Goodbye Fighting, Hello Kitty
(The bar I am at has a reputation for lots of fighting, and they are trying to change that. One of their methods is to enforce a dress code after nine. I’m at the bar the day their new dress code starts. There is a guy drinking with a cap with the logo of a sports team.)
Bouncer #1: “Hey, man, new rule: no sports hats after nine.”
Guy: “What?! Since when? Why?”
Bouncer #1: “Since today, because last week alone we had sixteen different fights start because some guy got drunk and told somebody else the team on their hat sucked.”
Guy: “So I have to leave?”
Bouncer #1: “Not if you take off the hat.”
Guy: “Yeah, sure, fine.” *takes off hat*
(Ten minutes later, the guy puts the hat back on his head.)
Bouncer #2: “Hey, man, no sports hats after nine.”
Guy: “Yeah, yeah, yeah.” *takes hat off again*
(Ten minutes later, hat goes back on head.)
Bouncer #2: “Really, man, again?”
Guy: “I don’t like drinking without a hat on, so what are you going to do about it?”
([Bouncer #2] leaves and comes back with the bar owner.)
Owner: “Okay, look, man. I don’t want any more trouble, so the way I see it, you have three options: one, you and your hat walk out that door and don’t come back; two, your hat goes behind the bar, and you get it back as you leave.”
Guy: “Not going to do either of those.”
Owner: “Option three it is, then.”
(The owner pulls out a roll of Hello Kitty-print duct tape, rips off a piece, and uses it to cover the logo on the hat.)
Owner: “You now support the Pretty Kitties. I don’t know what sport they play, and I don’t care, but they don’t have any rival teams, so there is no fighting about who is better, got it? You can take the tape off when you leave.”
(Now, every night at the bar I see several Pretty Kitty supporters, and the amount of fights has decreased dramatically.)
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