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Being in a sports bar doesn’t mean you have to love sports.

In this story, a woman explains that she regularly visits a local sports bar to enjoy a few drinks and crochet. The staff knows her well, and she has become such a familiar face that they often have her drink ready shortly after she arrives.

But during a busy World Cup match, another customer took issue with the fact that she wasn’t paying attention to the game.

This story is one of those common disagreements in a public place where people have very different expectations of how others should behave. Read the full story below, and see who’s in the wrong here.

AITA for crocheting at the bar ordering drinks during US v Belgium World Cup game?

I go to this bar to crochet 2-3 times per week and usually get 2-3 beers depending on how long I am there.

I am enough of a regular there that they start pouring my beer when I walk in, and it is in front of me soon after I pick a seat and sit down. I also tip accordingly.

It is a sports bars, and I know that. I can’t muster up energy for sportsball. They have never cared.

Usually, when I am there early in the day, sports aren’t playing, but it is the World Cup and sportsball seems to be on all day.

No issue on my end.

This woman was crocheting through the game.

Well, today I get to the bar around 3:30pm Pacific Time to drink and crochet. We are in California.

I keep drinking and crocheting through the game. Then, someone gets annoyed at me because I am not cheering when the US scores.

Then, they go off on me for taking up a bar seat in front of the TV when I’m not watching.

This is something I have done many many many times before.

I tell him to eff off.

The customer who went off on her got kicked out.

Bartender gives me a look.

I shake my head to brush it off. He gives me more attitude.

Bartender gives me another look.

I nod this time. Dude gets kicked out.

This is not the end of it. Apparently, his friends are annoyed he gets kicked out instead of me.

Bartender tells them I’m a regular not causing any issues so I am welcome to stay over them.

The customer’s friends stayed quiet for the rest of the evening.

They shut up and we all continue through the evening.

They seem to mostly be annoyed at the fact that I am sitting at the bar in front of one of the 4 TVs not actually watching the game.

AITA for patronizing a bar I go to regularly and not watching the World Cup game?

I will be there once the World Cup is over and they won’t.

Everyone is free to enjoy a public place in their own way as long as they’re respectful of others. From the story, it sounds like OP wasn’t disrupting anyone. In fact, it was the other customer who unnecessarily turned a quiet afternoon into an argument.

Let’s read the comments of other Redditors on this story.

Short but makes sense.

This user shares their opinion.

Here’s a sweet little remark.

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This person makes a good point.

And lastly, another honest comment.

Enjoying your own hobby shouldn’t bother anyone else, even if you are at a sports bar.