Scary bikers

[Randypiper]

What would you have done?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS3iB47nQ6E&feature=player_embedded

[graywarrior]

1. I woulda joined em

[hunter]

2. I'd be laughing...

... and looking for my brothers somewhere in that crowd.

[struggle4progress]

3. +

:rofl:

[kayakjohnny]

4. Oh man! That was great!

I can't see any reason not to sit down.

Bravo to those people who sat.

That was so cool.

Great postmanship!

:toast:

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. VERY cool promotional stunt!!!

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I've had a few hardcore biker friends and KNEW that, unless I got
in their face or insisted on insulting their club and/or friends
repeatedly, I was in no more "danger" from them than from any
other random person.
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The last bar I tended was a "wrong-side-of-the-tracks blue-collar
bar". Two waitresses... NO bouncer. A good owner who NEVER tried
to second-judge my behavior when I was in the moment. He told me
to handle all the trouble I was comfortable with so as to not become
known as a "nuisance bar" to the local cops... but he told me to
call them without hesitation if I felt the slightest need. I have
pretty good judgment and never came out from behind the bar into
something I couldn't handle (though it sometimes got physical).
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About 10% of my customers were bikers. I never EVER had any kind
of problems with them (our town had a "NO COLORS WORN IN BARS"
regulation that relieved them of VAST amounts of "responsibilities"
to protect the sometimes-self-admittedly-highly-questionable "honor"
of their clubs). They DID moon me quite frequently.
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The regular clientele was SO jaded and bored that I was never
certain that any of them would step in if I made a mistake in my
judgment and came out from behind the bar and started getting a
SERIOUS, even possibly fatal ass-kicking. They might just sit
there and enjoy the evening's "entertainment". Seriously.
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I knew... I knew without a doubt that any biker in there would
have my back.
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They saw the inherent and ultimate wisdom in taking care of their
bartender. ALSO seriously.
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One night Charlie the Biker came in and mooned me as a greeting.
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"Put it away, Charlie... I've seen it before."
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Later, Charlie the Biker was sitting at the bar next to this woman
who was absolutely STUNNING. She "come-hithered" me with her
finger, told me that she had heard that I had been mooned earlier,
and asked me what would happen to her if SHE mooned me.
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She had the most incredible eyes.
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I was SO proud of my response.
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I looked over the bar, stepped back and told her that though
I got mooned in there alla time... "ain't NONE of 'em ever looked
like THAT!!!"
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She stood up on her barstool. s-l-o-w-l-y dropped everything
while facing me, and turned to S--L--O--W--L--Y bend over at
the waist.
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I LOVED my biker friends/customers!!!
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I loved them SO much!!!
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[quakerboy]

6. Not sure. Inclination would be to leave.

I'm a big guy. They are big guys. movie theater seats are on the narrow side for me. 2 hour movie, it would get uncomfortably warm with no space between persons. Plus the strain of not sitting with a wide stance.

The intended intimidation point is silly. Bikers are just people like any other. But I like space. I am like a nice CPU... I need to be kept temperature controlled and well ventilated.

But my instinctive response would be just as well, since I also don't care for beer, so the prize wouldn't have been to my taste.

[csziggy]

8. Yeah, I'd probably leave - not because of the biker types

But because I don't like crowds or tight seating. And I don't drink at all so even if I knew there was a "prize" it wouldn't be worth it.

I found it interesting that a number of the women seemed willing to sit in the middle of the crowd while their escorts were reluctant to go along.

[mulsh]

7. Here in Oakland there's a great Mexican restaurant across the

street from Hell's Angels H.Q. My wife and I have eaten there many times when the place has been full of bikers. Normally when this happens we end up sharing a table with a couple of bikers. Always have had a great time.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. ;D

[Ikonoklast]

10. Sat right down.

Hell, I *am* one of those scary people.

[guitar man]

13. !!!

:hi: Brother!

[Major Nikon]

11. I'd leave, even if they were all soccer moms

I hate crowded movie theaters. The chances that everyone around you is going to STFU and keep their cell phones off is pretty slim.

[guitar man]

12. I would have had a seat

But then again I look just like them :P

[gratuitous]

14. Oh, mo-tor-cy-clists

I got confused, because those fellows didn't look like "bikers."

Real bikes don't have motors.

[hunter]

15. Those kind of bikers *would* be scary...

http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/odds_and_ends/bike-shorts-should-be-black.html

:scared:

[EnviroBat]

16. Meh, I can take them or leave them.

I've had quite a few "biker friends" in the last few years of owning a Harley. Most of the time they are pretty cool, but I've noticed they seem to have quite a penchant for other guys wives when they think other people aren't looking. Especially after the beer has been flowing like wine. On more than one occasion now, I found myself in the awkward position of having to "have a chat" with a couple of them. There's friendly, and then there's crossing a line. I've started to limit the amount of time I spend with the "biker crowd". I like riding solitary anyway, or with my wife. The poker run thing got old really quick. Lot's of drinking, riding and major irresponsibility.