Barrister

Thanks for the post. I was wondering what your thoughts were on this topic.

Say what you want - - but I have never been THAT committed to any cause

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left BTR in 2014 and grew up in 70805. I now live in the land of golf courses and billionaires. Anyone who advocates for BTR is a moron. The last of my family is now dead and I will likely never return. You live in a third-world city.

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So much truth. I was born and raised in Baton Rouge and for decades I genuinely expected that BR would have it’s moment in the sun- - - that it was the South’s “Next Great City”- - and as I am just a few years from retirement, I can’t wait to leave. Baton Rouge ( and Louisiana for that matter) is a shithole. Sure, we have some unique attributes and awesome things no other place has- - but when you stack all this up against everything else, you still end up with shithole.

Truthfully, it should have been the “next great southern city”. All ingredients were there…. But beginning with population explosion back in the 50s the city was NEVER managed properly, never managed for growth, never managed for prosperity. Leadership has been reactionary, ambivalent, and committed to funneling $$$ into selected pockets.

I still love my home- - but it is a shithole.

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John Mahaffey

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I remember when John did the 10pm news he’d come straight to The Patio after they finished- - - he would be wearing his button down shirt, tie, sport coat, shorts and flip flops. He was Covid-Zoom styled before it was cool.

Just got a text from my niece w/ a pic of her husband at the bar. His first time. She couldn’t believe he’d never been so she threw him in the car and went.

Got me thinking of some great times in that hole in the wall. I used it as a first date filter for a long time. If a girl turned her nose up at the place and did not GET the coolness of it- - no 2nd date.

Anyone remember Jim the bartender with his barrel chest and handlebar mustache. Talk about cliche’ but it was an awesome place.

I know a Louisiana attorney who specializes in securities law- - she bills $1,000 per hour- - compared to the $3k per hour New York specialist bill

So you are pro-slavery, I see.

You ever stop to consider that EVERY holiday is a MADE UP holiday??

Bayetown is a fun layout and not too hardy only knock is they haven’t rebuilt the greens in its 55 years of being open. The grass on the green is not a traditional grass you find on greens- - it’s all been taken over. Basically you are putting on short cut rough. You gotta hammer putts. Chips clamp down like you just threw a sock on a Velcro dartboard.

As a new player, that may not be too bad. I’d suggest Bayetown and Links and just enjoy yourself

Her body. Her choice.

Imagine running a manufacturing plant and being charge of a physical plant worth millions. Your raw materials are highly fragile and cannot be stored with any longevity so you risk losing and will lose some of your inventory. Now also imagine you must depend upon a work force that is by and large uneducated, unmotivated, is not in the position as a career or for the long haul, is paid wage that can be matched anywhere and the plant next door will hire them today. As bad as this sounds, imagine a shortage in that labor pool and how all these factors work to empower your employees to basically do what they want and who have the mentality you should be lucky they showed up for work at all. Your factory production schedule calls for 20 widgets per day but your employees only produce 10 a day and do not care. You find yourself not managing but basically being a high paid part of your production line. 80 hr weeks are not unusual. If all this sounds good then the restaurant business may be right for you.

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