I'm a grumpy old man...

[sukeetoshyoo88]

the house i go o has sometimes these types of people, and i usually try to go during the slower days if i can to avoid that.
i dont really let those things get to me, but it definitely isn't enjoyable.
btw im 25 and i i've noticed that the more and more of the younger generations are becoming more disrespecting in general.
not just at the alley, or to strangers, but even towards their parents.
and i dont think it's gonna get any better.

[ecub]

By the next week or 2, it should be a little quiet again.

[ghoul31]

These are probably the same morons that yell in a library.
I.

A bowling alley isn't the same as a library.

They don't serve alcohol at a library

You don't got to a library with a bunch a friends to have a good time.

[swingset]

A bowling alley isn't the same as a library.

They don't serve alcohol at a library

You don't got to a library with a bunch a friends to have a good time.

Having a good time, drinking alcohol, these are both things that can be done without being disruptive and obnoxious. You know that, right?

Know how I know it? I have a good time most times I bowl, I also drink alcohol, and I don't jump up and down and scream even when I'm with friends...especially if someone is bowling beside me trying to bowl well.

I think we all recognize that bowling is recreation and not everyone takes it serious - and there are times like during glo-bowling or when it's clear that everyone else is in a party mood that being loud or disruptive is not an issue.

If you and your friends get next to a guy trying to practice, do you make a loud spectacle of yourself? Trying to figure out why you're being defensive about this.

[Rdmonster]

i hate this behavior as well but rarely witness it.

I must admit that my team is pretty rowdy on league night but the center is so loud I doubt that it bothers anyone. We are also courteous and respectful to our competitors.

Little kids I understand but the older teenagers and young adults tend to get on my nerves if they are dummies about things.

[billf]

Today was a good example of the center employees being stupid but still a good time.
I was trying to do a video shoot. The place was empty so I went to one of the lanes at the far right giving just enough room to set up the camera. So a small group of two families comes in and where do they put them? The only two lanes to my right instead of all the empty lanes to my left. Video shoot over, practice time. They weren't rude, loud or obnoxious and everybody still had a good time, even the kids.

[ArtVandelay]

Yeah... A bowling alley isnt a good place for quiet reflection. I have found that even a golf course is rarely quiet these days.

But I often wonder why noise or behavior is such a problem. I try to work on my mental game more than anything else in those times.

[billf]

The point is, there's a time and place for everything. Just as a library isn't a place to party, a bowling alley isn't the normal place to act like a drunken frat party. At least not during normal open bowling. Cosmic or when a company rents the whole place, that's another story.

[Greenday]

The point is, there's a time and place for everything. Just as a library isn't a place to party, a bowling alley isn't the normal place to act like a drunken frat party. At least not during normal open bowling. Cosmic or when a company rents the whole place, that's another story.

This. It's quite possible to knock back some beers with your friends and bowl with being obnoxious jerkoffs about it.

[Texasguppie]

The scary part is, these types probably have so little respect for their elders that you feel scared to even say anything directly to them for fear that they will follow you outside and beat the crap out of you.

Fear isn't an issue. There's a .40 cal Springfield Xdm with a 16 round clip in the truck, a retractable 21" baton in my bag and years of training in my hands. It's the fact that I have to consider those options when the house KNOWS better on a slow night to put a bunch of punks that close to someone working on his game.

I went back today, asked for a lane away from the few that were there before me and stated, "send a group of idiots my way today and you'll be pulling body parts out of the ball return."

It was a quiet Saturday of practice.