Things that irritate you on the table.

upside down chalk on the table. my heavens! just last night i had a friend over playing on my gc3 and every time he shoots he will put it upside down and have chalk all over my hands my shirt my forearms. he chalks between every shot and we played about 30 or so racks. my X1 cleaner is a week old and its already caked with chalk!
 
Short List

1. People that stand next to the pocket I'm shooting at or right next to me while I'm shooting.

2. People that use so much talc it leaves hand prints on the rails and cloth (I use none)

3. People that I can beat with ease asking me if I want a timeout during league play just because I'm taking my time for a shot. Unless you play better than I do, I don't really think you're going to help.
 
The only thing that really get my dander up, is no table available.
Everything else I can handle/accept.

No available table.... horrifying. :angry:
 
Things that irritate you...

I am pretty much laid-back but it irritates me when...

* An opponent disrespects the table or equipment.
* Tries to force someone into a money game.
* Brags about beating someone even when the win was not from their skills. e.g. Out of four games of nine ball, the loser made 32 of the 36 balls and constantly hung or missed the 9.
* Intentionally disrespects someone.

As for the crowd, I hate it when....

* Two people are standing right next to one another and have to talk real loud or scream.

And finally...

Besides a Bad Loser, I cannot stand a Bad Winner. If you win like a Champion; then lose like a Champion.
 
AfghanBilliards said:
AZB,

I Can't stand when someone buys their own chalk...and they think they are being cool by getting a off color like tan, black, etc. People should understand that the chalk should match the cloth. The reason for different color chalk is for different felt/cloth colors. Thats it, nothing more. When someone uses tan/black/teal/whatever color chalk and it streaks up the cloth on the table, it irritates me to no end.

Just one to get things rolling. Lets hear it guys.

Carl
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Funny about this, at least to me. Here where I live, all the tables have green cloth, every one of them. And every one of them provides blue chalk.

Just seemed normal to me.

Interesting.
 
Keep in mind I have OCD in being clean....

Upside down chalk gets turned back over the 1st chance I get, but that is nothing compared to shooting w/ a guy who hasn't washed in, oh, say a week or so. Good enough guys, but human stink bombs.

I have two guys who I like as friends but who I dread when they ask to come over & shoot. One is filthy from working on a farm all day and who I'd lay 50-1 showers only once per month, if that. The other smells like he, how to put this delicately.....never used toilet paper. When either of these two fellas leave, EVERYTHING gets a good cleaning, including the carpet getting scrubbed. The odor has lasted well into the next day at times. :eek:

I haven't played with either of these guys in quite a while now, but I'll always remember them.....

While I have an open post, I might as well mention the guy who, after knocking the rails black & blue from just BLASTING at a group of balls, will watch all the multi-colored spheres zinging around the table for 10 seconds or so with his mouth agape & eyes wide open and, upon seeing a ball dribble in, will let out a "Yessss!" ala Marv Albert. This type of player will also just flat out blast an object ball in & after snow richochetes off of every rail twice, if the cue ball somehow manages to line him up on another ball, once again, he shouts out the aforementioned "Yesss!", as if he planned it all along. This guy will also make a ball but stay down in his stance 4-5 seconds after the ball was pocketed as if frozen in time. Or, when it's his turn at the table, he'ill just survey the table from the chair for a minute or so with a frown that would rival Ms. Corr trying to figure out a calculus problem. Nothing harmful, just kinda annoying.

And one more thing....every one of us in this thread will keep racking them up! :confused::D
 
I know another pet peeve.

I hate it when someone chalks the living shit out of their cue, to the point where blue dust is forming a cloud in the air, and then proceed to blow real hard on the tip to get the excess off, or worse yet, bang the cue on the table to remove it.

WTF!!!! If I live to be 100, I'll never understand that one!
 
-Talc powder

Opponant walks up to table to chalk cue when it's not their turn, and just stands right next to the table chalking the tip.
 
JolietJames said:
It's the little things.
When people place the chalk on its side or upside down on the rail after chalking their cue.
People who miss, grab the chalk and walk away with it like they're the only ones who need it.
People who use talk and get it all over the place.
People who rack 8 ball with the 8 on top of the balls and roll the rack forward then to a quick stop so the 8 drops into position on its own -that's just plain gay.
Not racking on the spot.
People who sit in MY chair to watch the match.
I'm sure there are more.
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Qjunkie said:
I hate it when people roll a house cue on the table to see if it straight. Last night I watched a guy collect several cues off the rack then proceeded to roll each one.
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Yup! /\/\/\ can't stand any of these.
 
Guys who can't make a ball but have to study every shot like it's
The us open. It's not rocket science fool just get up and shoot. And if u
Don't see the shot, staring at it for 30 minutes isn't gonna make u see it either
 
The bar that i shoot at a lot the tables are right in front the bar when they are busy it seems like what ever table is being played on there is a flock of people around it. Then when you move to the other table it will be packed around that one.About every shot you have to ask someone to move it gets old very fast.
 
I also don't like it when people overuse hand chalk and leave hand prints on the the cloth and rails.

it's annoyin when people chalk their cues and then leave the change facedown so after I shot on the rails I have a blue mark on my hand.
 
People wearing headphones or ear muffs. The sounds are part of the game, whether from the table or elsewhere! Deal with the sounds and pay attention.

Earl would really pizz me off but he's one heckuva player in spite of his craziness.

It doesn't help my attitude that I've lost a LOT of my own hearing ability... and everyone (aside from the insane one previously mentioned) I've seen playing when wearing headphones/muffs seems to be a complete dork that can't play well even if paying attention.

And the usual things that have already been covered such as overuse of hand talc, banging balls, as well as ridiculously slow players.

I have to add another thing that didn't irritate me so much as amuse me. I used to occasionally encounter a college math professor that did weird things to mess with you mind when playing in tournaments. Things like wrapping a section of his cue with bailing wire, or tie a ribbon around his cue, or have some bizarre piece of clothing on that was totally out of place with whatever else he might be wearing. His purpose was to have you thinking about that weird thing he brought to the scene rather than keeping your mind on the game at hand. Can't say that it worked but can't truly say that it didn't work at least some of the time. It was almost always funny if nothing else.
 
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I understand most of the things listed in this thread.

The one that I don't understand is people getting irritated with opponents rolling house cues on the table to make sure it's straight. While I don't grab a handful of cues. I do grab the two that look the straightest from the rack and check them on the table.

What's wrong with wanting to play with a straight cue? Is there something my newby-self isn't seeing? Does this damage/dirty the equipment?
 
Sweat dripping on the table

from me.

When its real hot outside. And its real hot inside the pool hall-to the point where you leave a trail of sweat drops on the cloth for each shot. Sweat dripping off your nose while shooting affects concentration.

Socal in summer has its down side.
 
Jimbojim said:
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WTF??

I hate loud music.
I hate it when I concede the rack and the guy shoots the 9-ball anyway. I'm like 'dude, I gave it to you especially so you don't have to shoot it, what's the point'
I hate it when I scratch on the break (yeah, I do) and my opponent says *FOUL*...I'm not stupid, I realize that you have ball in hand.
I always laugh when somebody tells me that pool paid for their college while gambling at the arcade and they can't draw the whitey.
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It's whitey not the whitey
 
Things that irritate you on the table

One thing gets me ticked off is when the girls on the next table start dancing, strip down to their bra and stop there. Damn, I didnt even get a picture.
 
The thing that pisses me off the most is a place that has a juke box that loops the same three songs when someone isn't buying a song or when some metrosexual or chic comes in and puts sappy love country music on the juke box. My game immediately runs down my leg and becomes a stain on the carpet.
 
People who reach for the chalk nearest you after they've missed. It's your turn now. They don't need it.

People who put the chalk on the table blue side down. It cruds up the table, my clothes, the balls, and my hands.

People who whack their house cue against the side of the table to knock off the 'excess' chalk.

People who tell me what to shoot next while I'm in the process of beating the snot out of them.

People who remind me what balls I can still shoot (in 8-ball) when I'm upset about getting the wrong leave on the right ball to run out.

People who don't know anything about carom shots advising me to take a shot that can't go in as they see it due to reality.

People who blame equipment for their failures.

People who don't even know the rules for the game they're playing and insist on arguing over the rules.

People who double hit the cueball and don't know how they did it and refuse to listen to an explanation.

People who think their scratching on the break has something to do with the rack being loose.

People who can't hit the apex ball on the break shot and blame the rack for their lousy break.

People who can't control their anger and throw stuff or break equipment.

People who cry after losing. Yes, there's a guy I used to play with in APA who threw tantrums and cried.

And all the other things listed. Proper pool etiquette is almost as broad a subject as social etiquette.
 
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