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April 05, 2003
There is so much chaos
There is so much chaos and confusion right now. People are upset, possessive, and confused. All because of the new smoking ban. I went to go see Andy's show at this bar above the Slide. Bar stools are always a prize at crowded bars, but now they are a territorial contention between feuding factions.
Before the smoking ban, if someone left to go to the bathroom or to get a drink, their coat would mark their territory. Now all the smokers have to go outside, so the stools appear unoccupied. Carpe stool, we always say. People were constantly having to tell someone to get away from their stools, the possessor of the stool was outside satisfying their nicotine need. While Chris, Rick, and Scott went outside, I had to fiercely guard our four stools, because it appeared that I was some psycho with a seating fetish.
A new etiquette will eventually develop, or maybe some clever New Yorker will develop a seat version of those little bracelets for wine glasses. The only other possibility is total anarchy, and nobody wants that in a bar.
Posted by G at April 5, 2003 04:04 PM