Excuse-O-Meter. Share Your Interesting Excuses For Leaking Out... (1 Viewer)

Psypher1000 said:
That's all I took it as. Guess not everyone saw it as that. *shrugs*
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Thanks. We all see things with different life biases (and there's nothing wrong with that). Apparently my threads strike a nerve with some, and they feel the need to point it out.
 
Trihonda said:
Thanks. We all see things with different life biases (and there's nothing wrong with that). Apparently my threads strike a nerve with some, and they feel the need to point it out.
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I don't think I'm one you consider to be "trolling your threads" (unless you count variations of "Dude, let it go" as trolling). Having said that, I highly doubt you are striking a nerve with anyone. I think it's more they are getting entertainment value out of your responses which consist of:

a) explicitly detailed (and repeated) three paragraph explanations of why it wasn't a big deal at the time

b) explicitly detailed (and repeated) four paragraph explanations of why you have no drama in your personal life, and

c) explicitly detailed (and repeated) five paragraph explanations of exactly why you don't care what the guy you are responding to thinks of you.

Trihonda said:
LOL, really? Hadn't noticed :rolleyes:
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Like this... why even post this? The guy you are responding to posted many hours ago, you already have a few posts in the thread after the post you are now quoting was made, your response has nothing to do with anything except the so-called trolls you are tired of and the thread has been dead for like four hours. You are doing nothing more with this response than bumping your own thread with a request for a "troll" to respond.

Dude...... let it go.
 
This is getting interesting :)

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I guess I never give excuses, I just say "not coming" or "Partying, not coming". To me, letting the host know you are bailing is 10000% > than going radio silent on txt.

Also, I always require at least 8 people for a game so that if up to 3 bail, its still a sweet game. Five people is a nice roll burner.
 
This thread needs a revival... A few excuses I’ve heard for canceling a reservation shortly before gametime:
  • From a guy who had begged me to organize a game between Christmas and New Year’s, a couple hours before gametime: “I forgot to tell my girlfriend I was playing poker tonight and now she’s mad at me so I can’t be there.”
  • “I’m AirBnBing my house so I have to do laundry and make beds.”
  • Common day-after a no show excuse, for a 7 pm game: “I fell asleep” [in the late afternoon?]
  • “My daughter crashed her car so I have to drive her to work the late shift at Dunkin Donuts and then pick her up after” [The daughter’s car issues were a frequent excuse; apparently she had no friends or coworkers willing to help/carpool. Player eventually disappeared.]
  • “My wife has the flu so I have to stay home and keep an eye on her.” Later admitted she took NyQuil and slept all evening while he watched TV.
  • “My kid/other kid/wife/mother-in-law is in the hospital, can’t make it” [Totally legit... I wouldn't even expect a text or call normally in that situation until after things were resolved. Just deal with the emergency. But when this happens multiple times in three month period, you start to wonder what’s going on with that family, or if any of these claims were real. Player eventually disappeared]
  • From a potential new player, friend of a friend, someone I wasn’t that keen to invite in the first place, who had texted me literally 20 times in the days before the game asking a million questions, final text an hour before gametime: “So I don’t have a ride tonight but if I can also bring my other three buddies to the game they can drive me.” [Answer: No]
By and large, the most common excuses seem to involve significant others/family stuff. Which I get. But sometimes I suspect there is something else going on or just general lameness, and citing wives/girlfriends/kids makes for a more plausible-sounding reason.
 
Have a guy that says he's going to come every month and then flakes out last minute. Latest one was "my kid is fighting their naps. Not going to make it out tonight".
 
If you cancel in our league on less than 24 hours notice, you get negative last place points (usually around -1 point when first place is 10-14 points in average, depending on the field size and buyin amount). Excuses don't matter. In the second season after implementing the rule, a couple missed because of a death in their immediate family. We still applied the penalty, as we made it clear it was for any reason, whether or not a sub could be found.

Missing once like that has minimal effect on your season points. Missing multiple times will have an impact.
 
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WedgeRock said:
If you cancel in our league on less than 24 hours notice, younger negative last place points (usually around -1 point when first place is 10-14 points in average, depending on the field size and buyin amount). Excuses don't matter. In the second season after implementing the rule, a couple missed because of a death in their immediate family. We still applied the penalty, as we made it clear it was for any reason, whether or not a sub could be found.

Missing once like that has minimal effect on your season points. Missing multiple times will have an impact.
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That's horrible
 
WedgeRock said:
In the second season after implementing the rule, a couple missed because of a death in their immediate family. We still applied the penalty, as we made it clear it was for any reason, whether or not a sub could be found.
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So they had either a parent, sibling, or child pass away, and you still penalized them? That is heartless.
 
Chippy McChiperson said:
That's horrible
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We agreed it was a legit excuse... But when creating the rule, we wanted to take all discretion out of it. You cacel on less than 24 hours notice, you get a penalty.

Sounds harsh, but like I said, doing it once in a season won't have much affect.

kirchhausen said:
So they had either a parent, sibling, or child pass away, and you still penalized them? That is heartless.
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I think it was like an aunt, out of state. It wasn't child/parent/sibling. So maybe not immediate family. I guess I meant extended family, not immediate family.

It's been the only harsh application in like 6 years.
 
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WedgeRock said:
We agreed it was a legit excuse... But when creating the rule, we wanted to take all discretion out of it. You cacel on less than 24 hours notice, you get a penalty.

Sounds harsh, but like I said, doing it once in a season won't have much affect.



I think it was like an aunt, out of state. It wasn't child/parent/sibling. So maybe not immediate family. I guess I meant not extended family.

It's been the only harsh application in like 6 years.
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You're a lawyer, use fine print *except at Tournament Director's discretion.

"Hey Bob and Nancy, sorry little Johnny died, tough luck it didn't happen on a Monday. Gonna have to dock you those points..."
 
So I'll cross you off the list as possible league member down the road?

This possibility was considered before the rule was approved. The rule has worked exactly as it was intended.
 
Chippy McChiperson said:
You're a lawyer, use fine print *except at Tournament Director's discretion.

"Hey Bob and Nancy, sorry little Johnny died, tough luck it didn't happen on a Monday. Gonna have to dock you those points..."
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I do not always agree with @Chippy McChiperson, but I would have to agree on this one.

If this had happened to me it would probably be my last time playing
 
Chippy McChiperson said:
"Hey Bob and Nancy, sorry little Johnny died, tough luck it didn't happen on a Monday. Gonna have to dock you those points..."
David O said:
I do not always agree with @Chippy McChiperson, but I would have to agree on this one.

If this had happened to me it would probably be my last time playing
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I dont often disagree with Chippy, but there was no decision to dock points made -- the rule made it automatic. The couple actually approached the TDs about the point loss, not the other way around. Did I mention it was somewhere between 0.9 and 1.2 points if I had to guess without looking, where first place gets 10 to 14 points? I thought I mentioned that. A rebuy can cost you more points than a late cancel.
 
WedgeRock said:
I dont often disagree with Chippy, but there was no decision to dock points made -- the rule made it automatic. The couple actually approached the TDs about the point loss, not the other way around. Did I mention it was somewhere between 0.9 and 1.2 points if I had to guess without looking, where first place gets 10 to 14 points? I thought I mentioned that. A rebuy can cost you more points than a late cancel.
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I don't think it has anything to do with what the points would do. Receiving no points in this situation would have an effect and deducting points only penalizes a little. My only disagreement with this is if was truly a death in the family then I would have not penalized them and I think the player in your game would have agreed with that decision.

I know you are a good chipper and host and I do not think you are heartless but this would give you the appearance of being that way to someone who does not know of you. I always live by the old "Actions speak louder than words".
 
I appreciate your faith in me, @David O. And FWIW, it was a decision among 4 league directors, not just me.

Let me run you through our thought process, because I assure you, we thought the application described above would be harsh... But we figured better to remove subjectivity.

With subjectivity, where do you draw the line?
  • Death in the family? So close neighbor is not enough?
  • Any death? Your kid got hit by a car. They saved his life, so you get penalized...too bad he didn't die, you would've saved the points...
  • Any death or hospitalization? Well, you only took your kid to Urgent Care... That's not technically a hospital.
  • Oh he went to ER? Did they admit him?
We decided we wanted a bright line rule... The league was originally the merger of two leagues, one of which was a combination of separate friend groups... We didn't want the perception that anyone was being favored, particularly a host.

We announced the rule, we told everyone it didn't matter what the reason was. If a grandparent took ill (for example), you could cancel 2 days early with no penalty. But we wanted to avoid the late cancels as much as possible.

One poor result in about six years, but late cancels are now a rarity.
 
We had off for 2 weeks for Christmas and new years and before the vacation started a few people in my group came up to me and said if I plan on having a game to let them know bc they were down to play. I said yea I'll set something up. The invites went out and there was absolute silence in our group chat from those same people
 
David O said:
I do not always agree with @Chippy McChiperson, but I would have to agree on this one.

If this had happened to me it would probably be my last time playing
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Yeah, same here. Decent idea, horrible execution. The cure is worse than the problem.

WedgeRock said:
FWIW, it was a decision among 4 league directors, not just me.
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Okay, so it was four assholes, not just one. That almost makes it worse, that not a single one would stand up and make the right call, "in the best interest of the game." That rule is present in almost every single rulebook, for exactly these type of situations -- when strict adherence is not the best action for the specific circumstances at hand.
 
Not poker, but got a call in from an employee once who was calling in for missing work.

She said she had the flu.

Then went into detail of how she threw up on herself in the shower, passed out, woke up on the floor, stood back up and noticed she had crapped on the floor.

Too Much Information

I made a point of not sharing any details with coworkers.

She showed up two days later and told all 4 of the other folks in the department the same story.
 
WedgeRock said:
If you cancel in our league on less than 24 hours notice, younger negative last place points (usually around -1 point when first place is 10-14 points in average, depending on the field size and buyin amount). Excuses don't matter. In the second season after implementing the rule, a couple missed because of a death in their immediate family. We still applied the penalty, as we made it clear it was for any reason, whether or not a sub could be found.

Missing once like that has minimal effect on your season points. Missing multiple times will have an impact.
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holy balls, Is this not a social game? I’ve given my employees more leeway on things that actually affect my company for less than a death in the family.

I love your posts, but that right there would count me out of any game.
 
I once had to send my players all home mid-tourney.

My dog was in a phase of eating anything and everything. I had specifically requested that bottle caps went straight in garbage, but he managed to get one anyways. In the struggle to reclaim it, the cap disappeared, seemingly into his stomach. Looked everywhere but couldn't find it... Everyone got their buy-in back and away to doggy hospital we went.

One inducing and one X-ray later, no cap. Found it 3 days later stuck in caster on bottom of one of my poker chairs...

Crappy experience, but all players were extremely careful of leaving caps around after that, so at least they learned.
 
Anyone remember Amber Lamps from years ago. This thread reminded me of the Leaking incident in that video.

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