My beloved and I have lived in this house for 17 years. But we live across from the Bozeman Brewing Company, an establishment that has been here maybe a decade (I don't clearly remember.) It's a bar. No bullshit. It's a bar. I have come to some resolution that dumbass bar patrons will be rude to my life. But I still have a problem when bar patrons block the driveway. Imagine yourself in that sad position. When my wife ghets home and finds the driveway blocked, she will unleash hell on the bar and its patrons. I don't blame her. Yet still, when I call the cops on those who act foolishly, I am somehow the bad guy.
Most problems are resolved without any conflict. I went to the bartenders, when it is not their job to keep people from being stupid, and it seemed to help. I'm done. When someone does the stupid, I act the role of calling the cops and take pictures of their car. Mostly, that works to get them moving their ass. Lately it hasn't. Most times anymore, neither effort has worked. The priveleged get to do whatever they want and fuck the area ... BEER! So, I call the cops.
When folk are from out-of-town, I am willing to cut them some slack. But the last several folk are from Bozeman, and they don't care ... until the police show up. Suddenly, they are apologetic and willing to admit thier wrong doing. I don't buy a word of it. All they've done is put my life at odds with the bar, the bar patrons. I hope that they have a moral center, but I'm pessimistic that my tires are safe or that my beloved's car won't be fussed with.
I really really hate living across from a bar.
Suggestion. Go to your city govt and ask them to white stripe the curb 20 feet each side of your driveway. Try and get the city to make some money by having your side of the street declared a decal parking zone during certain hours. Then alert a towing company for some easy money.
Posted by: Craig Moore | October 20, 2013 at 03:55 PM
put a note on the car that says their license plate has been turned in to the gallatin co. drug task force for patronizing a known meth dealer.....
would make the point better if the note included a graphic borrowed from the GalCo DF web site......
Posted by: DB Cooper | October 21, 2013 at 01:20 PM
Maybe youve been approaching it from the wrong perspective:
Hold the bar responsible. Have your attorney write the bar owner's and tell them THEIR patrons are violating your prperty, if it contines to happen the bar will sued.
And if you know anybody on the Chronicle staff, seems like the story those guys love.....
Posted by: DB Cooper | October 21, 2013 at 03:31 PM
DB, knowing full well that 'the bar' is not responsible is not a perspective. It's the truth. The money they make is solely the result to which they can keep people happy with their product. They do not sell access, they sell beer. To be honest, I am far more upset that last weekend, their bartender treated my friend rudely and filled his growler with a beer he didn't ask for than I am that they don't police parking in front of my driveway.
Posted by: Wulfgar | October 21, 2013 at 06:08 PM