Things that get your goat, but really shouldn't...

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:54 am

I'll get my goat shall I...?

Martal~Wombat · Post by **Martal~Wombat** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:11 pm

pound coins that roll for half a mile so impossible to find :x

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:19 pm

and the carpet usually has a pattern so you've got no chance of seeing it

i'm always dropping coins, butter fingers

ops:

Martal~Wombat · Post by **Martal~Wombat** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:23 pm

Extreme Eddie wrote:and the carpet usually has a pattern so you've got no chance of seeing it

i'm always dropping coins, butter fingers ops:

dont i know it....
i'm always chasing 'em

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:29 pm

my fingers are like Teflon.

steven · Post by **steven** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:05 am

lmao
they always roll under the bandit, move it at your peril! Barstaff think your plugging or up to some illegal activity

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:59 am

It's annoying how often coins land on their 'edge' so that they do actually roll. Can't think of a time where it has just landed flat, leading to a simple bend and collect routine.

Horrendous carpet patters, as mentioned, are also a chore. Wooden floors lead to coins rolling for a seemingly endless duration. If you are near / in a busy part of the pub and you drop a coin, might as well just write it off...

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:12 am

Why not bring a doormat or something with you to stand on when you play, so any dropped coins get stuck in the bristles.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:00 am

I have found myself doing the 'mad juggler routine' whereby a coin slips from up near the entry slot, bounces on the machine, I try and catch it but just succeed in causing it to bounce elsewhere, reach for it again and punch it into someone's pint!

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:52 pm

Don't arcades deliberately buy carpet so you can't see when you've dropped money on the floor. Think it's the same company that makes the special slots when about one in twenty coins goes straight through without registering credits.

aaamusements.co.uk · Post by **aaamusements.co.uk** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:53 pm

harry2 wrote:Don't arcades deliberately buy carpet so you can't see when you've dropped money on the floor.

Basically the same as a pub carpet - effective at hiding wear, coins, vomit and other fluids, and at one time cigarette ash, while still lasting for 300+ years before needing replacement.