"Ultimately, we would like to see that thisdoesn't happen again," she added. "Money is notgoing to make this any better for any of us. Itwas truly a humiliating experience."

The Incident

An outing to Grendel's on Jan. 30 was supposedto be a relaxing way to kick off the weekend withfriends, said McCreary, who is one of the GSEstudents who was part of Davis's party.

Approximately 13 friends came, and when theyfound themselves without enough chairs foreveryone, Davis tried to take a stool from the bararea.

"I asked the bartender if I could use thestool, and she said OK," Davis said. "Then [a]waiter came up to me and told me they didn't allowthat."

Davis said the waiter then asked him if heunderstood English.

"He told me to either sit down or get the fuckout," Davis said. "Most of my party heard theinteraction. As I was explaining to my party whathappened, he came up to me again and exploded."

According to Davis, the waiter allegedly beganpointing at him and saying, "You are always inhere causing trouble. It's always you."

When Davis tried to find out why the waiter wasso angry at him, the waiter allegedly told Davisto "sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up,"according to Kim Kelly, another GSE student in thegroup.

McCreary and Kelly both said Davis stayed calmwhile the waiter yelled at him.

According to Herbert Kuelzer, the manager andowner of Grendel's, the waiter told him that Daviscalled him an "asshole" twice during the course ofthe evening.

"You could ask the 27 people around if I evenopened the mouth during the alteration. I neveropened my mouth," Davis said. "The only way I cansay this with so much assurance is because 27people watched me sit there and be badgered likean alien."

Kuelzer said Davis had been identified as a"troublemaker" by the bar staff and wait staff.

According to Kuelzer, another table said theyoverheard two of the GSE students say, "Let's triphim," when their waiter walked by balancing twotrays of food.

"[The waiter] was the one abused," Kuelzersaid. "There are some people who treat our serverslike servants. They don't have to be insulted. Idon't know why all the burden is on the waiter."