Comments on: Belmont Sinn. 04/24/08 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35 Welcome to the World of Pub Quizzing! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renee http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35/comment-page-1#comment-42 Renee Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:39:31 +0000 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/?p=35#comment-42 I like using my math ability for good instead of evil, which is the real reason I show up to assist the quiz. And Justin's winning personality. I like using my math ability for good instead of evil, which is the real reason I show up to assist the quiz. And Justin’s winning personality.

]]> By: Dave.Walker http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35/comment-page-1#comment-41 Dave.Walker Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:46:31 +0000 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/?p=35#comment-41 With that kind of price all of your quizzes should have a happy ending Justin!! LOL!!! Sorry I just had to add that... hehehe... it was too easy! With that kind of price all of your quizzes should have a happy ending Justin!! LOL!!! Sorry I just had to add that… hehehe… it was too easy!

]]> By: Justin.W.Sanders http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35/comment-page-1#comment-40 Justin.W.Sanders Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:43:28 +0000 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/?p=35#comment-40 Thank You Cecil, I do appreciate that insightful feedback! Fact is, I DO get paid enough to care, especially when folks like yourself are honest and forthright like that. This week is devoted to fixing sound issues and timeliness. As for the drunken yellers, I intend to pay off the bouncer for each headlock he extends throughout the evening. One headlock = 5 dollars. (You can get on this action too if you want, Cecil. In fact, ANY Belmont pub quizzer who inflicts a headlock on a drunken yeller during my shift gets $5 from my own wallet.) Sadly I have no answer to your stuffiness accusation, except that I HAD been wondering why my "lovely" assistant was demanding $200 an hour to work with me. Now I know! :) Thank You Cecil, I do appreciate that insightful feedback! Fact is, I DO get paid enough to care, especially when folks like yourself are honest and forthright like that. This week is devoted to fixing sound issues and timeliness. As for the drunken yellers, I intend to pay off the bouncer for each headlock he extends throughout the evening. One headlock = 5 dollars. (You can get on this action too if you want, Cecil. In fact, ANY Belmont pub quizzer who inflicts a headlock on a drunken yeller during my shift gets $5 from my own wallet.) Sadly I have no answer to your stuffiness accusation, except that I HAD been wondering why my “lovely” assistant was demanding $200 an hour to work with me. Now I know! :)

]]> By: Cecil Espy http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35/comment-page-1#comment-39 Cecil Espy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:01:22 +0000 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/?p=35#comment-39 Justin, I can only speak for myself but I think part of the hostility you experienced last week was the culmination of many weeks of hostility that finally boiled over. You are in the unfortunate position of replacing two Hall of Fame worthy Quizmasters. At the Belmont we are used to certain things regarded the Pub Quiz experience. Most important, Pub Quiz starts at 7:00, not 7:05, 7:10 nor god forbid 7:15. The prompt start ensures that Pub Quiz ends by 9:00 regardless of what rounds were present that night. Also, starting at 7:00 decreases the chance that you will have to utter "You'll have to hurry up with ___ because we are running late." You have a giant speaker and a microphone in your hand, please use it. The folks directly in the front will hear you if no matter where the speaker is pointing and the volume of the microphone. It's good habit to get a thumbs up from the folks back in the Cheap Seats that they will be able to hear you throughout the evening. Don't be afraid to put drunk bums in their place for yelling answers. A verbal warning is acceptable in the same way I would verbally warn a kidnapper from stuffing my child in that burlap sack (yeah, $3 Pub Quiz, I get it). Give these people some verbal abuse. Turn them from the cool drunk guy who knows that the Barbarian Brothers starred in Double Trouble to the loser who ruining the game for everyone with his brilliance. Loosen up, relax, and show some personality. I'm sure you aren't that stuffy in the real world or else you'd have to be paying your lovely assistant bank to come and help you. Let us quizzers pretend like we know you. I know this all sounds fairly ridiculous for $3 Pub Quiz and I'm sure you probably don't get paid enough to care but the problem is the people before you have and we've grown to love it and shown our loyalty by returning every week. Best of luck in your future at Belmont. --Cecil Justin,

I can only speak for myself but I think part of the hostility you experienced last week was the culmination of many weeks of hostility that finally boiled over.

You are in the unfortunate position of replacing two Hall of Fame worthy Quizmasters. At the Belmont we are used to certain things regarded the Pub Quiz experience.

Most important, Pub Quiz starts at 7:00, not 7:05, 7:10 nor god forbid 7:15. The prompt start ensures that Pub Quiz ends by 9:00 regardless of what rounds were present that night. Also, starting at 7:00 decreases the chance that you will have to utter “You’ll have to hurry up with ___ because we are running late.”

You have a giant speaker and a microphone in your hand, please use it. The folks directly in the front will hear you if no matter where the speaker is pointing and the volume of the microphone. It’s good habit to get a thumbs up from the folks back in the Cheap Seats that they will be able to hear you throughout the evening.

Don’t be afraid to put drunk bums in their place for yelling answers. A verbal warning is acceptable in the same way I would verbally warn a kidnapper from stuffing my child in that burlap sack (yeah, $3 Pub Quiz, I get it). Give these people some verbal abuse. Turn them from the cool drunk guy who knows that the Barbarian Brothers starred in Double Trouble to the loser who ruining the game for everyone with his brilliance.

Loosen up, relax, and show some personality. I’m sure you aren’t that stuffy in the real world or else you’d have to be paying your lovely assistant bank to come and help you. Let us quizzers pretend like we know you.

I know this all sounds fairly ridiculous for $3 Pub Quiz and I’m sure you probably don’t get paid enough to care but the problem is the people before you have and we’ve grown to love it and shown our loyalty by returning every week.

Best of luck in your future at Belmont.

–Cecil

]]> By: Dave.Walker http://blog.pubquizusa.com/archives/35/comment-page-1#comment-38 Dave.Walker Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:18:27 +0000 http://blog.pubquizusa.com/?p=35#comment-38 When it rains it pours Justin.... and even though I'm the new QM on the block, I've learned that when it rains at Pub Quiz... its usually a mother frickin' deluge!!! Keep your chin up my friend! And remember these people all paid an ENTIRE $3 to be able to yell at you like that! I mean some of them had to save their pennies up for months just to be able get into the quiz last night and yell 'You suck!' at someone who made an honest mistake. I mean hell, they could have gotten almost 3/4 a gallon of gas or possibly even another delicious PBR tallboy for that... shit man, now that I think about it your lucky to get out of there with your limbs intact!! I'm sure that some of their children will be cold and hungry this weekend because they chose to play pub quiz this week... I mean we're talking life and death here man... yes indeed it's THAT serious!!! The Bottom line of course is that you got it right in the end... and those teams who didn't make it... well they didn't make it because they didn't get enough answers right in the first four rounds and got beat! They should be satisfied that they got a chance to practice a final round and now will be better prepared to battle it out next week! When it rains it pours Justin…. and even though I’m the new QM on the block, I’ve learned that when it rains at Pub Quiz… its usually a mother frickin’ deluge!!! Keep your chin up my friend!
And remember these people all paid an ENTIRE $3 to be able to yell at you like that! I mean some of them had to save their pennies up for months just to be able get into the quiz last night and yell ‘You suck!’ at someone who made an honest mistake.
I mean hell, they could have gotten almost 3/4 a gallon of gas or possibly even another delicious PBR tallboy for that… shit man, now that I think about it your lucky to get out of there with your limbs intact!!
I’m sure that some of their children will be cold and hungry this weekend because they chose to play pub quiz this week… I mean we’re talking life and death here man… yes indeed it’s THAT serious!!!
The Bottom line of course is that you got it right in the end… and those teams who didn’t make it… well they didn’t make it because they didn’t get enough answers right in the first four rounds and got beat! They should be satisfied that they got a chance to practice a final round and now will be better prepared to battle it out next week!

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