A Hundred Dollars?!

Why would anybody pay a hundred dollars to watch a ball game in a noisy crowded bar when he could watch it for free in the comfort of his own home where the beer is cheaper? If it's for the big screen, well you can make any screen a big screen just by sitting closer to it. It must have something to do with the fandom that Ken has been talking about. Apparently it's more fun to watch a game surrounded by loud boisterous fans than it is to watch it alone. You could get together with some friends and watch the game at somebody's house, but you probably couldn't cram as many loud boisterous fans into a private home as you could into most bars, and the fans are likely to be louder and more boisterous if there more of them.

Back in my bar days, I remember that most people were more attracted to a bar where there were already a lot of people. I have been with people driving past a bar who declined to stop there because there weren't many cars in the parking lot. The more cars that were in the lot, the more everybody wanted to stop there. I understand that some bar owners would encourage their friends and neighbors to park their cars in the bar's lot, even if they were not planning to go there that night, in hopes of attracting customers. I guess the theory was that, if there were lots of people in a bar, there would be more loose women there. In my experience, however, the men outnumbered the women in most bars so, even if there were more women, there would be even more men, which would mean more competition. Also, many of the women in there were not loose at all, but were already paired up with some guy who might take umbrage if you tried to make the acquaintance of his lady friend.

Another thing I noticed back in my bar days was, a woman could sit alone for hours, and nobody wanted to talk to her until one guy approached her, and then everybody wanted to talk to her. I've seen this as well in other public places were gender was not a factor. If you don't believe me, try it some time on a bus or a train. If nobody seems interested in talking to you, just start reading a newspaper, book, or magazine, and somebody will try to engage you in conversation. I'm not sure what motives people in situations like that. Any ideas?