Poll: Should we ban glasses in bars?
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I see your point. At first when i read the title i thought you ment like the glasses you put on your face, that would have been weird.
But yeah, glass makes anything taste better, also the glass has weight to it. If your going to switch it with plastic atleast make it weigh something. Too many times have i picked up a cup too quickly and spill all its contents all over me because the cup looked like it weighed something but really it was light as a feather.
Or what you could do is make special glasses that are like 90% plastic but the inside layer is all glass that way the drink tastes the same. I think i might be on to something here.
But yeah, glass makes anything taste better, also the glass has weight to it. If your going to switch it with plastic atleast make it weigh something. Too many times have i picked up a cup too quickly and spill all its contents all over me because the cup looked like it weighed something but really it was light as a feather.
Or what you could do is make special glasses that are like 90% plastic but the inside layer is all glass that way the drink tastes the same. I think i might be on to something here.
Can't we just ban the kind of twats that glass people in bars from bars?
I'd rather drink out of a glass if I'm honest, and I think the sort of people that start fights will still start fights wether or not there's glass in the vicinity.
I'd rather drink out of a glass if I'm honest, and I think the sort of people that start fights will still start fights wether or not there's glass in the vicinity.
I was so gonna say that. Just another case of satisfying our fears by giving up some freedom. There was a time around here (say, 90 years ago, if I got my history right) when you weren't allowed to meet up in groups of more than 4 people. That's kinda the thing this mentality gets you to.Odude said:
Although I do agree that you can't have glass lying around anywhere near a moshpit
Surely you should shoot the one who did the glass smashing; not the one who got hurt. Very rarely do both parties pick up glasses at the same time and agree to a gentlemanly face carving session. Normally one of them picks up spontaneously; often if they've just been on the ass end of an ass-kicingHUBILUB said:
How many people are injured by broken glasses? What is the cost to replace them? Does the establishment lose any money or are they able to re-coop their loses?
Naa, you shoot everyone in the bar, then nobody will throw glasses again. Mostly because nobody will ever visit the bar. It causes a lot of problems, but at least it fixes one.messy said:
I spent 3 years working as a bouncer and i have never ever seen someone actually break a bottle or pint over someones head. Now people have to remember that glass is actually pretty hard to break, especially if they are mugs or brown bottles. Plastic on the other hand is very easy to break and the shards can be used as a shiv just as easy as glass shards. If you take away their glass bottles you might as well take away the ceramic plates, ashtrays, and match books that they have at all bars.
They could always get that specially treated glass (or maybe it's actually plastic... I don't exactly know) that is just like real glass but breaks into smooth pieces.
To be perfectly fair, pub fights wouldn't even happen most of the time if people weren't off their faces on drink to begin with, so it could all be fixed by not serving people if they're getting a bit too rowdy. And I just got to use the word rowdy. Go me!!! I prefer to drink out of glasses in general. Something about the plastic really puts me off, drinking from plastic containers always feels wrong somehow...
The "purge by fire" approach to keeping order; I'll be honest I like it, I like it a lotHUBILUB said:
May I ask why the attachment to the glass? Because I've never understood it, but of course it'd be cold you can't have a warm drink and it still taste as goodWelshWizard said:
Beer from a plastic pint glass or even a can just doesn't have the same bite as when it's from a glass or bottle. It's hard to explain, but I find there's a distinct difference between the two. Plus, the kind of person who prepared to smash a glass over another's head/face is likely to find another equally dangerous implement to achieve their aim.messy said:
If the bar has an issue with people getting glassed, then the bar can use plastic ones. I've been to a few different bars here in the city, and only once did someone threaten me with a piece of glass. And the very dedicated bouncer took care of him really quick. I think pubs/bars could help themselves out by employing more bouncers (Although I know that this cannot be a solution in all pubs). In the bars I've been in (And I haven't been in very many. Usually I'll drink in a lounge section of a restaurant.) have had bouncers that will kick your ass out for getting too rowdy. So fights aren't very common. At least not in the bar itself.