Speaking of drinking I need to bitch about something.

In our town of 50,000 people we have one main street where most bars are located. This isn't NYC or anything so if you want a cab you need to call for one and wait for them to show up. Recently the police (not city council) have designated two spots on Main St where you can get a cab. Cabs are no longer allowed to pick you up in front of the bar you called from.

That is absolute bullshit. It's silly to make drunk people walk a few blocks to a designated spot to wait in line for a cab. As the winter comes it will be below freezing most of the time, people are not going to do this. People are already not doing this. Most people I've talked to in bars have said, "fuck that, I'll drive home."

It's already hard to convince some people they need a cab, I think this new rule just creates crimes that are completely unnecessary. There will surely be an increase of drunk driving and if people are walking down the street wasted I'm sure there will be an increase in public intoxication, fighting, and other crimes. We already live in a state that is known for drinking (more bars in the Milwaukee area than in all of Minnesota) and drunk driving isn't looked down on as much as I assume it is in most states, why create more incentive to drive drunk???

Bar owners hate this rule because they lose business if people leave early because they would rather drive sober than walk, wait in line, and pay to get home. Also since it used to take 20-minutes for a cab to show up that's one more drink they are going to serve. Cab drivers hate this because instead of picking people up as needed they are driving into these high traffic areas with impatient drunks who are arguing over who gets the next cab.

Dumb