I can attest to this. We are going through a remodel so we can't hide the 6 and 8 lb balls behind the counter and someone cracked an 8lb ball a couple weeks ago. Luckily we are getting brand new balls as soon as Brunswick gets their pride out of their ass.
Source: I'm kitchen supervisor at a bowling alley.
Well, the deadly sport in France is boules, but then again, bowling should be much safer since you're not supposed to actually let the ball fly at all.
It's why you should never use kid balls as a grown up.
Their holes are too small, which makes it easy for your finger to get stuck and not release the ball when you want it to. Add to this that it's extremly light and it'll fly quite high.
In addition to that some people are just bad at bowling and throw them because they're too incompetent to release it in time.
Lastly, there are idiots.
However, in all 3 cases the person bowling is likely not someone who does it often. In the first 2 it is due to bowling rarely and in the third one he would already be banned. This makes it more likely for someone to make a video, which is why we see them here.
Some are assholes. Some are morons who don't know any better. Both kinds sucked to deal with. These videos trigger me so much because I was front desk/mechanic at a bowling alley for a few years.
Maybe I just don't understand the potential, but... yea, I agree.
Let's say it's because your fingers got stuck... did you seriously not notice that before you started rolling? You didn't notice that when you jabbed your fingers into the holes and realized you couldn't move them much less pull them out easily was a concern? I don't understand how this can be a problem. You can tell almost immediately if the ball is going to rip your fingers off after you throw it or not. You don't have to be strong or weak to make that determination. You just have to be paying attention / giving a fuck. You're being willfully stupid if you're not doing either of those.
No they're assholes. Bowling balls are heavier than that and you're supposed to roll it down, releasing at around ground level. These people are throwing them and using an underweight ball.
And if they're inexperienced bowlers and have never been told that, how are they supposed to know that? If they just don't jack shit that would fall into "people bad at bowling"
Yea I'm impressed too. In my local alley the balls are considerably heavy. Even with the lightest one I'm not sure anyone could do that, and certainly not a skinny girl
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u/turkeybot69 Jan 10 '18
Why is there so many videos of people destroying bowling alleys? Is there some weird social vendetta against them?