your last fist fight
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About a year and a half ago was my last fight. Hopefully my last fight in my adult life.
I worked in a bar all through school and still make a sweet second income bartending one night a week. So it's really slow in there for a friday night and we cut most of our doorstaff (bouncers). It picks up a bit and then out of nowhere a fight breaks out.
Our two doormen were having a hard time separating everyone because pretty much everyone was fighting, a waitress that yelled that they needed help so I went over there and just started bringing people outside.
I get the last guy outside, he say's "I'm cool." Working in bars, the word's I'm cool pretty much mean he's going to turn around and punch you in the face. I still let him go, which was a dumb move on my part.
He turns around, punches me. Is surprised that it doesn't really phase me. I'm not like an action hero or something, but it does really take a lot to knock me down. (Former wrestler, football player, and boxer. But on that subject, please don't judge me because I really don't think I am some sort of badass, just the sports I enjoyed. I really, really hate fighting and I hate people who pick fights. I just give you this example so you have a context as to why I can take punishment.)
Now my brain shuts off and I go after him. Six of his friends end up piling on. The guy who punched me ends up receiving the brunt of my anger. As well as a friend of his who probably weights 150lbs soaking wet. That guy only needed one punch and he was out cold.
Unfortunately, trying to fight the other 4 guys got me in trouble. My face was swollen for a week, and my mouth was cut up bad. I think at some point I was close to being unconsious. I had to be drug in by my manager and our barback.
People think fighting is cool. The customers all were telling me how badass they thought I was. I just think it's stupid and I hope that if the other people who were in the fight could do it again, they would probably just walk away. That's what I should have done when the guy punched me. Even if you "win" the fight, you are still changed, and not really for the better. (Really only applies to bar fights.) I am usually embarrassed for what I have done for the next week or so.