Billiard Room Peeves

[nfty9er]

Wow

The Parlor rates are daytime 11:00am to 7opm $8.00 per hour ...Sun &Thurs 7PM-2am $12ph Fri & Sat 7PM -2AM $PH. However, this are rates is for up to eight people at the table at a time, so you can split the cost. No Per-Person charges apply. Makes the price a bit more palatable.


My peeves are loud music, and people who are too loud while playing at the next table. It's ok to have a good time, but dont hoot and holler, do jumping high-fives, and chest-butts when you finally make a ball. That's fricken annoying.

Be respectful of other's while they are playing. i.e. if they are shooting on the 9 or 8 don't walk by their table. Be aware of other's play and pay a little respect for a moment.

Try to place different types of groups of people in different sections of the room. What I mean here is if two older gentlemen come in to play, have thier own cues, and look like they intend to play a serious session, dont place the next group of 21 year old loudmouths right next to them if there is room to spread out. Give people a little space and try to be aware of peoples needs ion this manner.


Keeping your equipment clean and well maintained is a givin IMO.

That's all I can think of for now.

If I charged that much money I would be out of business in a month.
Wages high in Wash.? By they way could you clarify the Fri-Sat. nite rate, it is mis typed in your thread. I only see a dollar sign. I imagine it is more than the $12 rate.

 

[pillage6]

Restrooms that are too small. It seems that they feed you beer, pack the house with leagues but don't give you enough room to expunge the fluids!!

 

[KingCarom]

I edited my post Nfty, it is $16ph on Fri and Sat nights.
Wages might be a bit higher in Washington that say, OKC, but not by much!

 

[Donovan]

I don't know Donovan. that new place in Washington looks like it addresses
all of these things but they're charging how much for table time? Think it's something like $13.35hr./person .

Terry< would walk in and say "I want to play.....for 10 minutes"

The key word here is "new". The cost of a room start up is lots, and it ususally takes some time for these things to level themselves.

For the record, "most" of these suggetions are only time sensItive, not 'out of pocket' costly. But it is true. The little things are what keep people coming back.

 

[Str8PoolMan]

The only thing I would add to the list is:
If I am going to pay $12/hr to rent a table, then find that the rack is missing, when I ask one of the staff for another one, don't tell me to just "borrow" one from another table. Have another $3.95 triangle available. I don't think that's too much too ask. Especially when I put up with slow service, warped house cues, worn cloth, dirty billiard balls, no powder (unless you pay $2 for a little baggie), hollow chalk cubes, and a table that hasn't been brushed since the Carter administration.

And don't get me started about the over-priced, warm, stale beer and watered-down drinks...

 

[chefjeff]

How did this gal look. If she was hot that explains why she works there.

She has the curse of being good-looking enough to be able to get things without having to think about anything, except for how to get a guy to get them for her, imho. I feel sorry for her, as looks go quickly but the mind stays on. My she educate herself and find happiness.

In fact, there was a weird guy lurking there that had his tongue hanging over the bar, so that may have been part of her problem.

Jeff Livingston