Is Chalk Complimentary?

TommyLee said:
Why would someone do that? I'm curious
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Because they're too lazy to wipe the tip off with a napkin or paper towel.

But the more general response to your question is to keep the tip chalk from getting on the sides of the partitions as you slide the shafts in the case so that over time it may build up and blue the shaft.
 
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Meh.

I've taken a cube or two, on accident, but I've left behind dozens.
Sometimes I leave it because I forgot to put it back in my case but I've actually left a cube behind because there was no chalk in the bar at all.

I always used to use red chalk so it was fun to look at the tips of the house cues a week later to see they have turned from blue to red.
 
Bumpa said:
I'm a newbie. Today I played with a friend in a pool room. Balls came on a tray with two chalk cubes. I put one cube in my holder. We returned the balls and one cube. When I got home, I realized I still had the cube in my holder. Did I steal the chalk, or is chalk considered a consumable complimentary item?

Thanks.

Rick
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You have a chalk holder but no chalk? Isn't that a bit bassackwards?


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Bumpa said:
Guys -

Thanks for the comments. I'll take the cube back next time I am at the pool room.

RRich - You asked, "Do you take a glass when you buy a drink?"

No, I don't. I don't consider glasses consumable. When I buy popcorn however, I usually keep the bag. How about you?

Rick
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When you use a public bathroom, do you help yourself to a fee roll of toilet paper?
 
Bumpa said:
I'm a newbie. Today I played with a friend in a pool room. Balls came on a tray with two chalk cubes. I put one cube in my holder. We returned the balls and one cube. When I got home, I realized I still had the cube in my holder. Did I steal the chalk, or is chalk considered a consumable complimentary item?

Thanks.

Rick
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I hope it is complementary, and pool halls start using Kamui chalk as standard fare. I wouldn't be above "mistakenly" slipping one in my pocket...and then sell it to some dumb ass that will pay nearly $30 for a chunk of chalk.

Call me a chalk dealer. At least I'm not dealing drugs.:p

I've even thought about "investing" in some hi-tech counterfeiting. Print some hi-level Kamui Label "clones". Buy a gross of Master, peel the tweeten lable off, glue on the counterfeit Kamui lable...instant profit. hardly anyone would be able to pick up the small difference...lable...hook, line and sinker.

And for the "refined" chalk aficionados...just use pre-flag master as the donor instead of the every day stuff.:grin-square::cool:;)
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
I'll tell you a little story. I was sitting at the bar at the pool hall having a beer when all of a sudden I heard a voice say to me, "You are the man".

I looked around and no one was close to me at the time.

A minute or two later and I heard the same voice again, only this time it said, "and you are probably a great pool player too".

I looked at the guy behind the bar and asked him if he had said anything to me. He said no. I told him that I keep hearing voices and they are saying nice things to me.

He said, "oh, I know, its the peanuts, they're Complimentary".
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I kinda liked this story...:smilewinkgrin:

....although I have never received a compliment from a piece of chalk...
....maybe I rubbed it the wrong way..:confused:
 
I asked the manager of our pool room about taking chalk from the premises and he said that it's allright as long as you bring it back as full of chalk as when you left with it. :smile:
 
Bumpa said:
I'm a newbie. Today I played with a friend in a pool room. Balls came on a tray with two chalk cubes. I put one cube in my holder. We returned the balls and one cube. When I got home, I realized I still had the cube in my holder. Did I steal the chalk, or is chalk considered a consumable complimentary item?

Thanks.

Rick
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Not to the room owner buying it ;)....Eventually you'll mistakenly leave that chalk at another place and the chalk you had may of come from somewhere else. Kinda reminds me of the business owner of a taco joint saying, why when I empty the trash are most of the trashed bags from another business? ;)
 
oh so YOU'RE the one...

that's been using the red chalk on the green felt. I really hope you'll reconsider. If you have red cloth at home I'd suggest A. changing it, or B. leaving that red crap at home. I can assure you, NO ONE wants to use your red chalk... :D

Inferno said:
Meh.

I've taken a cube or two, on accident, but I've left behind dozens.
Sometimes I leave it because I forgot to put it back in my case but I've actually left a cube behind because there was no chalk in the bar at all.

I always used to use red chalk so it was fun to look at the tips of the house cues a week later to see they have turned from blue to red.
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Does this remind anyone else of those hilarious "ethics questions" you get when applying for some jobs? Or on certification exams?

"You just complete a $10,000 repair job for your client, and need to write out an invoice.
You can see the client has dozens of pens on his desk. What do you do?

A: ask to borrow a pen, then keep it.
B: use the pen without asking, then put it back where you found it.
C: take several pens home with you.
D: it's never ok to borrow a pen.
 
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So I called the owner of the pool room. Told him I left with a cube of chalk yesterday and asked him if I stole or if it is complimentary. He laughed, told me to keep it, but asked that I not take pool balls. Said they go through lots of chalk. If players return them, fine. If not, it is just part of doing business. Same with hand soap, talc, paper cups, paper towels, toilet paper, etc...

I will now carry my chalk holder and toilet paper holder everywhere I go and fill them up every chance I get :-).

Rick
 
I usually take my own piece with me because I dont like to mix chalk (i use blue masters) and god knows what could be mixed in with poolhall chalk. In the rare occasion that the poolhall gives me a brand new piece with the balls I will swap my used piece out.

Is that a dick move... maybe, but it saves me some money in chalk on occasion. LOL.
 
CreeDo said:
Does this remind anyone else of those hilarious "ethics questions" you get when applying for some jobs? Or on certification exams?

"You just complete a $10,000 repair job for your client, and need to write out an invoice.
You can see the client has dozens of pens on his desk. What do you do?

A: ask to borrow a pen, then keep it.
B: use the pen without asking, then put it back where you found it.
C: take several pens home with you.
D: it's never ok to borrow a pen.
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If it's a three sided pen, I want two. Having run auto/truck/motor home repair shops for 17 years, they are the best, don't roll under paperwork or off the counter:dance:
 
Bumpa said:
I'm a newbie. Today I played with a friend in a pool room. Balls came on a tray with two chalk cubes. I put one cube in my holder. We returned the balls and one cube. When I got home, I realized I still had the cube in my holder. Did I steal the chalk, or is chalk considered a consumable complimentary item?

Thanks.

Rick
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No. It's not complimentary.

If your initial reaction was one of guilt, then it was the wrong thing to do.
But accidents happen. Don't do it again.

But if it was a piece of Silver Cup or Pioneer Chalk I wouldn't sweat it.
 
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