{"id":3165,"date":"2025-10-06T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2025-10-06T04:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T04:45:08","slug":"but-the-manager-says-its-the-best-thing-theyve-ever-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3165","title":{"rendered":"But the Manager Says It\u2019s the Best Thing They\u2019ve Ever Done\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A neighborhood bar in Philadelphia has gone viral after locals noticed a bold new sign taped to its front door \u2014 one that many called <em>offensive<\/em>, while others hailed it as <em>brutally honest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sign, partially hidden behind glare, reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIF YOU\u2019RE NOT GOING TO BE AN ADULT, DO NOT BOTHER COMING IN.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, people thought it was a joke. But the bar\u2019s manager confirmed it\u2019s 100% real \u2014 and claims it\u2019s <em>saving their business.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were tired of people coming in drunk, starting fights, or arguing with the staff,\u201d he said. \u201cThis sign filters out the nonsense. Since we put it up, our nights have been calmer, and our regulars actually <em>love it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some residents, however, weren\u2019t amused. One passerby said, \u201cIt\u2019s rude and unprofessional. A business shouldn\u2019t insult potential customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But others called it \u201crefreshing honesty.\u201d<br>\u201cI wish more places had the guts to say what everyone\u2019s thinking,\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love it or hate it, the sign is doing exactly what it was meant to \u2014 getting attention. And as the manager proudly put it, \u201cIf you\u2019re easily offended, you\u2019re probably not our kind of crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A neighborhood bar in Philadelphia has gone viral after locals noticed a bold new sign taped to its front door \u2014 one that many called offensive, while&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}