Drunk Duane at Soda?

josseleen wrote: Basically, yeah. Why would I choose to go a bar I kinda like knowing that there's a regular there who is obnoxious and likes to pick verbal arguments, who I can't assuage or get away from.

Basically, he was yelling at me because he didn't share my opinion on something he brought up.

There are other bars that do not have as obnoxious regulars.

My apologies. At first read it came across like loud guy talking loud shit with someone else at the bar and irritating other patrons with poor volume control. Which I don't think is a cardinal sin (lord knows me and my friends have been those guys a lot).

By following you around and not letting up he crossed the line into asshattery and the bartender should've told him to quit it or shown him the door.

Yeah, this guy was being annoying and beligerent and I think I'm good at not inciting, aggravating or encouraging such behavior, but had to leave to stop being basically yelled at (he got loud towards the end).

It's a shame, but other regulars and the bartender were sympathetic but no one said, "Hey Duane, cut it out."

good ole duane, hehehe, i found myself sitting next to him one night at barlet and we started talking. he said something offensive to the bartender there and got kicked out, later me and some friends decided to leave barlet and have a night cap at soda and he was over there being all loud and shit. generally he seems like a pretty ok guy. we have chatted on a number of occasions, sometimes he is more "with it" than others. if hes truly pissing you off you should ask him if he wants to take it outside

alafairnadia wrote: look. he's a nice guy. if he's being a jerk to you, tell the bartender at the bar or the owner/manager of the bar. if he's scaring you, call the cops. otherwise, I think there's some pretty negative karma coming with posting the person's name and location on an internet board.

the person in question is a really nice guy and I just think it's pretty shitty to just bring someone up on a board for no particular reason aside from their inebriation at a bar.

Really. Does that go for calling out employees when you haven't yet spoken to the manager? As I recall, you posted loudly your complaints about the barkeep at Sepia some time ago. You went so far as to say "can't wait to tell Delissa." Why didn't you do that instead of incurring the weight of all that negative karma by badmouthing someone here? You didn't use his name, but you were asking for someone to identify him. Also, unlike whoever this Duane character is, you may have been putting someone's livelihood on the line, which, IMHO is a much more seriously negative karmic issue than complaining about a random person who was acting like a jerk.

sandman wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]look. he's a nice guy. if he's being a jerk to you, tell the bartender at the bar or the owner/manager of the bar. if he's scaring you, call the cops. otherwise, I think there's some pretty negative karma coming with posting the person's name and location on an internet board.

the person in question is a really nice guy and I just think it's pretty shitty to just bring someone up on a board for no particular reason aside from their inebriation at a bar.

Really. Does that go for calling out employees when you haven't yet spoken to the manager? As I recall, you posted loudly your complaints about the barkeep at Sepia some time ago. You went so far as to say "can't wait to tell Delissa." Why didn't you do that instead of incurring the weight of all that negative karma by badmouthing someone here? You didn't use his name, but you were asking for someone to identify him. Also, unlike whoever this Duane character is, you may have been putting someone's livelihood on the line, which, IMHO is a much more seriously negative karmic issue than complaining about a random person who was acting like a jerk.

so why didn't you reply to that thread in that way instead of bumping this one? hrm? could you be .. mystery barkeep? who has, frankly, since grown on me? yeah, I'm the one who comes in and drinks a few glasses of albarino at the bar. I'm not hiding out here, people. maybe I was in the wrong re: that post, I haven't though enough about it at this point. but the fact of the matter was the guy was a jerk, and he's an EMPLOYEEE of the business. not some random patron who everyone who goes to any bar in this nabe has seen/met/spoken with 700 times but not connected with a particular institution.

but if you think I'm in the wrong on that thread, call me out there. I still say this is just plain wrong. if I started talking shit about the time my friend mike got fucked up at noona and was rude to some girl on this board, mike would have a) a good reason to be pissed of and b) could have a lawsuit against me if noona is one of his regular haunts. but an employee? an owner? toly gets slammed all the time on this board. the lady from chocolate monkey/muddy waters has been called a bitch and worse. I'd say we hold folks who own/work somewhere to a different standard. is that wrong? start a thread on ask brooklynian about it, then.

/rant off