The House Man

yobagua · 2004-06-05T20:08:49+00:00

There has been a lot of talk about Equipment, Places to play, Etiquette, etc. But for me what can ruin a good place is the House man. There is a place I frequent in Santa Monica California where there is a nice place with 3 good tables that are set aside for house players. Mostly the match play is on these tables. The regulars here are cordial and the food is good. With a good clentele from UCLA and the west side of town. Its settled in a nice neighborhood with a lot of good restaurants and bars and clubs. However I just stopped going to the place because the night house man there has just become an absolute jerk. Very officious and confrontational. Also he loves to chat it up with the cute local coeds while regular customers have to wait to get any service. He also gives preferential treatment to personal friends (show biz types since he is a wannabe) letting them play on the table reserved for match play. These buddies who dont know a thing about pool will mess up the cloth with their attempts at masses and terrible shooting. I know it is a lot of pressure running a pool hall particularly on the weekends. But I'd like to hear other views on this. We have talked to the owners about this but since they are making money nightly on the college crowd they just dont want to move on it. A lot of the serious action players have gone away.