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7forlife

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In short i would like to know what is it that other players do that just makes you grind your teeth. there are several things that gets to me but i think the big one would be................. picking up the chalk when it's not your turn at the table "you just missed, it's not your turn, why the F'k do you need the chalk?"

Now i play with my own chalk (chalk holder) but when i dont have my case with me and this happens it kind of gets me. I try not to disturbe the other player as much as ii can, your time on the table is your time and mine is mine. Others would be

walking around to see if i can see the ball or not on your miss or safe, WHY? YOU'LL FIND OUT AFTER I SHOOT!

what are some of the things that grind your gears?
 
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7forlife said:
In short i would like to know what is it that other players do that just makes you grind your teeth. there are several things that gets to me but i think the big one would be................. picking up the chalk when it's not your turn at the table "you just missed, it's not your turn, why the F'k do you need the chalk?"

Now i play with my own chalk (chalk holder) but when i dont have my case with me and this happens it kind of gets me. I try not to disturbe the other player as much as ii can, your time on the table is your time and mine is mine. Others would be

walking around to see if i can see the ball or not on your miss or safe, WHY? YOU'LL FIND OUT AFTER I SHOOT!

what are some of the things that grind your gears?
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Some people's pet peeve is players not waiting until they walk away from the table before getting up and trying to shoot.....

Some wouldn't consider it your turn at the table until after the other player walks away.....
 
People that wait til you're down for your shot before asking where you're going with it. It's straight in the corner I'm not gonna go three rails the other way! People that don't know how to use chalk and just bore out the cube.
 
Make me rack three times before I get to shoot a shot. Had this happen to me yesterday.

Larry
 
Walking up to the table with a full try of balls and dumping them onto the table from a foot higher or more.
 
Why so you so that ?

Pounding the chalk upside down on the table ~! Besides making a mess, you wear a chalk line across your light colored pants...and that ain't cool !
 
This one will be hard to top. When a ball gets stuck in the table and some genius takes it upon himself to lift one end of the table and drops it to jar the ball loose. It sounds unbelievable but I've seen it happen twice.
 
Breaking out a small container of baby powder and creating a huge cloud of powder while putting a ton of it all over their hands, their cue shaft, their clothes, the rails, and the cloth.

Placing the chalk upside down on the rails so it gets all over the rails, the cloth, and clothing.

Eating greasy food and then racking the balls without first washing their hands so that the grease is now on the balls and you get all kinds of skids and weird effects.

Engaging in a lengthy cell phone conversation while I wait.
 
Whenever I get beat...
But seriously, well, also seriously, the miscue thing that Tramp Steamer said, but to take that step further whenever that guy misses a shot or miscues he grabs the shaft of the cue near the tip pulls it right up to his eye level and stares at the tip, love that guy...
 
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I hate it when my opponent gets twitchy waiting for me to shoot. I am on a roll on video poker, leave me the frack alone!
I hate it when someone takes a ball out of the rack and taps the head ball so it won't roll.
I hate it when my opponent gets pissed because I take ball in hand in 9 ball and line up a perfect combo on the 9 for the win.
I hate it when an idiot comes up to challenge the table and then shoots like crap so it takes a half hour to play him.
I hate it when the waitress asks every 5 minutes "are you doing OK over here?" when I have a full pitcher of soda and my fish and chips are only half gone. If she wants to make my evening better she can show me her boobs or strat playing with me when I'm not shooting. Otherwise, leave me the frack alone so I can shoot pool and play video poker at the same time.
I hate it when the people at the next table get in the way of my shot by taking their shot. I'm more important! Get out of my frakken way!
I hate it when the bar bimbos come past me wearing more perfume than all of the women at the Bunny Ranch combined and then don't have the common decency to show me their boobs.
I hate it when the street hookers come in and look around and figure I don't have enough money to be worth their time. Hey ladies, it's not the money, it's YOU!
I hate it when I'm playing pool and someone touches my cue! If you want to touch my shaft, I can provide you with a warm fleshy one...

Need I go on?!
 
Dead Money said:
Walking up to the table with a full try of balls and dumping them onto the table from a foot higher or more.
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Never seen this

I would go say something if I ever saw this.

I did laugh at the thought of someone being this stupid though... Wow
 
Inferno said:
I hate it when my opponent gets twitchy waiting for me to shoot. I am on a roll on video poker, leave me the frack alone!
I hate it when someone takes a ball out of the rack and taps the head ball so it won't roll.
I hate it when my opponent gets pissed because I take ball in hand in 9 ball and line up a perfect combo on the 9 for the win.
I hate it when an idiot comes up to challenge the table and then shoots like crap so it takes a half hour to play him.
I hate it when the waitress asks every 5 minutes "are you doing OK over here?" when I have a full pitcher of soda and my fish and chips are only half gone. If she wants to make my evening better she can show me her boobs or strat playing with me when I'm not shooting. Otherwise, leave me the frack alone so I can shoot pool and play video poker at the same time.
I hate it when the people at the next table get in the way of my shot by taking their shot. I'm more important! Get out of my frakken way!
I hate it when the bar bimbos come past me wearing more perfume than all of the women at the Bunny Ranch combined and then don't have the common decency to show me their boobs.
I hate it when the street hookers come in and look around and figure I don't have enough money to be worth their time. Hey ladies, it's not the money, it's YOU!
I hate it when I'm playing pool and someone touches my cue! If you want to touch my shaft, I can provide you with a warm fleshy one...

Need I go on?!
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lol...sounds like a good league night out.
 
- People sitting up on the table like it's lawn furniture
- People smoking while they rack and gather balls, careless of dumping burning ash on the felt.
- People eating over the table and setting the drink on the rails, like it never occurred to them
that a spill on clean green felt is not the same as a spill on the kitchen counter.
You can't swiffer mop a goddamn Blue Moon out of the felt.

The sad part is, this is mostly the pool hall's fault.

I never saw a pool hall that had good, clear, big signs explaining why it's not ok to drop a deuce on their $10,000 tables.
Instead, "no sitting on tables" is rule number 13 on some tiny print sign by the bar, right between "no gang colors" and "no smoking cloves".
 
 
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DecentShot said:
sharking in the form of compliments really pisses me off
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Oh yeah, that one REALLY pisses me off!

"Hey man, nice shot!" When I put one straight in. I need a good comeback for that one. Maybe something like "It was well lubed. It went right in!".

Nah, I'm too polite for that. I'll probably just say thanks and then offer to play him for a hundred. Then tell him I'll have the bartender hold the cash. Then have my friend distract him while I scoot off with his cash but not before telling the bartender to tell the guy, when asked, that he was "just played".

I just hope my buddy can get out of there before the fool realizes what happened.
 
SpongebobFreak said:
Trying to talk to me
Bragging when they suck....guy named gilbert at my poolhall
Talking crap when they arent even playing....also gilbert
Trying to justify a miss by saying "i did it on purpose"
Whistling while i shoot
Saying "nice shot" or "good game"
When they luck a ball in and act like a worldbeater
Drunks
Idiots that dance by the tables
Karaoke
Waitress sharking me
Hot girls in my line of sight
People speaking spanish
Ugly people at the next table
People that try to drill their tip through the chalk
People that chip the ball instead of properly jumping
Idiots that think they are big time hustlers but only play $1 a game
Long races for cheap
High table fees
A poolhall that thinks its a dance club
5 year old cloth that shoots like glass
Im sure there are many more that i cant think of.....as you can see i am usually very angry at my local room.
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You must've played at some of the same fast eddies I've been to over the years
 
I also hate when a guy with "no stroke, ball control or speed control" try to tell my how good he used to be, or and the say something like "I haven't played in a few weeks so my ame is off". NO! Your gme is off cause you suck
 
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