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July 26, 2004

Rules Rules Rules

So I have returned from a nice weekend in Charlottesville, VA. While there, I visited Club 216, a fun club that has too many rules. There are signs hung everywhere telling you not to do things and to do other things. Check out their online list of rules, which is by no means comprehensive. Inside the club there are many more rules, including a prohibition on drinking on the dance floor. And if you want to join, you have to provide your social security number! What's up with that?

Modern Drunkard Magazine advises us that it is important not to have too many rules:

It’s A Party, Not a Penitentiary
Along with inviting a large group of people into your home comes the natural proclivity to lay down some rules. Resist this urge with all your might. Forcing your guests to use coasters will make tomorrow’s clean-up slightly easier, but it may also trigger an Uptight Principle/Juvenile Delinquent vibe. A party is about extending freedoms, not curtailing them. Do not enforce any rules that are not enforced in a bar. Do not guilt your friends off a perfectly good bar stool so you may lord over them.

But Club 216 isn't the only place with a lot of rules in Charlottesville. Check out this sign posted on the door at Rapture, a decent restaurant that has a healthy bar scene. It's pretty clear that they are aimed at the local black community, and they are so vague that they could easily be selectively enforced against the unwanted.

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Posted by chris at July 26, 2004 09:12 AM

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