I have a serious question: is this typical of what happens in men’s toilets in bars? My only experience is with women’s bathrooms in bars and clubs, which are, after a certain point of the night, havens of shared lip gloss, generous praise and declarations of our deep and abiding love for each other.
Here, we see the video of Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones, who fought in the men’s room of a bar in Norman, Oklahoma, and is now recovering from eye-saving surgery.
It’s hard to tell by the video what started the fight, but it turns out that the guy sitting on the top of Jones’ head had 10 years of mixed martial arts training, if you believe the rumors circulating on Twitter. What I don’t normally do. BUT, it just shows that you never know who you’re fighting with.
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Jones hired lawyer Woody Glass to represent him and almost lost his left eye as a result of the fight, according to the OR Diary:
Jones was suspended from surgery until the swelling around the eye subsided, Glass said. Dr. Perry Brooks of Norman, whose website claims to be a specialist in facial reconstruction, underwent a four-hour outpatient operation on Tuesday, February 16, in which he reconstructed Jones’ left orbital cavity.
“Dr. Brooks came out of that surgery saying that he is extraordinarily lucky at this point, that he is lucky that he has not lost his eye completely, ”said Glass. “And then he was able to do some things surgically to reconstruct that orbital cavity and he thinks that everything will end up returning to normal, but it will take a while for him to fully recover.”
According to Glass, Jones was the “peacemaker” in this altercation, but his multiple guidelines for “getting the hell out of here” for his attacker seem to contradict this narrative. In any case, the police and lawyers are now involved, and it is likely that someone (or many people) will be hit by assault and battery power, if not worse.
It probably says something about the state of the American man that a bunch of guys just grabbed their phones and started recording the fight, instead of trying to separate it, but I’m still amazed that the definitely pee-soaked floor wasn’t yet another impediment to the struggle in this situation.
At the very least, the idea of someone dragging you to the floor of a men’s room, leaving you covered in God-knows-what, should be enough to make men observe your words in nightly discussions in the bathroom.