Modern Vespa

that was a fluke. You're a gentleman for taking a stupid decision and making it your error.

I was flagged and escorted from a go cart track for unsportsman like conduct. I didn't get the memo that winning at any cost wasn't permissible. Now you tell me

I got ejected from a police station in Torquay once. Maybe it was the "Spare a copper, Mister" line that did it.

I had courtside seats for the Portland Blazers 90-96, the Clyde the glide era. Apparentely fans aren't allowed on the court to argue calls....

Danny Crawford had me removed. I was a fixture there, it was pretty embarrassing.

Then there was that one time I got banned from MV. Now that was seriously a rough couple of months.

All in all, not bad.



SDG

Maybe, but I knew the rules and I broke them, albeit not maliciously or even intentionally, but thoughtlessly nonetheless.

Sandy banned me from reading on the stool, after I fell asleep and fell off. Busted my head on the tub. Does that count.

Weeeeellllll.......... I posted a Cramps video on FB a while back where Lux was doing some questionable things to his mike. I got unfriended by 5 good people on that one. Mostly relatives

got banned from a chip shop in my youth

mate stole a free newspaper from them and the chased him and beat him up for it

i helped him out and got banned

A dear friend, Hal, and his buddy decided to celebrate the end of WWII by getting thrown out of as many bars in the Times Square area as possible. They were at Mitchell Field on Long Island, preparing to ferry an aircraft to the West Coast. Since they were in their Army Air Corps uniforms, complete with combat ribbons and the like, it turned out to be a very difficult task, so they had to buy some "civvies" and try again the next night. Wearing their "civvies", they succeeded in being thrown out of every bar they entered, and Hal considered it one of his greatest accomplishments.

I dont use facebook

But I've 'escorted' many people out of various premises, it's what I do for a living

Once got kicked off MV for impersonating a malicious crawler I also got kicked out of Chemistry lessons for smoking at the back of the class

Got thrown out of an Amsterdam strip club once because my very drunk boss got touchy-feely with the staff. My feet never touched the ground.

i see your north korea
and raise you "the island paradise of Milport"

You win. Any Scot who cannot step foot in the Garrison House has obviously done something so horrible that would cause pubcrawlers to sing their saga every Thursday evening at precisely 8:41pm has bested me.

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I warned you earlier that you were on a downhill slide. Hey you kids out there - don't mess with the office coffee - you can see what it leads to.

I had a school acquaintance ban me from her facebook page because of a comment I made in jest.

She said she had a pizza delivery, and it didn't arrive hot. She chastised the driver about it, then didnt give him a tip.
I guess she was looking for everyone to support her decision, but I chimed in with "If you order from there again, you will probably receive a nice hot pizza with plenty of spit on top".

She immediately banned me.
Whatever. She was bitchy anyway....

These stories remind me of the Ron White bit about getting thrown out of a bar in NYC. Pretty funny.

One line I remember after the cops show up is "I had the right to remain silent but didn't have the ability "

^^^ LOL. You gotta love that kind of behavior on Facebook. I had a "friend" who was a professional acquaintance of my wife's who had friended me on Facebook. He has extremely conservative political views as well as being a conspiracy theorist. He would post things and than add "If anyone disagrees with me on this, I will delete you." to the end of his post. I deleted him. Gone. I have no use for anyone who wants to use social media as a soap box but is unwilling to allow others to express opposition to their view point.

So far I haven't been tossed from any of the forums I participate in.

-Craig

Gonna get kind of detailed, bare with me:

Got kicked out of Goose Island Restaurant/Brewery because when I was in college one of my friends threw a mug down from where they used to have a pool table to the bottom where the bar is. Yeah, we deserved that one.

Been unfriended/blocked from certain people's facebooks because i'm a bit of a smart ass. Well deserved so it's ok.

Got kicked out of a concert because I helped a girl in a mosh pit fight off security a##h&les.

Got thrown out of Wrigley Field because I tried to go down to better empty seats during the 8th inning blowout. Ushers didn't like that my ticket didn't say "Field Box" on it, it said "Upper Deck".

I can't really remember any others. There are probably more.

Like Homer Simpson once said, "There was unpleasantness there, we can never go back".

I second that. There was an individual involved in the local scooter community that I had friended on FB as this was how everyone stays in touch regarding club activities and rides. I deleted him during the last election cycle as he constantly posted his political views for everyone to lumber through. Regardless of your party affiliation, nothing turns me off quicker than someone who's caught in the political vortex and posting their views on social media regardless if I agree or disagree.

...apparently the Andy Warhol exhibit at the museum is not interactive. I was shown the door.

i don't do FB but i got shown the door when i snuck in the Main dining room at the Stockbridge Inn back in the 70's. Had jeans on and didn't meet the dress code.

I've banned myself from Facebook. That makes me happy.

Why so many problems with Facebook. FFS don't friend anyone you don't like, eliminate anyone that presents a problem. Done. I don't understand the drama.

also got banned from a 125cc biker forum

one member asked if there were any rides in the west mids (uk)

at the time i was helping run a forum/club

one of our members told them to visit our forum to find local rides so he was banned
we all then joined and did the same and all got banned

for some reason they wouldnt let us tell the members we were taking massive rides

It's definitely caused problems with me in the past.

For a lot of people it's one of a few situations where they're inundated with other people's lives. One of the situations where people find it easy to let their imaginations run wild about things. Its' easy for people to get caught up in their own interpretation of the world via FB.

It's ingestion without feedback. You never really know what the other person's intentions are - no matter how explicit it's made. You see what's put out there, and without that feedback, you ingest, interpret, etc. Like reading a book rather than having a conversation. It's the illusion of interaction, when it's all one way. Outward.

There've been studies that show that type of consumption makes people unhappy. That we curate what we put out there, with no conversation about it, and we put out what is "the best" representation of us, etc, and then others get upset about how their lives measure up, etc.

I maintain a lot of connections on it, admittedly, but ultimately VERY few people on it know what's actually going on in my life. It's fascinating. That's stuff I keep to myself and a handful of people. It's that very same curation that causes issues. Public vs. private persona, even if it's not totally public (I post stuff only to friends, for the most part).

I have removed friends, and been removed, I'm sure, countless times. Is what it is, and I don't let it get me bent. Can't. The people who I care about are in my life with or without Facebook.

Of course, when I answered this thread, it had nothing to do with FB And that story continues to be untold

Andy maybe it was because of insurance problems. If your a club here it's good to have insurance when you get a lot of riders. All you need is one idiot to take out a bunch of bikes and the law suits begin (well at least over here).

Pretty much describes what most of the fb related posts here have said. Either they dumped or got dumped. What is your point Mr. Grumpy pants and what is the drama you speak of?

I guess.

I have only friended 6 family members out of 20 that are on Facebook. I think we mutually irritate each other so I have no interaction on FB or actually in life either. Rather mine is a rather eclectic collection of friends, family and acquaintances I've made, that I enjoy. A couple more I'd enjoy but they might not appreciate my glaring politics. A couple of sub groups are fun for specific hobbies, like gardening, brewing, and electric bikes. Those are fun too. They fill the void that MV used to fill sharing personal bits. MV has gotten so big. IMO, that the sort of sharing that went on even 2-3 years ago is pretty much over. But being spring and gardening season it'll all slow way down. Oh, and it's also another venue to keep up with some folks that have had their fill of MV.

online ..... here
real life ..... a month ban from the greatest rock club to have ever existed

Oh yeah, I forgot about being tossed out of the National Gallery in D.C. when my friend decided to add his fingerprint to a Chuck Close fingerprint work. I thought it added to the charm of the piece overall.

Brendan

Ditto

I've always admired your contributions on the forum, but reading this makes me realize you and I are very similar. I've experienced this over the years and still continue to do so. I took out of town friends to Berea Kentucky years back as it's a regional community situated at the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains known for it's local artists and amazing furniture makers. I made reservations at Boone Tavern as it's known for its exceptional regional cuisine. Unfortunately my friend and I along with my ex and his wife weren't properly attired, thus turned away. We were smartly dressed but were all clad in jeans. It's ok to wear a cheap ugly suit and or tie, but no jeans, collared shirt and tasteful sweater. Seriously? We found a local pizzeria and had an amazing dinner. I understand they've since relaxed their dress code but I wouldn't dine there on a bet given the way we were treated years ago. I definitely wouldn't like them on Facebook

Oh, right, I guess that I forget about the go cart tracks...I was banned from two in Florida. The word dangerous was thrown around a lot. I took my Godson (at 9 years old) to a local track last year when he was visiting. I tutored him. The kid listened, got fast real quick, and then aggressive. They called him in and threw us out. He had tears in his eyes. I told him that I have never been more proud of him. I am now likely banned from his house too, based on the look on his mom's face.

Hello everyone,

I was escorted out of a tavern in Olympia, Washington once. The Mocker knows which one!

Got banned from several pub's in the good ole 80's, Had my own cell at the local cop shop at one point.lol.

I was thrown out of my high school physics class for studying the lines of a play I was in.

The teacher was cool.

"Get out of this class!"




"And take that book with you!"

Back in the early 90's, I was walked out of bar halfway through my karaoke version of the "Piano Man" I was given the cassette recording on the way out. Popped it in the tape deck on the way home and it sounded so hideous, that I pulled it out, unraveled it and pitched it out the window.

That sucks, curious if his mom had a sister, maybe she's related to my ex?