Of Mice and Men

Today I had to cut off an entire table from drinking due to the fact that one of the gentlemen was clearly drunk. He was exhibiting exaggerated movements, slurred speech, and droopy eyes. I've done this many times in the past (particularly in Boston), and thought nothing of it.

Before he left, he confronted me, and asked me why I cut him off. When I explained the signs in his behavior that indicated intoxication, he said that a mentally retarded person would exhibit the same signs and asked me if I would not serve a mentally retarded person. I said no, and that I took offense to that statement and he stormed off.

The interesting part of this is that I had someone accuse me of the very same thing around 6 months ago in Boston.

I don't understand why people feel the need to get so angry when we chose to do the right thing and obey the law in order to preserve their safety and our assets. I understand that restaurant x,y,z would probably still serve you. We wont, end of story. Oh right, drinking confuses judgment (just look at your college years).

This brings me to the point of this post. Since this is a blog dedicated to all things drinkable, I feel I must stress that, while we all overindulge from time to time, please have the maturity to realize when this happens in a public, family friendly restaurant, and act as accordingly as one who is drunk can. This may be asking too much, but, for everyone's sake, please try. Once you safely get home, feel free to chug all the everclear you can get your hands on and pass out on your bathroom floor.

Thanks.