So, I'm a bowler. I've bowled for about 20 years in leagues, sometimes two a season. This year, I decided to pull back to my Thursday night league only, and sub on Tuesdays, which was the other one I was in last year. I got a call today from one of my teammates, asking me to sub tonight. But, he also shared with me that the league president talked with him last week and mentioned that someone in the league doesn't like me there, and it would fare better for the team if I didn't sub. I came in to sub last week because they were missing a bowler. The problem is, that bowler didn't have an average established yet, and we discovered there's a newer USBC rule that prevents me from subbing. None of us knew that, but I was informed by the president upon my third frame in the first game. I asked him to speak with the league coordinator about it, and it was confirmed. I went to the league coordinator's office to ask about it myself and discovered I was in the wrong. Okay, no problem. I'll go. Well, the league secretary in this league apparently had a problem with my dad and I last year (he did not stay with this league for various reasons) because we questioned the rules and the way the league was run. I'll give an example: We were in third place, but only one point behind both the first and second place teams. It was the final night, so the first two teams were matched up, and we were matched up with the fourth place team. You get one point for each team game won, and one point for the total pins overall. Technically, we could still take first place if those two teams split their points and we won all of ours. She was having none of that. "No, the first two teams are bowling each other for first place. You can only get third." "But we would end up with a better record." "No, that's not how we do things." "Okay, every other sporting organization goes by record, and every other bowling league we've ever been in has gone by record. AND, I don't see it in the rules. Interesting." Combined, my dad and I have over 60 years of experience in leagues, and know a little bit about them. The secretary was on the team we were bowling against last week, and is most likely the one who brought it up to the president that I was not allowed to sub. So, I figure she is the one that doesn't want me there. To basically turn it into a threat to my team, which I was on full-time last year, that they would fare better without me subbing for them, and that she "doesn't like" me, is totally childish and this crotchety old bat doesn't have the guts to tell me to my face. I told my teammate to see what he could find out, and that I wouldn't show up tonight. But, if he finds out who it is, although I'm extremely confident it's this one particular lady, just let me know what night he would be bowling their team, and I'll sub. What a load of shit. TL;DR..........Granny No-Balls hates people who question authority, and she can kiss my ass the next time I show up.
Yep These types are all over. Ohh you are soo cool to your face, then behind your back..... Yeah. I don't mind if you don't like me. I mind when you act like you do, but don't..... GTFO with that type of fakeness....
Got an update; it isn't the secretary as I thought, but a random lady in the league. This is a woman I even helped out to her car a few times last year after she had leg surgery and couldn't walk fast, and she asked for protection and to be spotted in case she lost her balance. I haven't even seen her this year, so I don't know what her deal is and why I'm the focus. She wants to "work things out, even tonight so you can sub." No thanks. Not tonight.
Why can't you just bowl and drink like normal people? I rolled a 279 at Nationals in Reno 6 years ago with a massive hangover.
I spend all this time reading this, deciphering the league structure of a sport I have rarely played, then you don't tell us why the bitch might dislike you. Any guesses? Don't leave us hanging with an incomplete story. Also, how many people and teams are in the league? Next time you're helping her not fall, drop a bowling ball on her foot.
Some sports like basketball are pretty harmless. But some sports like javelin-throwing. beekeeping league, and bowling, everyone's carrying a weapon.
It’s probably from some innocuous, random thing you did to upset her... like she didn’t like the way you were holding your diet Dr. Pepper one time after you got a strike. People are freaking weird.
Reminds me of Neighborhood Associations. I spent some time representing my neighborhood on the board for SW Portland and it's just a bunch of old people who sit around and whine about speed bumps. This is what happens when you have nothing else to do in your life. You sit around and cling to the one thing that you're involved in, whether it's a Neighborhood Association/HOA, or a church, or a bowling league. You sit around and you gossip and you scheme and you talk shit about other people in that organization. It's sad, and it's really the reason why I stopped going to church, stopped going to those Neighborhood Association meetings, and have avoided beer leagues and the such. I'd rather just log into a video game online and smush annoying teenagers.
People like you, they don't like you. That's life. One advantage of getting older is you get to the "I don't give a f***" stage. I am what I am - take it or leave it.
That was a hell of a story. Not a particularly interesting story but very well told. Your style kept me interested.
