Pet peeve: asses on tables

Dhakala said:
Well, every pool hall I've ever entered had a sign forbidding masse' and jump shots. I guess you ignore them too. :-)
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I'm a jumper, no doubt about it, but I respect the rules of the house. That being said, while every pool hall has those rules prominently posted, they are not intended in most cases for everyone. That's what I've been told by room owners several times. They especially don't want beginners/people who don't know how to jump, to jam a cue stick into the cloth and rip it. However, proper jumping normally doesn't get close to the cloth. Should the signs be up? Of course. Should enforcement of those rules be rigid? No.

As for masses, I never shoot full masses. Little stubby masses yes, curve ball shots yes, but full masses no. Never had anyone in a pool room get on my case for shooting those little stubby masses or curve shots. By the way, I don't look like a beginner either :D Every once in a while someone will ask me if I'm a pro LOL Maybe they need glasses!

Flex
 
Another pet peeve is dumping a whole tray of balls out on the table from a foot or two in the air. And pulling balls out of drop pockets and BOUNCING them back to the ball tray!
 
Pushout said:
Another pet peeve is dumping a whole tray of balls out on the table from a foot or two in the air. And pulling balls out of drop pockets and BOUNCING them back to the ball tray!
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Maybe some of those folks aren't bangers after all, just trying to look like 'em :p
 
the asses on tables gets old quick, thankfully where i play they police that sort of thing pretty good
 
The folks at Pacific Ave Billiards are quite strict about how customers treat the tables. If I notice someone sitting on rails or leaving beer on rails, I'll mention to them that the management takes a dim view of what they did. They take it as a 'heads up', and rarely is there any animosity. If they ignore my advice and continue to do what they were doing, I'll point it out to the staff. This doesn't happen all that often as the staff keep a close watch on the room, as do most of the other regulars (players and railbirds).

Dave
 
The only thing wrong with the poster is: People are too lazy to read!
PHM

StormHotRod300 said:
Saturday I went to a new pool hall in Kalamzoo, Michigan. Blackbird Billiards, very nice place all new Diamonds and Gold Crown 4's !!!! and a 5x10 snooker table and Gabriels billiard table.

Well i come in and the place is nice, a few old posters of Mosconi and greenleaf and several others. Along with the general 8ball rules poster and stuff.

The one that really caught my eye was the house rules poster.

It had rules like

Dont put the Chalk on the rails up side down. And then under it would say.

Because nobody likes to get blue chalk on their clean shirt and pants.

Or Dont sit on the tables.

They are perfectly level and are intended to play that way.

Dont Stand in front of the tables or near them or do anything that would be consider'd sharking. and said

Dont do anything that you wouldnt want done to you while your shooting. or something like that.

It had like 10 or 12 of them but I wish it was a poster that was in every pool hall because it would give the general John Q a decent reason as to why not to do this stuff.

It also had the Dont put your drink on the rails. Why? because thats what tables are made for!! DUH!!!! no it didnt say DUH!!!! but it should have :)

dave
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manwon said:
Great Job, I own a room in Lakewood, Washington. I see the same thing every day, and I handle it in a similar manner.
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Why, thank you kindly! :-)

I have found that if you treat kids with a little respect, do not embarrass them in front of their friends, and set some rules that every body must follow they will act accordingly.
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Jason's Billiards, here in Denver, is a no-alcohol teen haven that fills 32 tables almost every night. (Also, it can stay open indefinitely, a plus when ring games drag on until 9 a.m.) I've never heard of a fight there, and the hundreds of regulars all educate the rare equipment-bashers. The kids behave better than they do at school, perhaps because they value Jason's more. ;) The occasional banishments are mostly due to arriving drunk or stoned, or ripping off the owner by catching balls and respotting them on the bar boxes. (And I've seen adults with $2,000 cues stoop THAT low!:mad: )
 
"Treat our equipment like your mother's living room furniture" is all the guidance pool players need.

"GET your feet offa that NOW!" :-)
 
o.k.-- as a room owner my way of dealing with the problem[most allways teens]is i will go back and ask the guys if they will help me carry out all the stooles if you are going to sit on my tables!!!! then i jump dead in his s***t, and if i see him do it again he is out of her, and pass the word OLD {ASSHOLE} STICK
 
stick8 said:
o.k.-- as a room owner my way of dealing with the problem[most allways teens]is i will go back and ask the guys if they will help me carry out all the stooles if you are going to sit on my tables!!!!
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Well, if you're gonna be a wiseass, you could tell them that they must shoot pool on the stools if they want to sit on the tables. :D
 
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