Over the weekend, a patron of JR.’s Bar & Grill on Cedar Springs Road thought he could leave the bar by climbing over the balcony and jumping to the street. Instead, he landed on his face and bar employees insisted he leave by ambulance.
Caven Enterprises President Gregg Kilhoffer said that the man climbed over the balcony and thought that when he hung from the ledge, dangling as low as possible, he’d just drop to his feet. The second-floor balcony is higher than the man thought.
Kilhoffer, who has been with the company for 27 years, said, “I thought I had seen everything.”
Although the patron thought he was OK after he landed, Kilhoffer said, “we insisted he go by ambulance.”
The man was taken to Parkland Hospital. The only injuries sustained were scrapes to the face.
Kilhoffer said it was early in the evening and the man did not appear to be drunk.
He said he didn’t think additional warnings to customers would be necessary. Signs that read, “Please exit the bar from the first floor” or “Please use the stairs to leave the balcony” or even “Please do not jump off the balcony” would not be posted because most people who come to JR.’s understand how stairs and doors work.
Glad he’s ok but if his friends let him do this stunt, he should look for new friends too.
Seems like a good future candidate for a Darwin Award if you ask me. One wonders what the dumb ass will do next.
I have wanted to do this instead of having to walk through the crowd of douchelords. Kudos for not breaking any bones…
Men will be Boys,LOL-I’m just glad he didn’t land on anybody who wasn’t trying to make an a$# out of themselves that night!Can’t say I never did something stupid-But I’m too vain about the face to risk harming it:)Hope He’s OK…
WOW!! Come on Gregg I’d love to see signs that read “PLEASE REFRAIN FROM JUMPING” LOL
I’ve heard of people climbing the tree and entering the bar many times.
My first thought was that he was trying to escape from a Bar Tab or that he was avoiding an Ex that just came in the bar.
See! JR’s needs a Water-Slide!!!! 🙂
Jump at your own risk??? lol
Must have been one of the Z List douchebags-Levi or his bum buddy Taylor.
In addition to those suggested signs, how about: “Please do not drink from the urinal” or “Please do not shit on the floor”? Maybe “Please do not urinate in your cocktail”? How about a sign that reads “Please do not set yourself on fire inside the bar; it violates the Dallas Fire Code. You must be 15 feet from the entrance in order to immolate yourself.”
I agree with Don Maison. He should be embarassed he wasn’t drunk.
Truth be told, he just REALLY wanted the guy he had been cruising all night.
In all my years of going to JR’s, never have I heard or seen anyone attempt to do such a ‘stupid’ thing. Now I’ve heard it all. Glad to hear the individual didn’t get seriously hurt.
Sounds like the kind of stuff “Mayor” Floyd Martin does in OKC all the time-surprised he hasn’t pulled this yet when he’s staggering around Dallas.
Stupid is as stupid does!