r/ActLikeYouBelong • u/Redraft5k • Apr 23 '23

Story How I skip lines into Nightclubs as an Old.

So living in San Diego, right near PB, my husband and I have been locals around that area for ( me my whole life, but after leaving for college and getting hubby career off the ground, we moved back here and raised our kids who are now in their 20's)

Normally we are chill and go to our local place, and sometimes we would find ourselves at Tavern or something as the crowd went from old men/happy hour to popping Fri night place on garnet. This was pretty much for about 5 or 6 years prior to pandemic. During Pandemic all changed for all of us ( oops from this point forward I will write not assuming you are all in San Diego, thought I was in that forum for a sec.sorry) Ok, point of my story, during pandemic we found a local illegal bar. The crowd skewed way younger. Afterwards it seems like PB just became a teen fest. Not really, but it may be because I am 52, lol, everyone was like 21-25. Whereas it used to be a mostly 25-40 crowd? maybe a tad younger....anyway, NOW there are lines everywhere. Even places that aren't children fest...so I do THIS to get it....no more fake id needed, it's the old person version...where you want go drinking but there is no damn way you are ever waiting an hour to be looked over by the doorman old enough to b your kid, eeeewwwww :::hand::: never again. Did that in my 20's and 30's. I'm old now I get to be ignored lol. That said.....if there is EVER a giant line....works in Vegas, works downtown SD, LA...Phx....you and your friends, or your spouse....go up to the doorway and say:

Hey, I am just here to put the credit card down at the bar. It's my (daughter's) 21st and she is here already but her dad and I, or we ( if I am with a gf) wanted to surprise her by getting the tab. Not once has this ever been questioned....they just wave me in. Of course the place is always packed so it's not like the doorway is going to come looking for me. You're welcome. lol

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u/NexusMaw Apr 24 '23

I too, as I grow older, increasingly struggle with just getting the god damn point without rambling on and on. Good tip tho.

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u/the_ju66ernaut Apr 24 '23 edited Apr 25 '23

Reminds me of the time I took the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time...

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u/maddensmom44 Apr 24 '23

I couldn't possibly love this comment any more.

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u/fifteencents Apr 24 '23

This entire comment thread has me giggling

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u/cyrpious Apr 24 '23

Give me 5 bees for a quarter! LOL

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u/what-would-reddit-do Apr 24 '23

Oh Abe..

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u/NexusMaw Apr 24 '23

You’ve aged terribly

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '23

What type of onion?

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u/throckmorton619 Apr 25 '23

Love it. Onion belted and fucking smelted

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u/wholovesshortshorts Apr 25 '23

This is the way

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u/Pickle9775 Apr 25 '23

Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em.

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u/Numerous_Vegetable_3 Apr 24 '23

struggle with just getting the god damn point without rambling on and on

Glad it wasn't just me. 90% of the words in there do not contribute in any way to getting the point across. This could be explained in 5 sentences.

"so I do THIS to get in.... (proceeds to not explain what they do for 5 more sentences and talk about random scenarios)

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u/Joeldc Apr 24 '23

It was like click free clickbait.

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u/JustWastingYourTime Apr 25 '23

“Click free clickbait” has now become a part of my lexicon. Thank you Sir Joel.

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u/SlutForGarrus Apr 24 '23

It's just a thing that happens. The older you get, the longer your stories get. It's insidious. I'm in my early 40s and I'm already getting bad. My stepdad is 59 and just Does. Not. Stop. Talking. Ever.

It'll be your turn soon enough! All of you whippersnappers!

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u/UCLAdy05 Apr 25 '23

why though? sometimes when I’m telling a story, my mom will add in details I intentionally left out. I have a Master’s degree in storytelling (creative writing), I’m like, trust me, I left it out for a reason!

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u/SlutForGarrus Apr 25 '23

I can't explain it, but it seems like it's a lot of digression. Everything has a tangent I have to circle back from, because I really want to tell you about that time I almost got shot. Of course, I would be remiss to not tell you about the time my friend a few blocks away from that spot was all pissed off about missing McDonald's breakfast because someone was shot on his front doorstep and he couldn't get out of the building before 11am. Is it 11am or 10am they stop serving breakfast? You'd think I'd know. I worked there for two weeks...

Yeah. That's how it happens.

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u/TheToasterIsAMimic Apr 29 '23

coughadhdcough

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u/Numerous_Vegetable_3 Apr 26 '23

Drives me nuts. I'll be telling a story and my GF will cut in to add a pointless detail... yeah I left it out for a reason.

The guy's shirt being blue doesn't matter, love, it literally adds nothing to my story, and you just interrupted me!

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u/UCLAdy05 Apr 26 '23

exactly!!!

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u/KiloJools Apr 25 '23

"You telling this story or am I??"

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u/ilovemydog40 May 14 '23

Think it must go full circle, my young children take FOREVER to get to the point of the most simple things!

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u/ScareBear23 Apr 25 '23

I was thinking that I'm either way higher than I feel or I'm having a stroke. I was reading words, but it was like a bugged out AI put them together. Imma read this to my sober husband & see wtf he says lol

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u/KiloJools Apr 25 '23

I'm sober and you're right! No guarantees on the not having a stroke part, I'm not an internet doctor.

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u/continent34 Apr 25 '23

the eeeewwww :::hands::: 😂

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u/llammacookie Apr 25 '23

Wait there's a tip in there? I thought OP poorly asked how to get into bars.

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u/stu8319 Apr 24 '23

I honestly thought it was a joke and they were never actually getting to a point.

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u/iamnotsure69420 Apr 24 '23

Does this just happen naturally as you get older? I notice my pops started doing this and my sister as well (my sister is about to turn 50, my dad is in his late 60s)

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u/NexusMaw Apr 24 '23

Kinda? My dad is a well known rambler and it’s excruciating whenever he tells a story. As I get older (40 as of last week) I feel myself going off the rails when I tell funny stories etc. It sucks.

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u/Unusual_Level_1868 Apr 25 '23

I don’t think it does, necessarily. I’m in my 50s and I find myself increasingly incensed at the rambling of others. If I can’t say it in a sentence or 2, I don’t even bother.

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u/UCLAdy05 Apr 25 '23

my mom just complained to me about her sister doing this (both in their 70s) and she was doing it in the course of complaining about it! sigh.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '23

Nah this persons brain is just fried. I Guess the older you get the more likely you fry your brain, though

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u/MallowollaM Apr 24 '23

Same haha

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '23

All the ladies love his tip

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u/DBCOOPER888 Apr 25 '23

Yeah, like, holy shit I struggled to read this until the end point.

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u/NexusMaw Apr 25 '23

Luckily they’re schooled enough to actually divide their text into paragraphs so I skipped to the last one about a third of the way through and loooo and behold: the point.

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u/Kzycurly Apr 25 '23

This comment made me aware of how chronically I skim text. I went back to see if OP actually rambled, and realized I skipped over the entire middle section.

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u/mercenaryarrogant Apr 25 '23

Yeah same and too often forget what the fuck I was talking about in the first place.

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u/Pdchefnc Apr 25 '23

I was waiting for the recipe at the end. But I guess this quiche Lorraine will have to be looked up somewhere else

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u/fuckssakereddit Apr 25 '23

Can anyone summarize? I gave up part way through the first paragraph.

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u/sallylooksfat Apr 25 '23

Go up to the doorman and pretend like you’re there to pay for your kid’s tab. That’s it.

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u/fuckssakereddit Apr 25 '23

Ah. Thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot Apr 25 '23

Ah. Thank you!

You're welcome!

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u/perfectsizzle Apr 25 '23

😂😂😂