Originally Posted by
innovator17
I was told that it was a recent change because some military member got drunk in the lounge (to the extent that they caused trouble). I've always been granted access by showing my ID but I was turned away few weeks ago and the rep cited this as the reason. He seemed genuine about it so I don't think he was making it up.
If so, it's sad a single event could trigger an major policy change. Unless, of course, they were just waiting for a "reason" to kill the policy. Over the years, I've seen a number of people being rude and even abusive (drunk AND apparently sober), yet never saw anyone removed for their actions. Of course, nothing ever escalated to a level where police were called in, but still find it odd a single person on a single occasion could trigger a policy switch. Of course, I suppose it could be a long series of such events by different members at different clubs that did it.