Here’s something unusual. I didn’t mention this before because it wasn’t such a big deal, and I’d forgotten about it when blog writing time came along.
Basically, a week ago last Thursday we had a new team
playing in the club. It happens from time to time. If there’s a function going
on during th day then it’s not unknown for some of the revellers to stick
around and they naturally get an invite to play.
It rarely ends successfully for the guest team. Usually
they are a) not quizzers and b) not sober. So what starts as high spirits
sometimes degenerates. As the team falls further behind, sometimes the louder
members of the team get bolshie. By round 6 out of 8 they were shouting ‘google!’
at us whenever we announced the scores. Not in a funny way neither.
You’ve probably experienced something similar yourselves at
different times. You know that if you react you really can’t win. You confront
them you’re going to provoke something unpleasant. They’re not going to stop
accusing you of cheating just because you say you’re not. So we walked out at
the end of the quiz, without pistols at dawn or the equivalent.
I’d like to say that I spent the next few days wallowing in
self-righteous indignation, but it’s happened enough times over the years that it
doesn’t really get to me. So, when Dai Norwich came up to us before the star of
the quiz this Thursday and apologized for what happened the week before, I
couldn’t think what he was referring to. Fair play to Dai. As I’ve said it’s
something I’ve encountered before, although never in the club, and this is the
first time that I’ve ever known a QM to react to it. A week later, alright, I
admit, but it’s more than I’ve had before.
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