My friend and I were at a bar one night. He commented how much he liked the glass they served his beer and said he'd like a set for his house. When we finished them I grabbed mine and his and walked out and put them in the car. I walked back in and said "there's two for you." He looked surprised that I walked right past the doorman without a word. I told him "they never stop you."
I didn't realize it at the time but I was setting him down a path of rampant bar glass thievery. I went to his house one day and he had at 60 glasses taken from various bars. Some with bar logo's or alcohol brand names, others with unique shapes or colors.
My words came back to haunt me recently. My friend and I along with another buddy went up to Chicago for a White Sox/Yankees game recently (Cabrera hit for the cycle) and my words came back to haunt me because that day they stopped us.
We stopped by some little bar just a few blocks off Grant Park. I was impressed because they served O'Fallon Beer, a small micro brew from the St. Louis area.
My friend wanted one of their glasses for his collection and I wanted one so I could remember the name of the place, and it was a pretty cool pint glass. We walked out with our glasses, got a block and half away when one of the waiters, who looked just like Jack Black in Nacho Libre, came around the corner and yelled hey guys, did you take our glasses? We need those back.
Now I could have just told him to shut up and go back to the bar or just ran because I'm sure this heavy-set waiter had neither the speed, stamina or desire to best me in a foot race.
However knowing he'd caught me fair and square I decided to explain to him that I wanted the glass to remind of the name of the place so I could tell my friends from St. Louis to visit them when they go to Chitown. No dice. We handed our souvenirs over to Nacho.
It is now my goal to get a pint glass from Hackney's the next time I am town.
