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mainzer

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Why is it evil...
« on: July 12, 2009, 08:28:13 AM »
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To wanna bowl and win and in bowling? I am wonderiing why guys that wanna be serious about bowling are treated like crap. I got called a retard by a waitress cause I was irritated that I missed a cut by a point. She also went to scream at my friends and I cause because oh my god we want to win and we are stupid cause we wanna win. And we are not supposd to wanna win we are supposed to just wanna bowl.

I don't know about you but the 'I just wanna bowl attitude' went out when I started taking the Sport seriously when I was in High School. I have fought to be better and win in this all my life and I am put down for it by those that don't understand it, that tell me it is just stupid and why do you bother to try? I try cause I wanna be the best sorry that is how I am.

I have also sat and watched as guys have been jeered out of leagues cause they wanna win. I have watched as the better bowlers quit because no one will talk to them because they are good. I have heard people call a guy a prick because he doesnt talk to many people just goes and bowls and wins.

Why is it that the better bolwers are expected never to put down a bowler that averages 150 when the 150 average is free to rip the snot out of anyone averaging over 220? Why is it that better bowlers get craped on by the ones that are not as good? Is it really that hard to understand people that have the will desire and efort to win not just bowl for the sake of bowling?
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Not trying to sound elitist here. I have wanted to be a great bowler as long as I can remeber now myself and others that I am friends with are cut down and made fun of casue we wanna win not just bowl. I understand not everyone has that attitude or commitment to it, but why don't they respect those who do?
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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2009, 12:01:36 PM »
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I think there is a little more to the story.

The waitress just saw that you were irritated then called you a retard and proceeded to yell at you and your friends for how serious you take bowling?

If that is how it happened I would be shocked.

Are you sure you weren't irritated and inadvertantly took it out on the waitress?



Naw, man, she's just psycho.  Been donkey-punched one too many times!


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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2009, 02:41:27 PM »
Mainzer - there are too many league champions and "better" league bowlers with piss poor attitudes towards fellow bowlers, ridiculous explosive tempers over bad carry, drop exceedingly loud expletives whenever they feel "ripped off", and so on.  None of these descriptions may fit you, but I find many league bowlers have come in contact with at least 2 or a dozen of these poor ambassadors of the sport. The "bad group" of "better" league bowlers, if you will. "Average Joe" bowler gets jaded towards them, for good cause, and unfortunately it spills over to other "better" league bowlers without the bad attitude.


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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2009, 03:18:40 PM »
No, it is not evil to want to excel at bowling. Having said that there are many good bowlers out there that think their stuff doesn't stink. A couple years ago we had a scratch tournament at our center, so I thought I'd try it. Ok it was $100 to enter but I thought it would be good experience for me on the home lanes. We start bowling and NONE of the BIG TIME bowlers from other houses would even talk to me. First I checked my arm pits, they were Ok, so I just talked to bowlers from our house. When it was over the BIG TIME bowlers were all talkative, so I asked one guy whats up with this and he said "we were bowling for money it wasn't social hour". What a jerk.
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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2009, 03:27:29 PM »
I have bowled in MANY leagues over the years, and have never witnessed what you claim...maybe it's the caliber of league you bowl in, but in the leagues I've been I just have not seen this...
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« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2009, 03:35:56 PM »
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I have bowled in MANY leagues over the years, and have never witnessed what you claim...maybe it's the caliber of league you bowl in, but in the leagues I've been I just have not seen this...


+1 to Ren.

mainzer: I don't doubt your story, but it says something about the bowling atmospheres you bowl in. You're not going to change those around you, but if you truly don't have a choice of a sane and competitive bowling environment (they do exist), then you'll have to suck it up and go with the flow.

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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2009, 03:37:15 PM »
I think its just that most people forget about the fun in bowling. When you started bowling, why did you? When you were a kid and were just starting to bowl, you were there to win? Everyone that I know started bowling because it was fun and challenging.
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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2009, 04:20:28 PM »
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(most of) Human decency seems to be gone in this country.

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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2009, 07:09:29 PM »
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When it was over the BIG TIME bowlers were all talkative, so I asked one guy whats up with this and he said "we were bowling for money it wasn't social hour". What a jerk.


Sounds like you took it personally when they probably were treating everyone the same.  Focusing and not chatting everyone up.  And then when it was all over then they socialized.  Sorry but that's how scratch/serious tournaments are like.  Doesn't make them jerks.  Makes them serious about their tournament play.  

This is like watching the PBA tour stops.  You don't see these guys socializing with each other during competition.  But put them in an environment of a more social competition or pro am, and you see that they let down the seriousness and have more fun.  King of Bowling was a good example.  There was joking around and banter that you don't normally see during the tour stops.  They were still playing for money, but not their livelyhood of exemption for the next year.  

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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2009, 12:47:34 PM »
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The waitress in question was out of line. She is working an area where a tourney is going on and making money off the bowlers. She BETTER be sympathetic or she ain't getting a tip from me.


He has a point. If she had any business sense...she should of stayed quiet.
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Re: Why is it evil...
« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2009, 04:46:25 PM »
this topic falls in the place of guys wanting 2 or more lanes of waiting...
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