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Posted on 03/24/2017 4:59:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s the one drink you don’t want your new date to order during your first outing.
Some Chicago bars are using a new method to help protect women’s safety. CBS 2’s Audrina Bigos shows us a secret code system that triggers a silent alarm if women feel they’re in danger.
Inside New Line Tavern in the West Loop, Marisa Kersten noticed a sign in the ladies’ room. It tells women how they can get assistance from the staff in event a first date implodes or is turning scary. They need to repeat some secret codes at the bar.
Staff member Justin Witalka explains:
“If you order an ‘angel shot,’ that basically means we will know to escort you to your car or the bus stop. For an angel shot with ice, that means we’re going to call you an Uber or Lyft. For an angel shot with lime juice, that means that we will call the police, step in and intervene to make sure that customer is safe.”
Kersten thinks it’s a good idea because of the uncertainty with first dates.
“When you meet people online, you don’t know what you’re getting. It could turn into a bad situation,” she says.
Since putting the signs up in two bars, owners say the bartenders haven’t had to step in. But they’re there, just in case.
How with this affect the LGBT and genderless patrons?
The Social Media Generation have lost the ability to perform simple, face to face interaction. Instead of just looking your date in the eyes and saying flatly, "I'm sorry but I'm just not feeling any chemistry between us. Thanks for the company but I'm going to call a cab. I'm sure you understand." they have to devise some convoluted scheme that places the responsibility on the bartender.
I mean, seriously?
Okay, so, now that they have published the meaning of the “codes”, the “bad guys” will know what’s going on. Stupid.
And, girls, a first date probably should not take place in a bar.
I can see some long-time girlfriends using this to “get back” at their boyfriends.
I can see some long-time girlfriends using this to “get back” at their boyfriends.
Yeah, I was wondering what would happen if she’s too drunk to remember the codes. What if she used a code that actually means “I have a gun and I am robbing this place”?
Yeah, I was wondering what would happen if she’s too drunk to remember the codes. What if she used a code that actually means “I have a gun and I am robbing this place”?
They’re not called snowflakes for nothing.
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That was my rule when I was single, as well. Meeting for coffee first usually seemed like a better idea. A lot of dumb women out there these days.
Definitely!! They should have a special code word for "Bartender! One more beer!
They would also try to use the security staff -- myself included -- to play their games. I found early on that just watching the action told me a lot more than some whiny troll who just wanted to see me kick someone's butt. After a while, my response was "I'm not your babysitter. If you're having a problem, unless the guy is knocking you down on the floor and tearing your clothes off, handle it yourself."
They put this sign in the women’s bathroom so those with a penis wouldn’t see it? TRANSPHOBIC.
How would you rate Dalton’s “be nice” speech?
I’m also a former bouncer. Women are more dangerous than men.
Me too. And I drive myself, which gives me a nice excuse to refuse alcolholic drinks. No way am I getting into a car with a strange man.
How many freaks go to a bar to make them come up with a plan to deal with them.
Had a couple (or several) nightmare ‘blind dates’ in my early years. I would excuse myself to the ladies’ room and catch a cab or made sure, when I could, to take my own car.
*Sigh* I DO NOT miss those days. I think my ‘friends’ were out to get me setting me up with a $$holes.
I had a date who, straight off, told me I was the “skinnier version of the fat girl in Wilson-Phillips”.
“Excuse me. Just going to the restroom.”
“Taxi!”
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