Seriously, start trying to borrow money from them.
How do you deal with undesirable people?
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Seriously, start trying to borrow money from them.
Wear headphones... then you can ignore them even if you really do hear them, just pretned you dont.
In most cases they wont go any farther then just saying something to you to get your attention.... but there is always the one jackass that will flag you down.
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Replied after only reading the first post. Didnt see this mentioned already.
On a side note. Let's put the shoe on the other foot. Let's say you are the annoying nagging person in the case of wanting to help someone with how they practice and you see someone, who in your opinion is "practicing wrong"... why would you actually want to go up and offer them advice? Why not just be content in letting them suck in case you have to match up with them later.
I dont offer advice to anyone unless it is asked of me. Never know if that person will want to match up with me later or I will cross their path in a tourney or whatever. The less good players around here, the better IMO.
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This is how life is. Don't be shy about expressing your answer but be respectful and polite. If you don't want to play, just say "sorry I'm practicing"
Just remember, there wil be a day when someone will treat you as if you're bothering them. It doesn't feel good.
Another thing you can do is choose a corner table away from the front. If I'm hitting balls on a prominent table, I'm usually looking for a game.
The final solution? Get really good.
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I'll have to try that one day. Whenever someone asks me to play, I always return with asking for a ridiculous spot.
"Wanna play some 9, $50 a game?"
"Sure, give me the 4 and breaks."
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It's simple...
Get your game in shape and bust a few of those clowns out of their paychecks. The rest will do the plague number on you. Worked for me.
Keep it real. Alfie
Get your game in shape and bust a few of those clowns out of their paychecks. The rest will do the plague number on you. Worked for me.
Keep it real. Alfie
Sometimes I just drop the cord into my shirt, no MP3 player at all.
I just look up, smile and go right back to shooting like I can't hear a thing.
Sometimes I just drop the cord into my shirt, no MP3 player at all.
I just look up, smile and go right back to shooting like I can't hear a thing.
Wear a thong and pull your pants down low.
But then my tramp stamp will show.
Depending on where you are shooting, that is an invite for "help" lol.
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Wear earplugs or better yet the big headphone style Strickland series earmuffs. Maybe thet will take the hint.
Better yet find a way to get a table of your own, it will advancd your game significantly. Until then try to fibd times of day when its calmer there.
Man this happens to me all to often at one of the local pool halls I use to visit. I would get my balls go to a table and start my drills and every five mins or so someone would ask to play for money.
I would just tell them that I did not gamble and most of the time it worked and I was left alone. However there were a few select people that would stand around and offer their opinion on something I was doing. If that happened I would pull out my MP3 player and turn it up as loud at it would go and most of the time they would catch the hint.
I was never rude and if someone was really trying to help me I would take the time to listen. After a while it stopped and I became known for beijng the guy who just wanted to improve my game.
However there was still one guy who kept bugging me about gambling so I kicked the s*it out of him and sent him home broke so he never asked again....
I would just tell them that I did not gamble and most of the time it worked and I was left alone. However there were a few select people that would stand around and offer their opinion on something I was doing. If that happened I would pull out my MP3 player and turn it up as loud at it would go and most of the time they would catch the hint.
I was never rude and if someone was really trying to help me I would take the time to listen. After a while it stopped and I became known for beijng the guy who just wanted to improve my game.
However there was still one guy who kept bugging me about gambling so I kicked the s*it out of him and sent him home broke so he never asked again....
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Start asking all of them if you can "hold$20":thumbup:....before long your "problem people" will seem to vanish.
Excellent advice.
Very nicely put.
And if all else fails....kill them all and let God sort them out......
(that was a joke)
Undesirable people? I was a little taken aback by the title. It sparked thoughts of eugenics and exterminations....
How about we just be nice and polite?
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That's how I make the big bucks.
my method has alaways worked for me, first i try to be polite. i say i am not interested in playing for money or fun right now (if i'm not, if i am then it's different and i'll go from there). if they want to instruct i tell them i am trying to work on something specific but thanks anyway.
if they become insistant or rude or won't leave me alone i go to my fall back response, f**k off. it is rude and mean spirited yes. but i always try to be nice first. if you are like me and don't have loads of time and cash to waste, that is your money they are wasting.
if they become insistant or rude or won't leave me alone i go to my fall back response, f**k off. it is rude and mean spirited yes. but i always try to be nice first. if you are like me and don't have loads of time and cash to waste, that is your money they are wasting.
This is a little like asking about the sand problem at the beach.
The hall isn't very busy many times that I am in there.
I go to practice and most times, I am happy to do just that.
Altho, many nights, I wouldn't turn down a few games if someone asked.
Seldom happens. The last guy that asked me was turned down and then he asked me.
He was an older Native Canadian gentleman that was in town for a conference. I said, sure, I'll play you until you are ready to quit.
Now this guy was a great shooter and once he knew I was willing to accept a little advice, he started showing me things that no one ever told me before. Little things about reading the table after the break for example. How to, if you can't make a shot, how to leave your opponent bad. I mean, I thought I knew how to do this already but this was a totally different level.
When he packed up, I was wishing that he had a couple more hours to spend.
See how this works sometimes.
I go to practice and most times, I am happy to do just that.
Altho, many nights, I wouldn't turn down a few games if someone asked.
Seldom happens. The last guy that asked me was turned down and then he asked me.
He was an older Native Canadian gentleman that was in town for a conference. I said, sure, I'll play you until you are ready to quit.
Now this guy was a great shooter and once he knew I was willing to accept a little advice, he started showing me things that no one ever told me before. Little things about reading the table after the break for example. How to, if you can't make a shot, how to leave your opponent bad. I mean, I thought I knew how to do this already but this was a totally different level.
When he packed up, I was wishing that he had a couple more hours to spend.
See how this works sometimes.
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I could practice for hours, but it's not possible without someone eventually asking to play. I would rather work on my game alone. But if someone says you wanna play some? I may say sure but i don't have much cash on me, if they say well we can play cheap then i may say well i got $20 you beat me outta that and im gone. so that puts it on them, do they wanna play someone they don't know and maybe only win $20? Plus i may have a chance to run my $20 into $60 or $80 who knows lol!
But i usually just say i have no cash on me if i don't want to fool with anyone. And i hate playin someone for nothing, that just takes away from my table time. Unless its a good friend and we just chillin.
But i usually just say i have no cash on me if i don't want to fool with anyone. And i hate playin someone for nothing, that just takes away from my table time. Unless its a good friend and we just chillin.