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Russell

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People who take the game WAY too serious....
« on: May 20, 2009, 02:48:04 PM »
Tonight was the rolloff of our "big money" league and payout.  My team didn't make the rolloff so I decided to take my son up there.  He has only been in the bowling alley a couple of times (just turned 2) but he is OBSESSED with sports.  Everything from bowling, golf, hockey, basketball, auto racing...you name it...he'll watch/try to play it.

He had never been bowling...so I figured he just turned 2 Monday so letting him try to bowl would be fun.

Let me paint a picture....24 lane center.  The rolloff matches are on 9/10 and 13/14.  No other lanes were being used in the place....I figure I'll stay as far from everyone as possible (there was going to be a no-tap tourney on the high end)...so I chose Lane 1.

They turned the lane on...and I got my son a 6lb ball.  We go down and I let him roll the ball down the lane.  He has a BLAST...he wasn't screaming or jumping around....but having a lot of fun.  I knew the rolloff was going on so I kept him in control and was helping him go between ball return/foul line.

We were out there about 10 minutes and a guy who is in the match on 9 and 10 comes down and the conversation goes something like this:

Him: Hey man not trying to be a jerk but yall are distracting us down there

Me: Are you serious?

Him: Yeah he's going up and down at the line and I keep seeing him in the corner of my eye

Me: From 9 lanes away?

Him: Yeah we're bowling for a lot of money down here

Me: Yeah Ive bowled for ten times that much and I didn't need 9 lanes of courtesy...perhaps you should work on your concentration and focus a little bit.

He walks off....we pick up and quit so I don't cause a huge scene (this guy was in a fight during league last year so I figured that wasn't going to go anywhere good).

Now I also want to point out that this guy averages 195 and heaves a ball with no thumb 22 mph up second arrow.  He goes brooklyn twice a game....and he needed NINE lanes of courtesy?

I know I should just consider the source...but this ruined my first time bowling with my little boy....something I can't have back.

On a final side note I found it funny that he opened the NEXT FOUR FRAMES after we quit.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2009, 01:02:41 PM »
My guess is that the match a few lanes away were considered "normal" bowling activity.  Again, not making excuses for the guy, but kids tend to spend a while up near the foul line, both before and after they throw.  Maybe the anticipation of whether he might jump up and down or not, or anything else a normal kid might do, is more distracting than if he did it every shot.

You did good so far.  You let him have his way during the roll off.  Now lets see if he has any nads.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2009, 01:20:19 PM »
Come on they were 9 lanes away, by my estimation, they were at least 50 feet away.  If you cant ignore something 50 feet towards your left when you are supposed to be watching whats right in front of you then you have bigger problems.  this dude just needed to get his excuses lined up before he choked.  I say go into the league payoff night and call him out on it. Show everybody in the league what a jerk he really is.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2009, 01:23:36 PM »
During Tournaments and such events 2 Lanes should be given. No matter how good your concentration is, don't take chances. During League play, 1 Lane.

At no time should you ever need 9 Lanes. Thats just absurd.

Good job handling it the right way, although personally I think I would have just continued bowling.
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Sean John 369

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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2009, 01:24:56 PM »
Im sure he wasnt bowling to well.  Sounds to me that he just needed an excuse..Screw him.  I would have continued bowling.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2009, 01:46:49 PM »
I've had that discussion with distracting open bowlers before.  I always hate doing it and always feel guilty/bad after doing so.  But at least I only do it when they're on an adjacent lane to our pair, not nine lanes away.  Heck, I can't even notice people that far away unless they yell loudly in my direction at just the wrong moment.  Please enjoy bowling with your kid!  Sounds like we may have another Norm Duke or Walter Williams in the making.  The sooner they start, the better.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2009, 02:24:27 PM »
only thing ive ever complained about were the people that far down taking pictures... that annoys me.. in about your 3rd step see a flash
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2009, 08:29:45 AM »
I wouldn't even bowl in that house...I need at least 15 lanes on both sides to get off a quality shot!  LOL  That guy is crazy...I hate when people demand eternal lane courtesy! Heck I even hate giving 2 lane courtesy.

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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #23 on: May 22, 2009, 08:43:14 AM »
Russell good for you in showing restraint with your son along.  It is important to teach them at a young age that it is not worth blowing a gasket over like the individual that was complaining to you.  

On a side note though if you were 9 lanes to the left of them I have a hard time with that it was distracting him or any of the other bowlers.  We always have all teams bowling during roll-off night at our league, we just put them in the middle and there is always commotion.  

Enjoy the times with your boy and good luck.

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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #24 on: May 22, 2009, 11:03:09 AM »
Russell,

I think you're missing a very important point.

On your 2-year-old's first time bowling, his "mental" game was so superior, he was able to derail a 195 average guy—9 lanes away. Your boy is only 2, and he's already in this guy's head!!! LOL

I wonder how well your head-to-head would go if your son just "sits" in the bowler's circle? You may have a new secret weapon!!!!

Good luck teaching this jerk an expensive lesson in respecting your boy!
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2009, 11:35:46 AM »
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I am amazed how people are today. There is no common courtesy anymore and I am shocked the guy even noticed you and your son 9 lanes away.  I would have kept bowling and talked to the manager, but since you had your son I would have left and gone to another center. I then would have sent a letter to the owner of the center and explained what happened and tell him you will no longer bowl there and you will be happy to tell others not to bowl there.

If one man can run off customers, the owner needs to know about it.
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So, you would punish the owner of the house because of one moronic bowler???
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2009, 11:36:04 AM »
This is why the sport of bowling has tanked over the years.  Its the league hack that thinks he is on tour, and bullies everyone that comes threw his path.  This guy sounds a moron, and probably doesn't have any kids.  If he wants 9 lane courtesy, tell him to join the tour!  


Russell,  My 2 year old just turn 2 on the 17th, and I took her bowling on Monday, and she had a blast.  She didn't want to stop and I had people next to me that would jump ahead of us, I just asked the mom if she had ever taken the kids bowling before and that if she had ever heard of lane courtesy.  She was happy that I told her the rules to bowling and because of that she thank me and told me that she would be signing her kids up for junior bowling.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2009, 12:25:38 PM »
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"So, you would punish the owner of the house because of one moronic bowler???"


For putting up with a customer driving other customers away...Yes! He is the owner. It is his responsibility to make sure all customers are happy and the center where I bowl would have told this guy to leave and never come back. Russell  and his son would eventually bring more business in with birthday parties and youth leagues. This man who complained probably does not bring in enough business to keep him and if he would complain to a man and a 2 year old, he is a failure as a human being.
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So, the owner, from 50 feet away, is supposed to know the nature of the discussion between the tool and Russell?  For all he knew, the two were friends chatting about Russell's son.  The owner normally wouldn't have a Clue why Russell and his son stopped bowling.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #28 on: May 22, 2009, 01:17:52 PM »
9 lanes in an empty house? Man, you should have gone to lane 51(our center has 50 lanes, lol). What a tool! I am not giving 2 lane courtesy unless the league I am in requires it or I am at a tournament, or I like you. The scratch league I am in does not require it, but some of the bowlers in it think they deserve it. The first year I bowled in it some guy was actually gonna come and crawl my rear for it but the secretary headed him off. Man, was he upset. Boy, he'd have been surprised by my right hook,too.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2009, 01:55:46 PM »
The guy who told you that is a tool and probably could not bowl against real competition in a real tournament.  I would have told him to go back to his lanes and bowl and leave you alone.  I would have said that he should put blinders on, or stop looking to his sides.

Then I would continue bowling and make noise.

I would love to bowl against this guy and put him in his place.
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Re: People who take the game WAY too serious....
« Reply #30 on: May 22, 2009, 03:02:32 PM »
That is crap!Russel those are things you can't get back you are perfectly right

I dont think I would have even noticed you guys if  were in his situation, hell if I was feeling pressure I may have even came down and chatted to break it for a bit
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