But I give up.
My local pool hall has went through three owners since it first opened up. The guy that originally opened it knew how to run a pool hall. He was a great owner, unfortunately he also had a bad coke habit and eventually sold after about 10 years.
The next guy did ok. He benefited for the 1st guy getting everyone in line. Us regulars knew what was expected. No sitting on the rails, no drinks or smokes around the table. Respect the equipment and so on. He also had it for about 10 years. Things went okay, but started to turn into more of a bar than pool hall. Figures.
Now we have the new owners, nice people. But they have NO clue about how to run a pool hall or a bar for that matter. They brought in a new crowd that doesn't respect anything. They are afraid to throw out the trouble makers because they think they might loose business but they fail to realize that the good customers just go somewhere else so they don't have to deal with that crap. And they wont correct someone who is getting out of line and tearing up their equipment.
The owner asked me if I would repair some house cues for them. I said sure. I had a box of 50 cheap tip that cost me around $65.00. I only charged him a buck a cue because I knew things were tight for them. I was taking a loss but didn't mind, I looked at it like I was giving back something to a place I spent a lot of time at.
So I finish about 30 cues and bring them in one Saturday. I was walking around the room putting the cues in the racks when I saw a guy walk over and get one and start playing. After a couple of minutes he pulls out a pocket knife and cuts off the rounded part just as the owner walks by. The owner curiously asks what he was doing. The guy says "I don't like my tips curved like that, I want em a little flatter"! I was seeing red. The owner just looked at him, shrugged and said okay. That was it. I couldn't believe it!
Of course the tips didn't last too long with the morons abusing them and after about 2 months he asked how much another batch would cost him. I figured if I doubled the price maybe he would stop his customers from destroying them, wrong. When I told him 2 bucks a cue, (still way cheap) he said he didn't want to spend that much. I said that's fine I understand, times are tuff. So this guy goes out and buys slip on tips from Walmart. He says they are easier to replace. lol
I give up. He is on his own now.
My local pool hall has went through three owners since it first opened up. The guy that originally opened it knew how to run a pool hall. He was a great owner, unfortunately he also had a bad coke habit and eventually sold after about 10 years.
The next guy did ok. He benefited for the 1st guy getting everyone in line. Us regulars knew what was expected. No sitting on the rails, no drinks or smokes around the table. Respect the equipment and so on. He also had it for about 10 years. Things went okay, but started to turn into more of a bar than pool hall. Figures.
Now we have the new owners, nice people. But they have NO clue about how to run a pool hall or a bar for that matter. They brought in a new crowd that doesn't respect anything. They are afraid to throw out the trouble makers because they think they might loose business but they fail to realize that the good customers just go somewhere else so they don't have to deal with that crap. And they wont correct someone who is getting out of line and tearing up their equipment.
The owner asked me if I would repair some house cues for them. I said sure. I had a box of 50 cheap tip that cost me around $65.00. I only charged him a buck a cue because I knew things were tight for them. I was taking a loss but didn't mind, I looked at it like I was giving back something to a place I spent a lot of time at.
So I finish about 30 cues and bring them in one Saturday. I was walking around the room putting the cues in the racks when I saw a guy walk over and get one and start playing. After a couple of minutes he pulls out a pocket knife and cuts off the rounded part just as the owner walks by. The owner curiously asks what he was doing. The guy says "I don't like my tips curved like that, I want em a little flatter"! I was seeing red. The owner just looked at him, shrugged and said okay. That was it. I couldn't believe it!
Of course the tips didn't last too long with the morons abusing them and after about 2 months he asked how much another batch would cost him. I figured if I doubled the price maybe he would stop his customers from destroying them, wrong. When I told him 2 bucks a cue, (still way cheap) he said he didn't want to spend that much. I said that's fine I understand, times are tuff. So this guy goes out and buys slip on tips from Walmart. He says they are easier to replace. lol
I give up. He is on his own now.