While playing in the team event, I overheard some guys discussing what to do about their payouts, since one guy was a no-show on the second day for this match that put them out of the tournament.
One teammate was adamant, "He doesn't deserve nothing! He didn't show up or text us back, he just left and didn't say anything."
The captain asked another player, "What do you think? "
He went along with the first guy, and yet another said he didn't care.
The captain asked a fourth teammate, "What about you? What do you think?"
He shared, "just give him a piece of it. We are friends before pool players."
He was the only guy who spoke up like that. Everyone else was still upset their teammate left and didn't play and wanted to punish him. And this one kept defending his position about it as others really thought the missing player shouldn't get anything.
I was so impressed, that as that player walked by, I stopped him to say it was awesome what he just did. He expressed, "its just pool. We are friends first. "
He could have kept quiet or gone along with the masses, instead he spoke up and expressed how minor it was, even tho they had just lost and the outcome could have been different if they guy showed up.
Turns out the player was having a big argument in the parking lot with his gf before their 4pm match. And didn't come back in or respond to their texts, "where are you?"
I think the captain gave everyone equal share of the payouts. Altho the amount was minor, good decision!
2 comments:
That's something we all should remember. Friends first.
And excellent example of reporting. But we can see wherein your bias lays. No one, however, has accused you of having no opinion.
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