in the room. Most of my cues are for display...some have never been chalked.
I do not go to a persons house and turn on their stereo or Flatscreen or touch their table until invited to do so.
And...If the jewelry or belt buckles look scary I ask to kindly remove them. My table gets treated like fine furniture.
 
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You live in Colorado, where behavior depends on how many bong hits people take,
and how hard they hit the hash pipe
I've seen it get ugly up here at 8000 ft elevation


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I always want to be polite when visting others. From what I read, I don't think I'd enjoy being a guest at some of you guys' house. I'd worry about touching anything or even breathing hard... I mean if there is a party, it's a given that people will put their glasses down in weird places, some may even spill some of their drink on the dinner table, drop a fork. Some will say the wrong thing at some point as well. They might even eat your food or drink your precious alcohol, you know.

To me a pool table is a piece of equipment that's meant to be used. Sure I won't eat greasy foods or put my glass on the table, nor will I place a piece of chalk upside down on the rail or use powder, but you are saying that if I have a glass of whiskey, I have to go to the bathroom and wash my hands before I play? I'm well known in my poolhall as someone who is careful with equipment, but I shoot all shots of the game, and I will have a glass of water in between innings..

If I can't shoot a masse, or even a jump shot where I jump over an edge, I don't see the point in playing. REALLY! Can I even bank a ball, or are you worried that I'll wear out the cushion?:rolleyes: A pooltable gets white spots from play and the cloth will slowly lose it's playability, as will the cushions. This is a fact of life. The value of the pooltable is in the time spent, playing with your friends and family, not guarding it's cosmetic appearance like a deranged museum security guard.. Whenever I put up my 7 footer in my apartment I play it HARD. A table is meant to be played, not ogled. A white spot or even a slight stain on the cloth (which I'd never make btw) does not really detract from the playability or my enjoyment of my table. If a friend happens to slightly damage the cloth, he'll feel bad about it. That will be his "punishment".
 
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I just had my Centennial redone. I had it redone and tuned up just 3 to 4 tears ago. The first time I used it with a friend, the very first game of 8 ball he miss cued and put a small tear in the Simonis 860. :eek: I was pissed, but did not say anything other than be careful. A couple shots later, his first rum and coke of the day was spilled on the table. :mad: We stopped, I cleaned up as best, but the cloth was stained, we quit. I have never let him play since.:angry:
 
My Gold Crown survived 30 years in a bar before I bought it... it plays like a new one...you can't hurt it. Other than keeping food and drinks away from it I overlook anything short of actually tearing the cloth.

The only cue I have that is for display only and un-chalked is a Rolling Rock logo cue that has no tip.
 
its tough
family just thinks pool is pool and dont understand until your telling them get off the damn table that new cloth cost 500 BUCKS!

when I get my gabriels carom table I may not let anyone of my family over with a pre game run down of the do's and donts

sucks because I want to share the joy of the game and mayb get a few hooked on it because were all life long pool players
I dont have any pool friends, I dont have any friends period
billiards is so new and fun to me I want to invite em all over once its installed have some beers and have a great time


buuuuuutt.....
that new table is so nice I will not tolerate a bar type mentality toward the equipment
 
in short unless your guests enjoy/love/ and respect the game as much as you
dont have people over to play on your home table
take them to the pool hall
 
Powder.

I don't use it, don't keep it around, but my buddy brings his own bottle and splashes it around.

Afterwards I have to clean powder up from everywhere.

It's not a show stopper, it's just a little aggravating.

He brought his own cue to leave here. A Budweiser cue. Thinks he got a good deal, ten bucks at a garage sale, narrow Ramen wood shaft, iron hard tip, figure-eight butt and shaft roll and all. I've hidden it away, and make some excuse about keeping it stored safely in 'the other room', so he has to play with a handy spare McDermott. Heaven forbid I would accidentally break his Bud cue and have to replace it...
 
the adults who come over are pretty well behaved, but the kids (and grandkids) are a terror, they sometimes hold the rails and swing on/under the table, like its playground equipment. :mad:

If family/people are coming to my house and I wont be home, I hide my good cues in the bedroom closet.....
 
michael4 said:
the adults who come over are pretty well behaved, but the kids (and grandkids) are a terror
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Haha. I've also learned the hard way. Once my 11 year old daughter had a slumber party and they were hanging out watching tv in my pool room. I thought "hey, maybe they will have fun shooting a few balls around". I come back later and find they are watching a movie while sitting on the table with coke cans on the rails :@)

From that day on, my heavy table cover is put in action.
 
Straightpool_99 said:
I always want to be polite when visting others. From what I read, I don't think I'd enjoy being a guest at some of you guys' house. I'd worry about touching anything or even breathing hard...
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Thank you. Your post was therapeutic. I enjoy having friends over to shoot pool, swim, and drink. But given my neat-freak nature some probably feel like you. I'm working on it ;@)
 
I believe it's proper etiquette to lose money to your host. (and, not throw the chalk or balls through the walls). All are welcome if you follow these simple rules. ;)

Carry on.
 
I had an old Olhausen I bought used set up in the house for about four years. It came with a few blemishes and as a result I was never that attached to it. Nonetheless, arriving home to see people sitting on it, throwing and bouncing balls off the bed cloth, placing drinks and food on the rails sent me over the edge. Then there was the relative, following a missed shot, who slammed my cue into the rail splintering it.

I just spent the last 20 months restoring an Anniversary. My wife kept telling me not to spend too much time, or do "too good a job" because look how pissed off I got at various people over a table I did not care about. Ultimately, I have only let two friends play on it that I know will respect my table.

Straightpool, you would be fine at my house. I expect normal wear and tear and that is not an issue. Out and out abuse is another story. I think today there seems to be so many who don't respect other's property. As an example, a couple Christmas ago we were at one of my wife's friends homes for a party. It was one of those places you describe where you feel a bit uncomfortable because everything is so pristine. I witness some guy leave his wet glass on top of their flawless black baby grand piano. I had to say something. Oddly enough, he did not see any problem with leaving his glass there. People like that will not be playing on my table.
 
cuesblues said:
You live in Colorado, where behavior depends on how many bong hits people take,
and how hard they hit the hash pipe
I've seen it get ugly up here at 8000 ft elevation


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It's nice when someone comes over to play and brings something: A bottle of wine, beer, hard salami or cheese etc., or even the aforementioned hash... it's all good. It's also great when they clean up after themselves and don't leave empty beer bottles stuffed into the sofa cushions. One rule I have for some regular buddies is that if you move something (guitars etc.) put them back where you found them. Another pet peeve of mine is when I adjust the volume on the music and someone decides they want it louder.

It's fun to have player friends over but I hardly ever get any help vacuuming the table, cleaning the balls or wiping the rails down.

Pic of Santa stopping by for a game Christmas eve --

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My table isn't a fancy one, it's a "furniture" table as they're referred to around here. But ya know what? It's MY table! It's the first table I've ever owned. I love it, I cherish it, I treat it as if it's a expensive table. It has nice cloth, I have expensive cues, I have expensive balls, a Delta 13 Elite rack, etc. the adults that play with me know to care for it. It's the KIDS! We have two pre teen girls. Their friends come over and my kids explain to them not to mess with the table. Both of my girls play almost daily. They're pretty good! They treat it with respect and demand that any kids that come over do the same. I do recommend a nice cover, it's a great investment.
 
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