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| - Visited this bar because it's close to my apartment, can smoke inside, and it's cheap.
There was a situation in which the bartender- a white older woman, denied service to a young black woman with a valid ID. I did not see the ID, although she herself insisted it was valid and her friends agreed.
The bartender also gave a drink without a problem to a different, clearly young woman, without checking her ID. She also didn't card myself and I'm 24.
Once the young woman and her friends left the bar out of (understandable) frustration, the older white woman bartender intrigued her bar guests into the situation. The remarks were purely ignorant, one sided, and they all kept joking that the other was "racist". Because being racist is funny.? ??? ..?
The problem with the ID was, from what I interpreted (through open gossip from the bartender herself), the young woman's hair was different than what it was in the picture. I vocalized that, we as women, DO change our hair as far as haircuts, colors, and styles go.
Any person can change their image within a day.
A haircut, a new haircolor. A wig.
Maybe if she had asked her guest to recite her address or the information on the guests card, the bartender might have been proven wrong. That comes from training.
Maybe the whole bar needs training on checking IDs.
RAMP certification is important in the state of Pennsylvania.
The whole time I was there I felt ashamed of the bar. I do not plan on going back based on the crowd and the staff that contributed hateful remarks and hurtful ideas.
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