Author Topic: Typical Night at a Brunswick House (Read 2805 times)

thirtyclean · « **on:** September 23, 2008, 11:52:34 PM »

Last Night, Went into league, thew my fisrt ball, ball broke into its roll, and it literaly backed up at the head pin. Talked to few guys in the league, same thing. League shot, where people were scoring quite well, was completely gone !
The left sides backend end was totally clean, while the right looked like the double oiled and not strip. I have heard and bowled on tougher shots, bowling for over 35 years, and never seen anything like this, except at the Peterson !
To top it off, the left lane was sweeping away spares, and when it kept spares, you had to hit the reset and wait a whole minute until the reset was recognized by the pinsetter ! We got done about 45 minutes late ! The league secretary is trying to get our lineage back, because of this situation. We must have had to hit the reset about 50 times ! The girl at the counter stated that they knew abou the problem with that lane ! These things should be taken care of before a league starts, it was happening the day before !

One, the lane guy and mechanic must of screwed up, this was not a sport shot, this was worse. Axewelder (John) bowls with me on this league, and he is a guy that can hook the lane, and his ball was also backing up !

If anyone has a number to a Brunswick rep, for the Northwest Chicagoland area, I would love to talk to him about the malfunnctioning lane, and his inept lane mechanic, who definetly needs a talking to !

This house does not cater to league bowlers, and neither does brunswick, unless you have a birthday party or cosmic bowling ! The league bowler is crap to them, these days !
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spmcgivern · « **Reply #16 on:** September 25, 2008, 08:45:26 AM »

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To put a close to this topic, the pro shop guy I work with, talked to the head mechanic/lane guy the next morning. The oil machine malfunctioned, and spewed oil from 0 to 20 on the right side, while leaving the left side alone. The guy that runs the machine should visually notice this, but he is just a janitor type who is instructed on how to run the lanes. Someone should be held accountable, but of course, no one will. I don't know if is the duty of the mechanic to check the functionality of the machine every day, but if it was a machine in a hospital, and the machine malfunctined, and a patient died, there would be heads rollin and a lawsuit. This is typical in this house, and it is a Brunswick house. Luckily, I did not invest my hard earned money in side pots and brackets, and as far as a previous poster stated about free hook, this was insane, and comments should not be made unless you have to shoot on the condition. What is worse, a previous post is from a worker at the pro shop in that alley, and by posting comments like that in a public forum, it does not sit well with Axewelder and myself ! Whether he knows it, he represents the pro shop when remarks are made like that and some customers read this board !
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I know this isn't my party, but I find it funny when people say oil machines shouldn't break down or lanes shouldn't break down. One line in particular, "Someone should be held accountable, ... there would be heads rollin and a lawsuit." So I assume if you are driving down the road and your car breaks down it is your fault you didn't inspect the car to ensure its performance before you left? Oh, wait, it is the car manufacturer's fault because they made a defective car. That's right. Always someone else.

Many on this forum have worked or currently work in the industry. Things happen. Make the most of it and realize that your particular incident is not unique. Any amount of complaining is going to come across as you being sour because you insist "someone" is at fault. Chalk it up to experience and move on.
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thirtyclean · « **Reply #17 on:** September 25, 2008, 09:05:02 AM »

Andy,
I am sorry that it cam on so strong, but when you spend a hard earned buck, you want some sort of quality on the lanes. We bowled together in that house, and what we (John (Axewelder) and I experienced) was total insanity, so the 'free hook'comment even though it was said jokingly, his team went 3-27, and we went 5-20 ! It just rubbed us a little wrong. What I should of done is taken my average minus 10, and walked. I did'nt. You know that Brunswick Zone in Niles Il has turned into what was once a good alley for league bowlers, to a party and cosmic bowling haven. I also have been bowling 35 staraight years in leagues, and bowled in some of the best leagues in the city (Chicago, the North End Traveling league) and know when a machine has malfunctioned. I am sorry about coming on so strong, but I walked out of league that night fuming !

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Thirtyclean (Well maybe 29, or 28, most of
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Urethane Game · « **Reply #18 on:** September 25, 2008, 10:30:07 AM »

Dan,

The only thing you can do is what the rest of us did and spend your dollars elsewhere. In the short term, they may not need the league dollar as much as the casual bowlers but times change and when they lose that business Brunswick will be forced to adapt their business model or die.

I vote for die, personally. You didn't even mention how completely filthy that place is and how they could care less if our whole league went sprawling over the foul line on any given league night.
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