C'mon!
First, you need a shirt:
Or really, if you are really ready to get really wild, you really need:
Then you need a good haircut:
always a good one:
Better:
We will put you on the richt path, pal.
Christmas Dick
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First, you need a shirt:
Or really, if you are really ready to get really wild, you really need:
Then you need a good haircut:
always a good one:
Better:
We will put you on the richt path, pal.
Went to a semi-local spot to play a bit yesterday, it is more like a restaurant/ bar than a pool room, but there ar ~10 tables, including a tight diamond.
That was the biggest bunch of suspicious, untrusting, inflexible mofos working there.
Table was $5/hr. Guy tells me he needs a credit card and I tell him I don't have one, but I will only be there for 2 hr, can I pay up front? HE says 'no, what if you stay longer'. I tell him I will let him know if there is a change to my plans. instead of commenting on my proposal, he says 'and if you mess the table up we need to bill your card' (BULLSHIIT!! he will be sadly disappointed, if he thinks that is gonna fly :slap.
Conversation is a real buzz-kill and I have the balls in my hand, I set them down and peel off a $100bill and ask if he can take that to ensure parment before I leave. He says OK and I make him write me a receipt. Go play
Get to the table and waitress comes over. I get beer and she asks me for a credit card:grin-square:. I tell her I am only a 1 or 2 beer date tonight and I will pay cash when I am leaving. She puts her hand back on the beer she brought and tells me she has to have a credit card to serve me- ( sidebar: once you bring the item to me and set it down, I am legally 'served') I ask if I can pay cash. I can and also hand her $100bill:grin-devilish:.she comes back with change- pennies short, so I make her go get my MF'n 4cents.:angry:.
I play for a while- played well on the tight table, FTR!- and decide to order another beer. When she brings the next one, I give her another $100bill and she remembers the pennies this time.
I kept an eye on the time and left about 5min short 2hr, just out of spite. Got charged $10 and didn't leave a penny for a tip.
Shame, coz the equipment is good...espercially for DC Standards.
There's my Christmas pool story.
Although I could be wrong but I would say your issues was at Hardtimes.If so then you can imagine what it is like for me practicing there with all the situations your talking about and much more.Not a single person that works there knows anything about pool and there are constant problems there.It wasnt that bad there when Im donated the diamond tables and lights to them.
I'm curious too, I'm in the area and I want to avoid this place.
Most places have a $10 minimum for credit cards, and if you indicate you want to spend only $10, will pretty much demand you pay cash. For these guys to refuse it is asinine. It's not like you're buying a plane ticket.
I get the idea that they want to have something to charge if you run out, or take longer, or spill beer on the cloth... whatever. But it's just dumb to basically refuse hard cash for tiny dollar amounts.
Most places have a $10 minimum for credit cards, and if you indicate you want to spend only $10, will pretty much demand you pay cash. For these guys to refuse it is asinine. It's not like you're buying a plane ticket.
I get the idea that they want to have something to charge if you run out, or take longer, or spill beer on the cloth... whatever. But it's just dumb to basically refuse hard cash for tiny dollar amounts.
You right. I have never been treated like that when you were there.
Sorry to hear you have to go thru even a hint of that hassle. Guaranteed those kids don't know they have $10k+ of your pool stuff in there.
The music and that punching bag game right there is tuff enough to fade!
And wtf?! Why don't you open up a pool room?! Tons of open space at the corner of the parkway and Liberia ave!
This is all SOP for the places I've gone; even in small towns.
You didn't mention how busy the place was. If it was empty, I could see that they were a little unreasonable. If there were other customers... maybe not so much. A random waitress or bartender is just trying to keep their job by enforcing the owners policy.
You didn't mention how busy the place was. If it was empty, I could see that they were a little unreasonable. If there were other customers... maybe not so much. A random waitress or bartender is just trying to keep their job by enforcing the owners policy.
All true!!!
In the hall I go to, unless you're a regular, you have to give an ID or CC. I guess I'm too trusting because I never really thought of people stealing your CC# after they take it for the tab...lol.
Once a yr I have my CC company reissue me a replacement card with a new number, especially because I hate giving out that three digit # on the back. This unusable card works perfect for situations like this, plus if they run it you'll be able to tell by their actions.
I think that is bad for your credit report...
In the case of credit card fraud, you're only liable for $50. The bigger problem is when they steal your debit/check card that is tied to your bank a count. This happened tome once, there was a series of $10 and $900 charges in Mexico while I was using the same card in upstate NY. I was told that they get ten bucks in gas to see if the number still works, then they drive to a store and buy something expensive. They cleared out my account but I got it all back in a couple days.
I never worry about waiters and waitresses. A bigger problem is grocery stores. When you swipe your card at the checkout line, it goes through a Windows computer in the manager's office.
-Matthew (who works in the field of computer security)
Not even, CC companies would much rather minimize their problems. I still have my 816 credit rating as of this past fall, I've been doing this for years since I got hacked and feel allot safer because of it. I also got rid of my ATM card because getting help on the back$ide with your missing money is very Difficult compared to your credit card.
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When I first read BB's post I thought of Hard Times. The items he noted have happened to me numerous times there even back when I was going there alot. I will not go out of my way to go there anymore unless its specifically to play you or other friends. If it wasnt for you and table #6 I would never go into that place.
I never have money so there would be no money to miss. Although reading some of this I may want to rethink some of my card carrying options, paypal useage, and online accounts linked together.
~Perk
Fine pay as you go. Just don't have the expectation to run a tab unless the staff knows you.
This is all a little weird to me. My regular pool hall, I walk in to a table (balls are kept with the table), waitress walks over and asks if you want a drink, I order a beer and she starts the timer on the table when she goes to get my drink. When I'm done I pay for it all. No request for CC or ID....
Only other place I play, they ask for ID for the table but not CC and no issues with running a tab.
Honestly, asking for a CC before you play is like a restaurant asking for a CC before you eat...
Only other place I play, they ask for ID for the table but not CC and no issues with running a tab.
Honestly, asking for a CC before you play is like a restaurant asking for a CC before you eat...
Never give up your ID.
I was in a pool hall at the bar when a customer returned his tray of balls they did not have his ID. They had given it to a previous customer who took it and walked out without looking at it.
It is amazing the incredulous responses I get from wait people when I refuse to give up my ID. I offer a cash deposit or credit card and have been turned down on more than one occasion. Oh well, I just take my buisness elsewhere.
I was in a pool hall at the bar when a customer returned his tray of balls they did not have his ID. They had given it to a previous customer who took it and walked out without looking at it.
It is amazing the incredulous responses I get from wait people when I refuse to give up my ID. I offer a cash deposit or credit card and have been turned down on more than one occasion. Oh well, I just take my buisness elsewhere.
Went to a semi-local spot to play a bit yesterday, it is more like a restaurant/ bar than a pool room, but there ar ~10 tables, including a tight diamond.
That was the biggest bunch of suspicious, untrusting, inflexible mofos working there.
Table was $5/hr. Guy tells me he needs a credit card and I tell him I don't have one, but I will only be there for 2 hr, can I pay up front? HE says 'no, what if you stay longer'. I tell him I will let him know if there is a change to my plans. instead of commenting on my proposal, he says 'and if you mess the table up we need to bill your card' (BULLSHIIT!! he will be sadly disappointed, if he thinks that is gonna fly :slap
Conversation is a real buzz-kill and I have the balls in my hand, I set them down and peel off a $100bill and ask if he can take that to ensure parment before I leave. He says OK and I make him write me a receipt. Go play
Get to the table and waitress comes over. I get beer and she asks me for a credit card:grin-square:. I tell her I am only a 1 or 2 beer date tonight and I will pay cash when I am leaving. She puts her hand back on the beer she brought and tells me she has to have a credit card to serve me- ( sidebar: once you bring the item to me and set it down, I am legally 'served') I ask if I can pay cash. I can and also hand her $100bill:grin-devilish:.she comes back with change- pennies short, so I make her go get my MF'n 4cents.:angry:.
I play for a while- played well on the tight table, FTR!- and decide to order another beer. When she brings the next one, I give her another $100bill and she remembers the pennies this time.
I kept an eye on the time and left about 5min short 2hr, just out of spite. Got charged $10 and didn't leave a penny for a tip.
Shame, coz the equipment is good...espercially for DC Standards.
There's my Christmas pool story.
I would have started wizzing on people!!!!
Either that or I would have just left.........