mmm, the odds are likely LOW that they drugged more than one person, BUT
they tell EVERYONE to get a new drink so that nobody is singled out, AND so every woman has an excuse and public support to walk away briefly from a situation that might have been getting uncomfortable and know she’ll have backup, AND so that the person who did it can’t retaliate against their target in a “c’mon don’t you trust me” way
predators don’t usually crop dust with roofies but they do manipulate and take advantage of women’s socialized training to not make a scene, so the bar takes that part out of the equation by “ruining the good time” themselves and making the scene
had this guy come into the store todayy and he had a full on coughing fit in the aisle he was wearing one of those blue generic masks and he was coughing so bad he was turning red and he came to the till and in between coughs and eye waterings he said ‘its not covid i picked this mask up off the floor and i think it has cat hair in it’ and then his card declined and he left
