New B2B Rules Prompt Outcries of Anguish, Anger
Now that boozing, urinating, and nudity have been banned from the ING Bay to Breakers race, a run famous for boozing, urinating, and nudity -- seriously, we're sorry; this is partially our fault -- residents have sounded off on the B2B Fackbook page.
Jon Schwartz: Hey ING! Great call. Way to ruin the number one greatest day of the year. You just gave me huge motivation to boycott everything related to your irrelevant company. Fix this mistake or plan to pay the consequences of a wrath so fierce, so strong, so unbounded.
A cold future lies ahead for you my friend, a cold cold future. SO very cold!
Joshua Bolitho: If this ban goes through, I hope the skies rain urine.
Tyler Heschong: Really ING? Changing what has become a near 100 yr tradition because those in charge can't properly plan a race. pitiful.
Main complaints related to alcohol: public urination and garbage.
Solution: rent more portable bathrooms and place them more frequently on the stretch near peoples homes before the park and place dumpsters along the route.
Cost: instead of paying additional $ to the SFPD for increased enforcement (aka no fun police), pay for the proper solutions to keep Bay to Breakers the SF tradition that it's gained legendary status for.
Danna Gutman: I'm actually going to close my ING account this week. Most of the balance had already been transferred somewhere else, but I think this is a good reason to close it.
Zander Freund: You people are terrible. You're trying to posture as if you support the culture of this great event when you are COMPLETELY DESTROYING IT.
Erin Callahan: Well, that settled it. Me, my mother and Stepfather and Father and Stepmother and my five siblings have all closed our ING accounts... Great job ING! We are all from the Bay area, all of my parents have taken part in this event. You are ruining it. You don't get our money anymore.
Garrick Hileman : losing Halloween was bad, but losing B2B is a full-scale catastrophe.
Trey Reasonover: How is enraging 99% of San Franciscans a good PR move? People are already angry at the financial sector companies. And now you go do this?
Really?
Yes, really.
In the meantime, you can always join "Screw the new Bay to Breakers rules; I'm drinking anyways!!!" -- some sort of grassroots B2B anarchist movement.
If you want to register to run B2B, check out ingbaytobreakers.com for more details.
Image: Jim Herd
