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The small bit of code below blits and image to the screen within a class. I call this 4 times to display the image 4 times, each image has a different y coordinate and doesn't need different x but when they are blitted they make the code MUCH slower. I know it is the blitting as well due to the fact that if i just draw rects instead, the program moves smoothly.

tableTex = pygame.transform.scale(pygame.image.load('./Sources/Table.png'), (270, 240))



    def display(self):

        if not self.occupied:

            screen.blit(tableTex, (self.x, self.y))

        else:

            pygame.draw.rect(screen, (127, 0, 0), self.rect, 0)

A link to the full code can be found here if needed.
I just want to know if there is any reason this is so slow and if there are any other methods I could use that are faster?

Thanks

As noted in the beginners guide, you should convert your image right after loading it. So instead of

tableTex = pygame.transform.scale(pygame.image.load('./Sources/Table.png'), (270, 240))

Do

tableTex = pygame.transform.scale(pygame.image.load('./Sources/Table.png').convert(), (270, 240))

As noted in the guide linked above, this can lead to a speed-up of about a factor 6. The reason is:

The 'format' that convert() refers to isn't the file format (ie PNG,
JPEG, GIF), it's what's called the 'pixel format'. This refers to the
particular way that a surface records individual colors in a specific
pixel. If the surface format isn't the same as the display format, SDL [what pygame uses underneath]
will have to convert it on-the-fly for every blit -- a fairly
time-consuming process. Don't worry too much about the explanation;
just note that convert() is necessary if you want to get any kind of
speed out of your blits.