The new sign is painted on.
But it is a great improvement over what was there,or what was left of what was there.
Dollar water pays off big at "Hanks" billiards
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The new sign is painted on.
But it is a great improvement over what was there,or what was left of what was there.
Just a thought. Why dont you and Ted keep the empty water bottles from Hanks and take them and fill them at home? Just trying to save you and Ted a buck or two.
News flash-This just in !
I was at "Hanks" today and noticed a new LCD TV. Upon closer inspection it appeared to be an older model but it looked good. So I asked about the TV and was told it was Hanks personal set. He bought a 73 inch TV to replace it at home!
73 inches!!!!!!!!!!
Water sure has been kind to Hank.
Also the bath room was pretty clean and it had soap and paper towels.
I was at "Hanks" today and noticed a new LCD TV. Upon closer inspection it appeared to be an older model but it looked good. So I asked about the TV and was told it was Hanks personal set. He bought a 73 inch TV to replace it at home!
73 inches!!!!!!!!!!
Water sure has been kind to Hank.
Also the bath room was pretty clean and it had soap and paper towels.
Yeah I thought it was pretty awesome aswell :lol:
Too bad nobody else shared this great piece of comical genius :frown:
A flask for the teetotaler
What I hate are the air dryers in the restrooms of pool halls. Put in a paper towel dispenser. I have a towel attached to my cue case just for that reason and to wipe down my cue.
Just coz Hank is charging a buck does not mean people are buying it
I'd suggest the amount of confirmed purchases to date indicates it isn't the goldmine initially hoped for.
In the sense it closed, yes. It was a while back. I was in there shortly before it closed. Water revenues sure weren’t used for new cloth on the billiard table. Duct tape fund maybe.
I didnt catch the fact that this is a 13 year old thread and started reading at the beginning, anyhow why do people think water should be free? The establishment pays in some manner for water whether it comes from bottles, the faucet, a lake, river, or a puddle in the alley. If it doesn't come from a plastic bottle which is probably the most expensive water someone needs to put it in a glass, likely with ice then that glass has to retrieved and washed. Someone has to scoop it out of the lake, river, or puddle out back in the alley and most likely want to get paid. Its time to just pay for the water without complaint and be happy that the establishment that gets rich on water sales is still open for your enjoyment.
PS I am also not coming down on the OP, I pretty much assumed it was intended to be humor.
PS I am also not coming down on the OP, I pretty much assumed it was intended to be humor.
Have you ever worked at a pool room?
Some people think (thought?) it is free coz it was.
Some people think (thought?) it is free coz it is.
That'd be my top 2 guesses.
It is perfectly reasonable for a man to survive on water alone or nothing for a day...every day!
Like Beezy used to say to the sleepers: this ain't no fucking hotel.
If the joint offered food i'd supply water with food orders. Other than that they gotta whip the cash. If they hop because of this so be it. Only the true deadbeats will squeal about paying for water so in the long run you're probably saving yourself issues with some turd.
I blame Wall Drug for the current state of free water!
EDIT: I misspelled Wall Drug, it's been a few decades since I've been there.
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What did they do??
No, I have not.
I am familiar with the service industry though, was a auto tech for 40 years. People get angry if you charge them to air up their tires, find and replace a bad fuse, spend a half hour checki8ng their brakes, etc. It seems they dont understand the fact that when I am not doing something free for them I am busy doing other things that the shop gets to charge $115.00 per hour for. If its a regular customer we wont charge for small stuff but if you start doing all the stuff for free you will be doing free stuff all day.
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In the 1930's they started giving away free ice water to help drum up business. You can't get within a few hundred miles of that place without seeing a sign for free water.
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Draft domestic beer used to be a $1, now it $4.
I see were this is going.
I see were this is going.
In the late 80's/early 90's I ran a gas station - gas was under $1, cigarettes were under $1. I could get a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of Dr. Pepper, and a snickers for under $4, today that would cost $14.