Last Night

...I met one of the largest assholes I've had to deal with in a long time.

So we got done sheetrocking the livingroom ceiling about 9:30pm last night. It ended up being dad, myself, Adam, Andrea and Lou (and I appreciate the hell out of all of them showing up to help since it made things go so much faster). Lou and I were going to be meeting Jess, Shelli, Toya (and others) at JPs at 10pm because it was Toya's 21st birthday.

So I was starving, and I knew that JP's kitchen was closed at 10, and there was no way we'd make it into JPs in time. So Lou and I stopped off at Taco John's in Sauk Rapids to grab some food. We were just going to bring it in the bar, scarf it down, and begin our evening of drinking. And before you go and say, "what? bring your own food to a bar! How horrible!", you should keep in mind 1) Their kitchen was closed, 2) I've yet to be at a bar in central MN that didn't let you bring food in once they stopped serving food.

So we got in there (I had some tacos, Lou just grabbed a pop) and not even a minute after sitting down, the manager walked up to us and started swearing at us to "get the hell out" of his bar. Told us he didn't want us to come back, what do we think this is, a fucking McDonalds, etc. I was apalled. If he has a problem with me eating in his bar, then fine -- just say "hey, take it outside. We don't want you bringing your own food in here." I'm cool with that sort of a response. But walking up, not evening asking us to leave, but demanding that we get out of his bar -- he was a total ass and way out of line.

So we took our party and left -- went to Benton Station where the owner isn't a cock goblin. I had a really good time, even though it was damned hot in the bar. Played pool with Jess again -- she trounced me on two games, but I won the last one. I stayed there until about 1am, then I came home. Oh yeah, and if I had to guess, I'd say that JP's lost about 40$ just from Jess, Shelli, Lou and I -- no clue how much more they lost from Toya and her group of friends. And I won't ever step foot in there again. All because the owner doesn't understand civility. I don't mind owning up when I'm wrong, but I also won't support a bar where the owner treats people like that. And if you live in central MN, hopefully you won't support them either.

So the plan for tonight is..... more sheetrocking! Adam, Andrea, dad and I will be out there (Lou and Dan can't make it), and hopefully we'll get the kitchen and maybe even part of the dining room done tonight. It'll be nice to have the ceilings done since that means we can start on the walls soon. And doing the walls means that we don't have to scurry up and down the scaffolding so much.