Urban Fun Isn't Always #SafeFun




A bartender with whom I worked  recently told me she had a Glock pistol put to her head during an armed robbery inside her current bar.

I instantly thought about the last night club my friends and I staffed back home and the chaotic chain of events around it; the non fatal shooting of its former head bouncer; near nightly fights to stop and the eventual murder of another club owner.

The other club owner was friends with the couple who had the venue whose wounded head bouncer was replaced by myself and my friends.

My bartender friend works at a place not unlike these locales back home- spots where the vibe and sometimes, violence, of urban living are included in the price of admission.

Revelry doesn't equate to a cease fire in these areas. If anything, it can unintentionally offer a concentrated dose of what's in the surrounding area. Such angry energy was a fixture of the bar I worked back home whose owner eventually fell victim to that same energy.

I'd venture to say angry energy is on scene within the club where my bartender friend suffered being held up at gun point. The surrounding area is infamous for it.

I'm very glad she wasn't physically harmed and hope any emotional injury won't cut too deeply into her psyche.

Fights and arguments inside and shootings outside clubs I worked are part and parcel of providing entertainment in high crime areas. I've ended my participation in that kind of safety creation and urge younger event security persons to think twice before accepting such assignments.

Urban fun isn't always safe fun and I've got the horror stories to tell about when things go worst case.

Thankfully, no one was hurt by the armed robber who held up where my bartender friend works.

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