Spectators that take a seat within shooting range of the table. RANT.

I'm not certain if this took place in a bar or parlor. In bars everywhere you have loud obnoxious drunks and most of us have learned to tune them out or simply wait them out. If it was in a parlor and you had tried all the obvious solutions....ie... asking him to muzzle her or asking her yourself, to no avail, then refusing to continue would have been my choice.
 
Fogetaboutit!

Just launch the cue ball in his/her direction a couple of times and they will take their show to the motel and he will thank you later. :D
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
I think we'd all wish that spectators would know "spectating ettiquette". On a few occassions a playing buddy of mine (who fashions himself a chick magnet) has had his flavor of the month drop in while we're playing. And with a ton of seating options, the most recent one has taken to a seat right next to the side pocket, 3 friggin feet away. Last time she chattered like a hummingbird on speed. :angry:


Players, when in a hall where there's seating options, please have your spectating friends sit far enough away that they don't need to move when a shot is nearby and they interfere.

I know I'm a bit on the anal side about things like this, but do I have company on this?



Edit: we were gambling, albeit just cheap $1/$2 10 ball, in a 3 way ring game in a real pool hall, not a bar
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You'd quit pool if you lived in the Philippines or China. People standing at the table or in your way is normal there.
 
Honestly, if this were the third time in three weeks that this has happened with the same person, friend or not, I wouldn't play them again unless they made sure their current pillow buddy was out of the way. If you've said something to your opponent and it hasn't changed, don't you think it could be a sharking move? Even for a $1/2 ring game, that's not out of the question. Either way, if you decide to play again, and the same thing happens, say something to him, and if it doesn't change within the first 5 minutes after you say something, I would say something directly to her. If still nothing changes, just unscrew and leave, and make it known WHY you are stopping. If you're playing a ring game, and the other shooters aren't in on any kind of scam, they'll be pissed that they're losing a player, and potential money, because someone was being obstinate and disrespectful. Food for thought.

Dags
 
what i cant stand

What i cant stand is when there are 20 table in a pool hall and u r practicing or gambling on 1 and even though the other 19 r open the couple that just came in take the table right next to yours. Thats like going to the movies and sitting right next to the only other guy there.
 
Most people will sit somewhere else if you slip them $100 or so. :D


The nerve of some people wanting to watch pool. What will be next? People will prolly want to eat chips or something while people are trying to shoot.

Pool rooms should be quiet enough to hear a pin drop at all times....you know...like a golf course. :rolleyes:
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
I think we'd all wish that spectators would know "spectating ettiquette". On a few occassions a playing buddy of mine (who fashions himself a chick magnet) has had his flavor of the month drop in while we're playing. And with a ton of seating options, the most recent one has taken to a seat right next to the side pocket, 3 friggin feet away. Last time she chattered like a hummingbird on speed. :angry:


Players, when in a hall where there's seating options, please have your spectating friends sit far enough away that they don't need to move when a shot is nearby and they interfere.

I know I'm a bit on the anal side about things like this, but do I have company on this?



Edit: we were gambling, albeit just cheap $1/$2 10 ball, in a 3 way ring game in a real pool hall, not a bar
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This happens fairly often where I play, if it's bugging me I play shape where I have to ask them to please move so I can shoot a few times. They finally get the message and move to another seat. If not it does start to get annoying. If it continues I sometimes quit, life is too short.

Dave
 
cueandcushion said:
Most people will sit somewhere else if you slip them $100 or so. :D


The nerve of some people wanting to watch pool. What will be next? People will prolly want to eat chips or something while people are trying to shoot.

Pool rooms should be quiet enough to hear a pin drop at all times....you know...like a golf course. :rolleyes:
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People wanting to watch and people standing between your table and the one next to it are two different things. I personally wouldn't care if they stand on the other side of that other table. Getting in the way though, if you tolerate that kind of crap there is something wrong with you.
MULLY
 
It doesn't really bother me. If that is where the seating is blame the bar or pool hall for putting seats that close. Unless they moved the seat there themselves. The chatting, the noise, none of that ever bothered me. When the pool halls are packed that's the way it is anyway no matter what table you're playing on.
 
Maniac said:
Hell Kat, in my 9-ball league last week the opposing Captain brought his DOG into the bar. It was a Collie/Shepard mix, not a small dog. He kept it on a leash that was about 20 feet long. All during the night this dog kept knocking over cue sticks (theirs, not ours), barking (literal woofing :grin:), and walking to the edge of the pool table while people were shooting. We put up with it 'cause nobody on my team is all that serious about it (it's APA, how can you be???).

This would have flown like a dead worm in a lot of bars/poolhalls.

Maniac
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OMG, are you kidding? and the room owner allowed this? Unbelievable.
 
KoolKat9Lives said:
I think we'd all wish that spectators would know "spectating ettiquette". On a few occassions a playing buddy of mine (who fashions himself a chick magnet) has had his flavor of the month drop in while we're playing. And with a ton of seating options, the most recent one has taken to a seat right next to the side pocket, 3 friggin feet away. Last time she chattered like a hummingbird on speed. :angry:


Players, when in a hall where there's seating options, please have your spectating friends sit far enough away that they don't need to move when a shot is nearby and they interfere.

I know I'm a bit on the anal side about things like this, but do I have company on this?



Edit: we were gambling, albeit just cheap $1/$2 10 ball, in a 3 way ring game in a real pool hall, not a bar
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man you think that's tough. i was playing at on cue in la mesa years ago. the place has 25 tables and a snooker table. i walk in around 3 pm and it's completely empty. out of the 25 tables i pick one off in the corner furthest away from the door. 5 minutes later a group of 4 people come in and out of all the tables the decide to pick the one right next to mine. actually they picked the only one close enough that could mean us bumping into each other while down on a shot. 3 minutes into their stay i bump into one while we're both down on a shot and he looks at me like i'm the jerk
 
Smokers!

I don't smoke. Last night a friend and I were playing a friendly race to seven. Two guys rent the table next to us. The one guy plays decent the other not so good. He plays very slow and seems to get in the way but no big deal. The problem was the guy and girl who were hanging out with them. They grab the chairs closest to us and start chain smoking, blowing their stench toward our table and holding their cigarettes away from them (why don't you love to stink?) Ughhh. They had three empty tables with chairs on the other side of the pool table and empty chairs on the other side of the table they were at but no they had to plop down at the chairs closest to us. By the time the night was over my eyes were a wreck.:mad:
 
about a year ago 2 local players are playing a set for 1k and people were bumping into them while they were down on their shots. 2 people heard how much the bet was and pulled up chairs 3 feet away from the table so they could watch.

my city's a joke!!!!!!!!!
 
About five years ago I am playing a US Amateur Qualifier and fighting my way back thru the loser side. I get to my table and two girls are sitting chatting in the players chairs on my side of the table. I think their friend had just played and lost on the woman's side. I kindly ask them to move so I can have the chair. The girl points to a low folding chair next to them and says I can sit there. I am like uh no you can move I am playing. She then tells me I can take the chair at the other end of the table where my opponent was sitting. I told her I was playing a match there and I wanted the high chair and she could move. So they did... right next to me and then talked constantly! :mad:I finally walked over and asked the tournament director to have them removed from the players area. Then they acted like I was some kind of *****! I won the match but ended up losing one match from the qualifier match.:(
 
APA Gene said:
I don't smoke. Last night a friend and I were playing a friendly race to seven. Two guys rent the table next to us. The one guy plays decent the other not so good. He plays very slow and seems to get in the way but no big deal. The problem was the guy and girl who were hanging out with them. They grab the chairs closest to us and start chain smoking, blowing their stench toward our table and holding their cigarettes away from them (why don't you love to stink?) Ughhh. They had three empty tables with chairs on the other side of the pool table and empty chairs on the other side of the table they were at but no they had to plop down at the chairs closest to us. By the time the night was over my eyes were a wreck.:mad:
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I smoke and since smoking is allowed in pool rooms I'd have zero sympathy for you. If you don't like the smoke you have the option of not going there. BUT, I will say this, if you were to petition the pool hall to go to a no smoking policy, even though I smoke, I would back you 110%.
MULLY
 
TimKrazyMon said:
KK9L, all I'm gonna say is that a good backstroke to the vajayjay will get your message across loud and clear.:thumbup:
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LMAO! Exactly. If I'm playing and someone is in my way, I ask them to move. If they don't or they are consistently in the way, I just get in my normal stance, and when they see my backstroke coming straight for them, they normally move. If they don't, well then that's Darwinism.
 
KK9,

Dude, "humming bird on speed" ... sorry about that but your expression is hilarious.

I like everyone else's subtle gesture and I have in the past used all of them.

You know what it's like trying to play pool and learn as a female? Yes... every rail birds and wanna be playa/ coaches grab a seat usually right behind claiming to check out 'my beautiful stroke'...

So, let me share my secret :)

1. If they are within an arm length, I used short jabbing stroke and pull a GIANT back stroke to stab them right in their gut.

2. Also, the fully extended pony kick to follow through my break had them duck away in a hurry all the while checking if their heads were still attached.

3. The classic cue ball launching at a full steed of break also does the job of clearing 10 feet radius of your table.

4. I also don't have any problem telling the chatter bugs, "do you mind carrying on your conversation somewhere I don't have to listen?" Short and blunt.

Or you could be a nice guy and ask "could you please move all the way outside of the pool room? Your radiant beauty is sharking my game" hahahha.

S.
 
Gettin it all out

APA Gene said:
I don't smoke. Last night a friend and I were playing a friendly race to seven. Two guys rent the table next to us. The one guy plays decent the other not so good. He plays very slow and seems to get in the way but no big deal. The problem was the guy and girl who were hanging out with them. They grab the chairs closest to us and start chain smoking, blowing their stench toward our table and holding their cigarettes away from them (why don't you love to stink?) Ughhh. They had three empty tables with chairs on the other side of the pool table and empty chairs on the other side of the table they were at but no they had to plop down at the chairs closest to us. By the time the night was over my eyes were a wreck.:mad:
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I do get annoyed too easily sometimes and I need to work on it... My regular room has ten 9 footers and I often play in the afternoon when it's reeeeal slow. So when I'm playing and the tables are otherwise empty, and someone comes in and gets the adjacent table, it'll draw a sigh from me. I've nicely asked the new attendent to kindly sway people to non-adjacent tables if possible.



Oh, on the same night as discussed in my OP, just before the aforementioned gal came in, a little "exchange" occurred. I was standing by the table waiting for my opponent's inning to end when a regular (C player) comes up to me. He's had a few adult bev's. BTW, he's THAT guy. The one that freely and endlessly dispenses all the advice you never want to hear and is oblivious to basic social nuances.

He comes up to me and accidentally kicks the butt of my 37 year old beloved cue. It bounces off my J/B, and then another cue, and slides down the cue leaning rail, off a chair and onto the ground (giving it a super nice ding). "Oh sorry" as he quickly dismisses it. He proceeds to try and engage me with "what game are you playing?" Umm, look at the table, it's not hard to determine. All the while he's super close talking, waving his arms super animated all about and huffing a smoke. He's blowin it in my face and holding it in front of him at chest level inches from my shirt and being a complete annoyance. He is the most annoying, inconsiderate smoker EVER. I told him as I'm waving the smoke from my face "dude, you're bothering me." He did not understand and asked why. So I explained the 3 issues (cue kick, smoke and close-talking while I'm playing).

He gets all mad at me. I mean WTF guy? Go see Dr Kervorkian... ;)

So a few minutes later the gal comes in...
 
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