Pool Peeves

Heres a few of mine.

This one guy every time he finishes racking slams the rack HARD on the rail as hes putting it away. Lifts it up, slams the rail, puts it away. PISSES ME OFF ROYALLY.

SMOKEBREAKS during my inning. My # 1 pissoff is when people go and take a smoke break every time they are done shooting and you gotta chase them to make thier shot. I run tournies and its horrible. Last week i told 1 guy, just keep going when you miss till all your balls are gone cause every time his opponent was done shooting he would go an make out with his girfriend and start smoking 50 ft away even after repeated warnings.

I hate it when people talk about my shot with someone else within earshot.

Guys that JOG around the table, and suck. I love Luc Salvas' style and ability and game, i just don't like JOE BLOW can't run 2 balls mimmicking it.

Talking to me after i miss, PERIOD. I don't care if you are comforting me or are telling me i shouldnt have missed cause your gonna run out. It is fine to advise or comfort me if you are noticebly better than me, but if you can't beat me, keep your mouth shut.

League Celebrations. Celebrate a runnout all you want, hell celebrate beating our good players, but when top player in the league does a huge fistpump and scream and the whole team erupts over beating our D player, badly, i wanna tear thier heads off. Or even if they do it after every win it pisses me off. There are some Special Games that get you pumped, but don't go ape shit every time the 8 drops.

League Directors, Lying constantly and treating you like your an idiot when you call them on it!

Excuses after the game. You might get a bad roll sometimes, but i know of a few guys that have 20 reasons every time they lose.

Mental Tactics, of any kind. If you can't beat em with your arm, don't play, i don't need all these head games that everyone is constantly trying to play, including BIG NAME PROS.



zillions of others but at risk of getting carpal tunnel syndrome ill stop here.
 
christyd said:
Thanks for all the great ideas everyone.
Terre Haute AZERS.......you're in trouble!! : :D
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you know..............i HATE when the women i play are wearing bikinis........just play hate it.......... :D

VAP
 
christyd said:
Nice try....better luck next time :D
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ok..........how about this.......i hate i hate i hate.........when christy gives me the 5 and the crack........is that better? if not we could always do the bikini...... :rolleyes:

VAP :D
 
1.Incredibly slow players
2.People that have to explain everything during the match
3.People that bump into me when I'm down on a shot, and don't apologize or say excuse me.
 
vapoolplayer said:
ok..........how about this.......i hate i hate i hate.........when christy gives me the 5 and the crack........is that better? if not we could always do the bikini...... :rolleyes:

VAP :D
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Surely you can do better than that :D .......besides, I would drive you nuts...Im one of those "good shot" girls. ;)
 
I can't stand it

....when somebody breaks their cue down in order to attempt a jump shot and leaves the portion of the cue not in use in one of the pockets while they shoot

....when people walk around with their already screwed-together cues sticking a couple of feet out of the case. Such players are always a threat to poke somebody's eye out

....when people leave the bridge against the wall rather than placing it under the table where it belongs
 
vapoolplayer said:
the people that after they miss their shot, want to give a speech to you about how and why they missed, and what they could have done differently.

also i hate i hate i hate i hate anyone who constantly says "good shot".

call me crazy, but don't tell me good shot every time i make a ball..............if i make a spectacular shot.......then yes say good shot........until then shut the hell up.

people also sometimes get offended when i don't say thank you everytime........but i'm not going to respond to every good shot i get if its overbearing.

VAP
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I had this happened to me, too. The guy kept saying "good shot" during the match. After he lost, he complained I did not say thank you to him about his "good shot" compliment. I told him I did not like to talk during a match. He however thought I was being disrespectful!
Another time, as I was racking, this guy tried to touch my cue (which is worth more than $5000) and picked it up without asking me. I told him not to...and he said, " why? don't you feel like being friendly?"
 
Ok here is one:

When some guy, that you don't know wants to dictate your shot to you, while you are down...mid stoke...because you are just a girl and can't possibly play pool.

Oh yeah, bonus points are scored when the guy is your opponent and you are kicking his butt. :D
 
landshark77 said:
Ok here is one:

When some guy, that you don't know wants to dictate your shot to you, while you are down...mid stoke...because you are just a girl and can't possibly play pool.

Oh yeah, bonus points are scored when the guy is your opponent and you are kicking his butt. :D
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Bravo!...girls that 'Shoot' Pool Rock! ;)
 
The Good Shot thing is my worst peeve. If I make a good shot, I damn well know it! If it must be said, it can wait until after the rack.

This would be followed close by The Good Try. I missed the ball, Shut up and run out!
 
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A lot of my peeves have been covered, but there are more.

1) I absolutely hate it when people place their chalk cube on the rail at any position other than the chalk side facing upwards. I hate it even more when they place it on its sides. I always place the cube facing up and I sometimes assume other people do the same thing. When I'm wrong in my assumption, I get a finger full of chalk.

2) I hate it when people can't place the rack back onto the rack hanger after they finish racking. Like its so hard.

3) I hate ball bangers that are loud. I once played beside a table with some people that had to celebrate like they just won the superbowl, I wanted to break a house over his head.

4) I hate it when ball bangers just stand around and get in your way. People are just dumb and they don't move to the open space away from your table.

5) I hate it when the guy i'm playing against can't stop talking, or making stupid jokes.

6) I hate it when the pool hall's excessively loud. I want to go to a pool hall, not a night club.

7) I hate pool halls that can't spring for new chalk cubes. They have to use the cube until the cue go all the way through the cube.
 
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Some one who slaps balls with the side of their shafts....it's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me........LOL
 
Jeez, you guys/gals let a lot of things bother you. It's a wonder you ever make a ball. LOL Hey Cheese, I do that!

Rod
 
So I guess all these great poolhalls across america pretty much have the same F'ing idiots huh.

I'm Suprised no one mentioned the guy who, when you're shooting at the 9ball......grabs the rack, so you take a poke at it thinking he's giving you the game......then throws down the rack and say's "Man, I cant believe you missed that shot".
 
1. There's a guy at my local hall that curses up a storm and would make a sailor blush. He's a regular, but the thing is he can't run more than two balls. Several complaints have been logged against him but he's always there during my league day on Sunday.

2. When a stranger walks up to you when your in the middle of a game and askes to look at your cue. I love to talk about cues as much as the next collector does, but please don't do it during a match. If I extend the courtesy of saying okay, don't ask if you could test hit with it or walk to another part of the room to get a better look at it cause your still interrupting my game!

3. Plain idiots. One time while I was shooting, some yokel grabbed my break cue and began shooting with it. When I noticed, I asked for my cue back of course. But he gets mad and says I've already got a cue I'm shooting with. I tell him the cue is mine and he says just because the cue was over by me doesn't mean I have dibs on it. Then I tell him, no, I own that cue and he's like oh, I shouldn't leave it lying around. Smart, real smart.
 
Hilarious. Most of mine have been mentioned already, too. Especially irritating are the guys who hit the talc wheel like they're getting ready for a parallel bars routine and leave hand prints all over the cloth.

Started taking my own chalk cubes with me when I went out since people are clueless (see posts above). The chalk I use is black and I keep it next to my bag, away from the table. If, however, I leave my cube on the table for split second ... whoever I'm playing just has to pick it up and use it, getting blue all over my black cube.

Also can't stand it when people lean on the house cues, tip down.

Or when you're playing in a place where there's only one table, a line, and the ones playing on it are taking cigarette breaks, piss breaks, and going to the bar to pick up another round in between every shot.
 
sjm said:
I can't stand it

....when somebody breaks their cue down in order to attempt a jump shot and leaves the portion of the cue not in use in one of the pockets while they shoot

....when people walk around with their already screwed-together cues sticking a couple of feet out of the case. Such players are always a threat to poke somebody's eye out

....when people leave the bridge against the wall rather than placing it under the table where it belongs
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I always ask players that leave their cues sticking out of their case whether they get better reception that way. I just can't help myself. :p
 
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One of mine that I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned is when someone takes the entire tray of balls and just turns it over and dumps the balls onto the table. Any variation of this bothers me on several levels.

The only other thing that bothers me (but I find funny at the same time) is when someone asks you to play for $$ with a particular handicap and then backs out when you say yes. What is the deal with that?
 
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