Words from School Bar

Posted Dec 21, 2010 10:13pm by Billy Starman

Joined: May 10th, 2010
Posts: 1

Hello everyone, this is Billy from school, one of the owner.

Recently there has been alot of bad things being said about School. The American Embassy also issued a warning to foreigners in Beijing to stay away from bars. There are a few things I'd like to say: I've been at School almost every time there has been a fight involving foreigners. These are the times I remember:

The first time - A guy that was already drunk wanted to buy another drink, and gave the bartender a fake 100rmb bill. After the bartender refused to accept the money, the guy gave him the middle finger and told him to f*** you.

The second time - Once again, another drunk guy, and also very obviously on drugs. Originally we did not want to welcome him into the bar for these reasons, but we eventually allowed him to enter in hopes that he would not cause any trouble. Only a half hour later, he put his hands on the backside of one of the staff members girlfriends.

The third time - 2 German guys that nobody knew came to School. At first they were really friendly and talked with alot of the regular people at School, but after a few beers, one of them said, "you Chinese and American people are all dog sh*t, inferior races." At the same time, he also raised his right hand to salute the friends of School, ala Adolf Hitler.

The fourth time - Once again a guy who had drank way too much. Beginning by insulting the Chines rock n roll scene (he probably didn't know School has a background with the rock scene and different bands), he went on to curse all Chinese people, making frequent use of the F-word.

All these occurrences should not have ended in physical confrontations, and if we were more tolerant or didn't care about it, we could have just rubbed it off as joking around after drinking too much. Losing our composure resulted in negatively influencing everybody else's happy time. I'd like to once again apologize to all the other people that were present during these times.

In being on one of the two sides on the conflict itself, however, School refuses to apologize.

We have all always had so many non-Chinese friends, and after opening School have gained even more foreign friends. DJ's, travelers, punks, music lovers, regular people. We often have foreign friends who bring us gifts for the bar upon their return to Beijing. Many of the editors for City Weekend and The Beijinger are our friends and often come to School. Talk about drunk, we all know what is drunk and it is a very common thing means to a bar. We always give the drunk guys some special service such as a cup of warm water or a sofa can sleep to the morning. So, the above problems have nothing to do with race or people not being welcomed at School. We welcome people from anywhere in the world to come to School for fun, and together share in the beautiful experiences of music and life.

However, we only welcome friendly people. Any insults or any drunken behavior that negatively influences everybody else will not be tolerated at School. If you want us to respect you, then please respect us. Don't insult us, and don't create a bad atmosphere for all the people having a good time around you. We opened a bar, not a boxing hall. Even though School is small, it's a very happy place.

So, this is what I want to say, just for once. I welcome you all to come have a good time.

School

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