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Stephen K
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You weren't banned, you were asked to leave, but since they have the right to refuse servie or if they feel you are ", they can ask you to leave |
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my chemical romance
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r u under aged then it is.......a bar is not a place for kids it is a place for adults |
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leveretth
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The bar is private property. They can pretty much ask anybody to leave at any time for any reason. Technically, what you were doing probably wasn't loitering, but it doesn't make any difference. |
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H4T3D
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Their place, their rules. |
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dangroner2000
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what was the situation... was the bar packed, was it the weekend, are you underage...
I think that you know why you were kicked out |
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Ducky
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wow!!!!!!!!!!! yes thats not fair for you |
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dreamtaker42069
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yeah bars usually have a drink minimum for you to be there. and why go to a bar to just drink coke? cant you do that at home? |
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Grizz0844
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Where I live bars do not have to serve you if they see you as a problem. Obviously, they saw you as a problem. It might not be right but, there it is.
I would suggest you find a different bar to drink coke and watch tv in.
Oh and a question for you how long were you there. 30mins, an hour, 4 hours? If they were busy and you had set there for a long time taking up space nursing your coke I would want you gone as well. I probably would not have had you bounced but I would want you gone. Sorry. |
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Sarah S
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sadly, all business owners have the right to refuse service. a lot of people are selfish money makers that dont care about the consumer, only their money.
like the one poster said, if you are underage then i say they did the right thing. go to chilis or applebees for that. im guessing you werent, though. |
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Evie
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I'm going to go ahead and assume you bought the coke there, which would be a reasonable reason for not being so happy when they went ahead and booted you...
A lot of bars, in order to make the money and keep their higher paying customer happy say if you're not drinking alcohol, do not be at the bar. Which gives the higher paying customers the closest access to the bar.
If you are not drinking alcohol, you do not need to be near the bar, go to a table...
The way around that rule is to be with a group of people and be the DD, because they know if a group goes in with a DD they are planning to drink... keeping the DD happy means that they will keep the drinking group there longer.
Side note: Sorry, but the crazies ruined it for you...
A lot of bars consider it suspicious behavior when a single guy is at the bar having no alcohol... with the whole date rape drugging of the drinks thing... (So, wether you were looking or not, all it took was one girl to say you were freaking them out.) They make sure to keep the girls feeling completely safe because safe girls are happy girls and happy girls keep coming back, which brings the guys in and therefor more business...
Also, a lot of bars (like pubs and bar & grills) are open to families during the day and at a certain time in the evening the rules change, so if you are not 21, you cannot be sitting in the bar area...
Every bar has different rules... sorry you got caught up in the red tape... |
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Danny Lightning
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if you were drinking cokes you bought for the place, unless you only got one and than set there for hours after it was gone or something like that they had no right to kick you out.
if you were buying stuff from the bar, not causing any trouble, or you dont have any personal beef with any one that works at that bar not its not right at all |
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Jackie Oh!
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A place of business can ask you to leave. Bars make money off of drinking and food and if you aren't really a paying customer they have the right to ask you to leave so a paying customer can sit down. |
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lucy lou
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Do not call the police---this is not a police matter. So, if you owned a bar and you have 5 people drinking a one coke for 2 hours and watching tv. You just made at $15-20 dollars off of all those people drinking on drink for 2 hours--do you think you will make a profit--and you see people leaving b/c there's no room for then to sit b/c these 5 people are taking up space and that would cost you money? They have the right to refuse service and you have no grounds to sue--but since you only had on coke, you don't have the $$ to get a lawyer |
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m
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No, you were sitting there on one coke watching TV and enjoying the ambiance of the bar (many also offer free food for customers), and checking out the ladies. But the place is for paying customers, not TV or girl-watching). If you weren't buying their product or you were making others feel uncomfortable you didn't belong there. You could go to a fast food place and sip a coke for as long as you want. |
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Steve L
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Yes - If you were a paying customer you had every right to be at that bar - But If you only bought a 1 coke in say 2 hours, this could be considered loitering. |
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marcecore
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Techically they have the right. |
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2009
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Ban! That's a bit much.
Staring at the girls? Well, as long as you weren't touching, it is America, you can stare you know.
Coke? Well, I'm proud you had the will power to drink straight coke at a bar, my hats off to you. I don't have the will power.
Pulling your shirt? Sounds like a rough place. A place where not ordering a shot & a beer raises suspicion.
Head to the pub down the street; there always is another.
If it was your local hang out and you knew most of the people/staff, you'd have to break up the place to get kicked out. Bartenders take care of their own. |
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brickmortarson
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They can kick out anyone for any reason (as long as it's not discriminatoy), it's their property.
What are you doing in a bar if you're on your own and only drinking a coke anyway. Don't you have a TV at home? |
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tincoatr
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A business has the right to refuse to serve any patron. The bar isn't any different. You were taking up a spot and not spending money so they can ask you to leave. However, I would think it is a bad business practice to throw people out for such a lame reason. |
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a bartender has a right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. i'm willing to bet you were making the ladies uncomfortable, but i dont expect u to admit it. i was a bartender for many years and have seen the type. |
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Mary Baker Glover Patterson Frye
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they can do that. next time tell them you are the designated driver for a group and you can point out any group |
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Dustin
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Yes i believe that is wrong, i would look up loitering, and if it has nothing to do with that, than i personally would go after hem. just cus im a redneck and stuff like hat will tick me off alot. |
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Sarah
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Well, that's their prerogative if they own the bar. Personally, I think that that was a little unreasonable. ( Unless there is more to this story, and you really were ogling the girls! haha )
But, if you bought a coke, you are not loitering. You are drinking your Coke. If you had been out of Coke for some time, and you were just sitting there watching T.V., then I guess you were technically loitering. But, if I was the bar owner, I would let something that minor slide. It sounds like he was on a power trip. Or maybe it was a busy night and he needed the seats cleared for new customers who would spend more money? Hm, I don't know. |
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Shawn K
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they were wrong. But maybe he was just one of tose insecure men who dont like anone to be near their girls. It is however loitering though. But there needs to be an indication , like a sign that says no loitering. ( if u bought the coke then it isnt loitering. |
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Cookie B
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If you bought the Coke at the bar, then they were completely in the wrong for making you leave, whether you were staring or not. Many places have policies stating that you must buy something from a particular establishment to patronize it. However, if the Coke was purchased from the bar you were thrown out of, then they were wrong, if not acting illegally. Also, if you were told NEVER to return to the bar, this is also illegal, as in most states, 'banning' someone from ever going somewhere is illegal, unless you committed a crime ther and could be legally cited for trespassing upon returning |
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Bob M
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No one likes a loiter bug. |
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kaybeepgh_29
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I dont know if they can or not but I dont think thats rightl. |
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Kat C
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yeahhhh
but dont give them the idea that you were loitering |
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buttah42
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shoulda bought a drank or 2. Who goes into a bar just to drink a coke. WHat were you doing exactly at a bar other than drinking a coke and watching t.v. Couldn't you have done that at home? |
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alpinestar
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haha, you drink coke in a bar? what a wimp or they could of thought you mixed 5 shots of whiskey in that coke and took it in for a cheap drunk but a bar atmosphere whick bars want it to be high priced to get drunk cause they prefer you not to get drunk cause there are too many fights in bars as it is |
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