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| - I don't want to sound like a whiney old fart but the lack of seating options is kind of a pain for folks like me - you kind of have to lure me out to go to a concert in the first place. The sweaty crowd, the drunken fools. the ringing ears... just doesn't appeal to me. The event I attended here was free AND supplied free beer, so you can imagine how packed and nutty it was. One of few places where I actually witnessed people splashing each other with beer... as though they were shooting squirt guns... guys, I know it was free but come on! A little appreciation, huh?
Phew, got a little off topic. Anyway. Yeah, the place is fine for what it aims to be. Festival style concert spot, fairly well serviced bar. So why the two stars? Well I'll tell you. So, I found out about this free musical event (I did not yet know that there would be free beer) and thought okay, maybe there's a catch. So I called ahead and asked them if they had a drink order minimum, which is, in my experience, the common catch for night time shows that are otherwise free of charge.
The guy seems a little confused by my question. "I don't understand your question", he says. I explain. "Well I know the show is free tonight but I've been to places where they require you to buy drinks--"
I'm promptly cut off with a loud sigh. "In North Carolina?"
"...no..."
"Well ma'am that's illegal in North Carolina". I wish I could convey tone here, because a text reading makes the conversation sound fine, but he sounded rude and condescending when he explained this. He then went ahead and topped himself by saying "You *do* have a ticket for this event, right? Because you know, you need a ticket".
You know the tone. "I'll let you off the hook for wasting my time with stupid questions because you don't know any better." That tone. I would have been fine with the "oh sweetie, how little you know" tone and downright pleased with the "I'm happy that I get to tell you something great about my hometown" tone.
Because that is great news. No getting ripped off by drink minimums? Nice! If only the guy who'd told me didn't act like such a jerk when he did.
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