Appearances.

I was looking for inspiration on Facebook today and I saw this ad with a biker, it was actually a beer commercial but I still like it.

Working in the bars I've dealt with a lot of bikers.  And because of a lady I used to date I have a lot of respect for bikers.  Of course, anytime you have a large group of people some are going to be assholes but for the most part bikers are just people that want to ride a motorcycle.  I've had numerous waitresses get worried when a couple of local bikers come into the clubs because the only thing they know about bikers is what they've "learned" from movies.

Au contraire.  As I would tell these ladies a biker is someone that must have a decent job because he rides his bike for fun but when he takes his family out he gets into his car.  How many people do you know that have two personal vehicles?  Most bikers know that mainstream society looks down on them so they will not be the cause of any problems in a bar.  Very rarely will you see a biker get drunk because they know that when they drive home they don't have a cage (car) around them for the extra security.  Someone that comes in and doesn't cause problems and won't over drink?  Can I get more of those customers?

Whenever a biker would come in I would go out and look at their bikes then go and introduce myself to them.  I never had a problem with any bikers, once some other table was causing problems and when the main instigator decided to get belligerent all of a sudden he got quiet and his whole table left without a problem.  Then I turned around and saw the two tables of bikers that had stood up and moved behind me.

As I told my employees, don't judge the person on how they look.