Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A sycophantic bartender. Came up smiling to Jean who stood in the door and greeted the guests. Even


I have a policy not to use this blog for personal vendettas. I'm proud of. Here I devote myself mainly to the political issues of LGBT rights. I also have a principle not to "kick the people who are." But Bee bar does not lie down. Certainly not. They have existed in Gothenburg a few years and have just started a branch in Malmö. There is a commercial company with the expensive prices for their food. Those who work there earn enough properly. They deserve to be examined as other commercial deli express enterprises. I myself was there on launch day. In April. Come in expectant on the premises. Nice bartenders. And Markus Gisslén I had met earlier was there of course and handled the music. I greeted him (formerly Malmö resident we met at gayställen in Malmo, many years ago) and asked if I could put some questions to him because I might write something about it here on the blog. He was stressed out as a DJ manage music (which I can respect), but referred to Jean (named Tubetti surname, I have learned deli express later).
A sycophantic bartender. Came up smiling to Jean who stood in the door and greeted the guests. Even then I thought it was a sycophantic traits over him. Something that thankfully rarely found among bartenders in Malmö, deli express but I've seen among some gaykrogar in Stockholm. You know that computing "is that an important person that I'm going to spend time or not, that can make me earn more money or get a contact that makes it possible to do it." It was just an intuition but it was confirmed when I asked him if I could ask some questions. "No, I do not have time, come again another deli express day." "Not the time, but I can stand here beside you and ask you when nobody comes in." I replied. No, it did not work, he said.
Went back to St. Mark's referring to another man, a middle-aged man, who was also a shareholder. He responded kindly to my questions, I bought a beer and then went from there. I told her how nice it was to Malmo finally got a LGBT bar, open every day.
The bartender apologized. A week later, I visited the place again. Then it was the ESC in Malmö and the venue was packed with diners. I asked a bartender, a tall blond guy, "then do you not get quite stressed by having so much to do," I said with a smile. He just waved his hand and went on. I then asked another bartender same as kindly explained that he liked it. I confronted the bartender who behaved unpleasantly and he apologized to me. Now there were two things that were negative but my reasoning was to give the place a chance. And the tall blonde guy had actually asked me to apologize.
Yesterday I had been and drank two beers at another place and came to Bee a bar late at night. Had talked with acquaintances earlier in the evening and thought it was nice. Started talking to the guy next to me on the barstool after I heard him say something about Malmö and he did not like pop. Then I said jokingly, "Oh, you are not a real gay." He laughed and I asked "if he was straight if I may ask it" and he said yes. No problem for me, like guests at a bar of different genders and sexual orientations. Then I said the comment "but you can be a good person even if you're straight." And the guy (who apparently had Arab origin or similar turned sour as I never experienced before). I've pulled that joke before, and even some of my Palestinian friends have laughed at it.
Jean mixed in. Now this is thus at a bar that focuses as LGBTQ. Where there is so central that they call themselves "straight friendly". I asked the guy "but what are you doing here if you do not pass this joke because you're straight." So far, this was no extreme evening. We have different sense of humor and can make up for it. The place where we will not get the blame for it. Misconceptions may be. And the guy apologized to me later that he reacted to something that was not offense.
But then blended Jean (but his arrogant my which he always had when I saw him) and told everyone regardless of sexual orientation are welcome here and I totally agree. I know there are hetero-phobia among some LGBT people. It has gone so far that one of the most popular groups of the LGBT community is "No heteros on Qruiser" or something similar. I have clearly marked against it. To exclude heteros from various forums is as wrong as to exclude gays. And by the way who draws the line? A guy who calls himself heterosexual may well be bi but have not yet accepted their sexual orientation.
No humility. But should not a straight guy tolerate a joke at Bee bar "you can be a good person anyway, even if you're straight." I tried to explain that if I go to a place where most guests have black skin color, I accept deli express if someone joking "you can be good even though you're white." A simple deli express twist of the norm in

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