Bar Owner Kicks Out Designated Driver For Not Drinking Booze

[matcom]

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(CBS4) PINELLAS PARK A Florida man is planning to file a discrimination lawsuit against a Pinellas Park bar, not because he drank too much but because he drank too little.

Gary Maujean was inside Claire’s Lounge with his wife and friends but he wasn’t drinking alcohol, only soda, because he was their designated driver.

He claims he was penalized for trying to do the right thing and says the owner and a bouncer threw him out of the bar for not drinking alcohol. His attorney said the bar's owner grabbed Maujean, slammed his head against a door and forced him out of the facility. Attorney Tom Carey said Maujean was injured and required more than a dozen stitches.

The bar tells a different story and claims he didn’t order anything at all.

Now the issue is taking on a life of it's own as Florida lawmakers are considering a bill regarding the matter.

http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_038095226.html

[JVS]

1. Drink up or get out!

Designated drivers are free to wait elsewhere

[AllegroRondo]

2. Wow, bars around here give free N/A drinks to designated drivers

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. same here

I was DD about a month or 2 ago and everyone in my group was doing shots so the bartender didn't want me to feel left out so he gave me a shot of water on the house...we all got a pretty good laugh out of that.

[conscious evolution]

7. LOL

And a shot of Coca Cola looks like a shot of Jeagermiester!

Bartender pulled that one on me when it was my turn to DD.

[KamaAina]

3. Florida!!!

The motto "The Sunshine State" is a bit misleading; it is often cloudy down there, particularly in summer. I hereby propose that future Fla. license plates read "The Matcom State".

[matcom]

5. I think that is a proposal I can get behind

does it come with a 3 bedroom condo on Clearwater beach? :D

[KamaAina]

8. Would you settle for a rest stop on the Florida Turnpike?

"I think we'd better pull over here, honey. I really have to take a matcom!" :P

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[Initech]

6. Reminds me of Moe from the Simpsons:

"This is St. Patricks Day, the biggest drinking day of the year. Now where are the designated drivers? Beat it! I got no room for cheapskates!"

[bicentennial_baby]

9. get out ya Lousy cheapskates!

[KG]

10. actually the name of the bar is 'Carlie's'. my fave rock-n-roll dive.

loud marginally talented rock bands, cheap beer, faux bikers, drunk chicks, cigarette smoke, lots of parking, no cover charge.

in other words, a little slice of heaven. :)