We are three bowling alley employees, we will answer anything from work today!

Are you disappointed with the salary? Have you considered a strike?

Spare me the puns will you.

Dont quit, you may end up in the gutter

It looks like you're having a ball.

I am genuinely sorry.

Get out of here you turkey.

Im having split opinions about all of these pins.... I mean puns..

Do you secretly judge those who ask for bumpers?

I encourage it! I jugde those who needs bumpers and won't admit it!

How often do you wash your balls?

About two times a month, depending on how much i've bowled. Wipes it before every throw.

Have you ever stood outside your bowling alley with a shotgun to drum up business?

NO. Business is bad for chilling.

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No............. Our boss likes to hire grills for their looks though.

Do you ever try to use the force to guide the bowling ball into the pins?

What do you mean "try"?

Have the pins ever been used as sex toys?

Edit: thought it said 2 guys and a girl not grill, but question still stands.

Not that I know of, but Im sure its out there somewhere. We have caught people giving head in the locker room.

You have a locker room at a bowling alley?

Of course. The house-league bowlers change and store their equipment there.

Related story: A couple of years ago one of our male bowlers decided to get a sex-change during summer. He told no one.

Once the season restarted in the fall he waltzed right in to the ladies wardrobe started undressing and acting like nothing was out of the ordinary. Now this guy still looked like a man, only difference was he had tits now.

Everbody freaked out and bolted half naked out in the alley.

Did you put your head in the Shine o Ball o?

Wish I could, but we don't have one :(

How do you clean the rental bowling shoes?

we don't...

Have you tried smuggling a bowling ball home?

We tried once. It was a two man operation. I was going to distract while guy 2 stole one. He had a big hoodie on, so that he could hide it from our manager. 10 yards from the door (and freedom!) he got caught. When asked if he had something under the sweater, he said he was pregnant, it did not work :(

Did he get fired? Or was it more of a "haha nice try, now put it back"?

Nah, we got a chill boss.

What's the tastiest thing you have cooked with the grill?

Double bacon cheese burger with chicken nuggets on top... aaaaw yeeah.

When someone bowls a 299, do you find it sad or funny?

So sad, I am usally in the first row cheering.

How old are you and would you reccomend the job?

We are all 22. Working in a bowling alley can be cool and it can be shit, depending on the amount of people that go there and how things are done. Our bowling alley is super chill but structured.. It's nice to work in a place where people come to have a good time.

We also get to bowl, play air-hockey and reddit a lot so.-.. Yes I reccomend it.

What happens if you run down the alley and throw yourself at the pins?

Strike, strike all the time baby...

On a more serious note, there's no kill switch, so you will like be badly injured when the sweep tries to sweep you away and the table tries to pick you up and put you back down.

Whats worse, you would get oil on your clothes...

Haha

Is there a secret area behind the pins like that episode of malcolm in the middle ( im hoping that show was popular in Norway!)

Yes, love that episode!! Hal was so close to 300. We have a secret area behind the pins, but it mostly used to store spare parts and not a hook up zone for customers.

It could have been the perfect game :(

Whats yours and the grills top score

Me: 238 The grills: 245

Edit: Other guy has 235 he wrote this and left himself out in shame.

What country are you in?

The Glorious Land Of Fjords and Trolls Norway. Bowling isn't really a big sport here though.

Ever have any bowlers as classy as Jesus?

http://youtu.be/p6z0Zay9itk

No Jesus, but more along this line

Have you ever tried to balance bowling balls on top of each other? If so what's your record?

I used to work at a bowling alley and we used to balance a ball on a flat surface on the thumb hole, so it was nice and stable, then see how many more we could balance on top in the same way. Best to do it with 8lb balls or lighter... Squashed my hand quite badly once.

Record is 5, but this is something new to us... We will improve! What is your record? We also like to build towers of them in the lanes and bowl around them.

What's the funniest thing to happen there while you guys were working?

Well... weird and funny things are just happening constantly here.. so it's hard to pick one out.

But shitfaced batman was here yesterday.

And 15 minutes ago my coworker was challenged to a bowling duel by a kid with downs syndrome. We always accept challenges. Unfortunately when the kid lost he started crying... So my coworker gave him a free slurpee.

Edit: As I was writing this some 3 year old kid started imitating all my movements... Figured I should include that.

What percentage of challenges do you guys (grill included) usually win?

How badass are you at bowling?

Grill does not bowl as often as us. But she's pretty decent. Us guys are unbeatable to anyone but the active veteran bowlers.

How often do you get people that need very different sized shoes (say, size 4 and 7)? I have a club foot and avoid bowling because I don't want to be a pain/feel awkward.

I would not really know, as people just go and find their own shoes for free here.

Do you guys just play for free when there's no one playing?

We don't care if somebody else is playing really. We just play when we feel like it and keep an eye out for customers who need help.

I work in a bowling alley! It sounds less interesting than yours though... and less cool to work at... but I work with some pretty girls! No grill though. Man my bowling alley sucks.

Get a knew one, and bring the hot chicks with you.

How often is there a 300 game bowled?

Aproximately once a month. But it's usually the same guy though. He always wins everything....

How many drunks were there having a rowdy time tonyte? And as well, have y'all seen any fights break out over losing?

Badass poem by the way, thumbs up man :)

We are unable get a liquor license for some reason. So there is little fighting. Some of the mentally challenged people can rage out pretty hard some times though.

Thank you for your praise ... It means a lot.

Do you ever get bored of bowling? What's your favorite activity outside of bowling?

Some of the employees are bored of it. But we manage to keep it interesting somehow. But of course there are periods when there is never anything to do when we get a little tired of it.

Mine is playing keyboard. Grills is handball and the other guy is a soccer enthusiast.

I love bowling, but I'm not particularly good. Were you good at it before you started working there, or did your skills come as a byproduct of being there a lot?

The latter. Getting consistently high scores takes a lot of practice,

Have you made a bong out of those water bottles on the right? They look like they could make a makeshift ghetto zong bong!

YES: YES I HAVE

Have you ever banned someone from the bowling Alley? What did they do?

There are a few people with agression issues who have flipped out over little things and have been told not to come back. But for most things we are pretty forgiving.

Which pinball games do you have at the alley?

Only games besides bowling is air hockey and stacker.

How much must you pay the wizard?

3.50 kr

Have you ever had any celebrities come to bowl?

Local celebrities sometimes. International celebs would only be the Ylvisåker brothers from The Fox by Ylvis

Do you have a cigarette vending machine?

nop... Most people use snus/dip in norway

how gross are the holes in the bowling balls... are they ever "cleaned"?

hmmm. never thought about that... guess they are kinda gross...

I rather dislike bowling. It's one of those things that I end up doing much more than I would like to as it's something relatively cheap and something easy for a group of people to do together..

Do you, the other guy, and the grill every hang out, outside of work? What kind of activities do you partake in?

Yes we do. Drinking, gaming, movies all the normal stuff i guess.

What kind of pinsetters do you have?

AMF pinsetters.

Do you have 10lb 4.535kl balls

Edit: metric conversation

Some days...

Has anyone actually put their head in or near the ball return.

I have a scar on my hand from one of those.

What's a maskinfeil?

Good eye! Its "machine errors". Malfunction log for the technician when he comes around.

What are your highest scores?

3hunned

How often do fursuiters bowl at your location?

I would dare say never. But now I wish they did.

Have you ever caught customers doing sexual things in the alley anywhere before?

Yes, I wrote about this earlier. What I did not say was that one girl who we caught giving head in the wardrobe, will turn around in the door if the people who caught her are on the job...

Either of you ever put your penis in the...grill?

not yet, damn

How do keep your gutters and capping clean?

We have two special made mops, and we just hold one in each hand as we walk up and down the lanes.

Wait, is this real bowling or bowling with wimpy baby sized balls(aka Canadian bowling).

reaaaaal

Do you have 10 pound balls?

oh yes!

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FUCK YOU!

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Bowling sure does cost a lot.

Some people bowl for all they've got.

But with a pal working at the alley.

You can bowl for free and buy a galley.

Sailing across the ocean blue

And dream of free strikes for me and you,.

How do you find the time to come up with clever rhymes?

I removed my comment when I read you're in Norway. (I'm not.)

Why do you suppose bowling isn't popular there? What is popular for young and old to do on a date or just a night out with friends or family?

One thing I think makes bowling popular is being able to drink beer while you work off some calories. It's too bad your alley doesn't have a liquor license. I don't supposed people can bring their own bottle or six pack? Now, that would cut down on the cost.

Do you have candlestick bowling there? That's popular in New England (USA). The balls are smaller, no holes, and its harder to knock the pins down. I don't like candlestick. I've only played it a couple of times.

Is curling popular? Just kidding.

Bowlings popularity in Norway depends on the weather. During the summer the alley is empty.

Alchohol is not allowed in this alley at all...unfortunatly. It's more fun to bowl tipsy than sober.

We have just regular bowling, candlestick bowling sounds awesome, variations are fun!

Curling is popular and fun!