Back to the bar

I have been side tracked with my own drama I forgot to describe the atmosphere and attitude. As the years went on the new comers changed. When I first started going to the bar the drinking age was 118 years old. That changed and it became 21 years old. Many of us were “grandfathered” into being allowed to drink- legally once a right is given it cannot be taken away. My generation was probably the last that grew up with Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe and Jimmy Dean and Barbra Streisand. We grew up with the MGM musicals and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We believed in Santa Claus until we were in our teens and we respected our elders. We held doors for people and said “excuse me” if we bumped into someone. Girls came into a gay bar and knew that it was a place where men wanted to meet men. The dancers were gay and had fun with customers, there were never a group of women waiting for their man. Actually Hank never allowed dancers in the bar. He was against anything that demeanor the lifestyle. In his own way he was very protective of the gay life and the people. The bartenders were not allowed to flirt with customers, or date them. If we were dating someone they weren’t allowed in the bar when we were working. That changed when Eter and Oe started dating. The bartender and the assistant manager dating was big news and did cause its dramas. Eter wrote in his diary that he was cheating on Oe and Oe found it. That was the whole “Love on the Rocks” situation.
I don’t remember Hank dating anyone. Rumor was that Oe and Hank were lovers at one time. I could never see it, they brought out the worst in each other. They never thought about the repercussions of their actions. They would fire someone and not care that the person had bills. I would hear them giggle and laugh after they did it. Looking back those were such horrible years. I think I would have been a kinder person if I hadn’t experienced those years….
Till tomorrow, be kind