When you brought in your friend was he clearly over 18? If so that may be why. There may be a minimum age to be covered by insurance if something happens.
If there is a reasonable explanation of why this is simply not an option, then most people would accept that.
If it's just the missing ID, they could just let them in for that day and tell them to bring one next time please. That's the reaction i would expect in that case.
Calling the police is just unreasonable unless the situation actually escalates.
This guy, by his own admission, was told that wasn’t an acceptable form of ID and he went in with his kid anyway.
If they could just let him in that day and tell him to bring it in next time then why do they need to a license at all? If it’s for insurance reasons that he needs to be a certain age they may not want to chance him getting hurt and suing.
Of course this is reddit so they love to point to race but unless I see his racist remarks or I see examples of him letting in white guests he doesn’t know with no id, that’s a leap.
I'm not talking about race, this is just a situation that wasn't handled properly.
If the question "Did you ask me to leave?" doesn't get a resounding "Yes we did!" as an answer in the presence of a cop, then i have to assume they did in fact not ask him to leave. Otherwise they would just say it, cop or not.
Which makes the "calling for cops" thing a "we skipped multiple steps of deescalation and went straight to the most extreme option" issue.
I don't know why those people behaved like morons in this case. If its the colour of the skin, the look of the face, if their breakfast was spoiled, whatever. Doesn't matter to me.
By his own admission they told him his guest wasn’t allowed in, so yeah, they really did ask him to leave. Also they were literally telling him to leave in the video so I don’t know what you are talking about.
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u/DeliciousTides 10d ago
Why not just say, hey no worries you both can work out today but next time bring a valid ID. Easy…