The Bartender

The law’s an ass.
I cannot serve an intoxicated person at the bar.
The fine is $550.
But why do most people come here?
To get blind.
To get full.
To get fucking out of it.

There are too many grey areas here.

What constitutes drunkenness?
Slurred speech?
Staggering?
Talking in an aggressive manner?

Drunks hate being refused alcohol.
That is why they are here.

Many threaten to kill you.
‘I’ll come back with a gun
& blow you away’, being the most common threat.

Or, ‘I know where you live, you cunt’.

Is a beer worth a life?

by George Anderson