I did something so embarrasing lastnight :(

man, that's a tough one. those are the kinds of things that eat you up for a while. If you apologized, I'm certain that the guy could see you were genuine about it and just in the heat of the moment. if he knows pool, he should understand.

I think I set the world record for using the "your mom" comeback on kids who's mothers died when I was in high school. :frown:


this thread is depressing me lol
 
Good gesture to apologize. If you didn't know, that's fine, but after you found out, you apologized to him. I'm sure he understands. Congrats on the win nonetheless.
 
matta said:
Our cash league has a tournament at the end of each session for the best player on each team. Last night it was an $800 winner take all event.

During my second match I have a long, AWFUL cut shot. There is a guy directly in my line of sight twitching his right hand on his knee.

The whole room was watching my table. It's a small room and all of the matches were completed except mine. I did what I've done numerous times before. I kind of shook my hand and mouthed, "stop that." He grabbed his twitching right hand with his left. Stood up and immediately walked out of my line of sight.

At this moment, I knew I had screwed up. This guy has Parkinson's. My grandmother had Parkinson's. Ohh, I feel so awful.

I apologized profusely after the match. I still feel like an a-hole. :frown:

Lesson learned: Maybe getting sharked isn't the worst thing in the world.
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Did you win?
 
OK, it was in poor taste....but you gotta admit, some of you guys were thinking the same thing!!!

Steve
 
matta said:
Our cash league has a tournament at the end of each session for the best player on each team. Last night it was an $800 winner take all event.

During my second match I have a long, AWFUL cut shot. There is a guy directly in my line of sight twitching his right hand on his knee.

The whole room was watching my table. It's a small room and all of the matches were completed except mine. I did what I've done numerous times before. I kind of shook my hand and mouthed, "stop that." He grabbed his twitching right hand with his left. Stood up and immediately walked out of my line of sight.

At this moment, I knew I had screwed up. This guy has Parkinson's. My grandmother had Parkinson's. Ohh, I feel so awful.

I apologized profusely after the match. I still feel like an a-hole. :frown:

Lesson learned: Maybe getting sharked isn't the worst thing in the world.
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You've shown us, and the guy with parkinson's, that you are a good guy.. a well-intentioned guy, who was nervous and spoke before thinking.

Look yourself in the mirror and tell him he's ok. Don't worry... it won't happen again. :)
 
Matt,
These are the things that build character in all of us. I'm glad that you experienced this and hope that all of us are so lucky to have learned such a valuable lesson.

Many years ago, once in a fit of anger, frustration, mad confusion and stupidity, I basically dismissed an older and wiser man who had befriended me more than once. He was of sterling character and to his credit, he did not let me slide and chastised me as he saw fit. He confronted my arrogance and stupidity on the spot and for that, he made me a better man. (I just didn't feel like much of a man when I was going through the learning curve.) :embarrassed2::frown:

At least your mistake was unfortunate. Mine was just plain stupid and arrogant. We all make mistakes. It's what we do with them that counts.

Thanks for sharing.

JoeyA
 
crawfish said:
I was pledging a fraternity in 1985. It was almost hell week and there was a knock at my door. This guy was in a wheelchair pushing the automatic thing with his chin. He had a helmet and everything. I thought they were pulling another prank on me. So, I'm pointing and laughing. Come to find out the guy was trying to get directions in my dorm, and had it written on a sheet of paper he had taped to the chair. So, don't feel so bad. I just knew I was going to hell for that.
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And you just didn't cut him?


Sorry, I may be overstepping some personal/politically correct bounds with that one...It just made me giggle a bit when I thought it.

I was standing online in an airport in Orlando 2 years ago...it was Sunday AM and EVERYONE was going home so the lines to the counters were jam packed, if you want to even call them lines....the dude behind me kept bumping into me and my wife and after a few minutes I turned around and said, with less decorum than normal, "Is there something I can help you with?" The first thing I saw after opening my big trap was the red and white cane folded under his arm, yup, the gentleman was blind. Talk about a paradigm shift....Know exactly how you feel Matt...I still feel bad even though everyone told me the same as all the responses here.

It's a kicka$$ story once you get past the bad feelings.
 
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