Clara Buck
Google
Last night when my friend and I went for a second round of drinks, one of the bartenders falsely accused my friend of having a fake 20 dollar bill and THREATENED TO CALL THE COPS. I believe my friend was racially profiled because the bartender did not actually check the bill. Apparently someone had been handing out fake money outside, so I understand some level of confusion. However, my friend had gotten this cash from an ATM and it was certainly real. He could have easily said “I’m sorry but we can’t take cash right now” if he didn’t know how to identify real money. Instead he immediately said “this is fake money” and when we questioned him he became extremely antagonistic and asked “do you want me to call the cops?” It was so horrible, confusing, and disorienting and made my friend cry. We saw one of the fake 20s on the floor later and it was extremely obvious that it was fake and nothing remotely similar to her real 20 bill, which he almost didn’t even give back to us until I demanded! The bartender left the bar and never came back or apologized. ALL of the other staff were kind and helpful explaining what had happened with the fakes from earlier and asking what they could do to help. It seemed like they recognized it was real but he may have been their boss. I’ve never been this disgusted with a business and I’ve never experience anything like this which is what leads me to believe it was discriminatory.