Guido’s bouncer a ‘big’ surprise
Larv wooaie nas seen tnou
sands of l 'niversitv students
walk through the doors of Gui
do's Bestaurante and More dur
ing his more than one year as
one of the club s security per
sonnel
The 230-pound. 6-foot-1 ("A
little taller with the combat
boots." he savs) bouncer would
surprise some people if they
knew of his extensive education
at the University and Ins love lor
teaching.
The Emerald sat down with
the 2-1 \ ear-old Gary tor a fen
minutes over drink-- I Cary had
a Diet Pepsi, and lake had a
Henry's) and discussed topics
from bouncing to teaching to
lifting weights, and from AC/DC
to Lawrence Walk.
ODE: Guido's always has the
reputation of being the toughest
bar to get into; do you think
that's well-deserved?
Cary: I haven't been to other
bars, but 1 think we try to keep
minors out.
People get by sometimes ... if
the ID is a pretty good match
between the borrowed ID and
the actual possessor. Fake IDs
like manufactured IDs usually
don't get by. or altered IDs espe
cially. We usually catch them
We look at them, and you can
see the problem. The year has
been altered, or someone used
cut-and-paste to put a picture in
there, or the lamination's been
lifted.
ODE: Do you think other bars
ure easier, or is it that you guys
are way tough?
Cary: 1 don't know how the
other bars are. I can tell you that
I'm paid to do a job, and 1 do the
job to the best of my ability If
people get by. that's their prob
lem. I catch quite a few of the
IDs. I believe, and I've heard the
reputation that we are really
tough
ODE: What do you do when
you catch somebody who has a
simulated ID7
Cary: Well, if I'm not sure,
then I give it back and ask them
to leave.
Usually, though, I'm sure, and
I take it. And I say. "Hey. this is
being confiscated. If you have a
problem with that, (all the
Eugene police department, and
they'll take care of it when they
arrive.”
And 1 have not been culled on
any of my snagging of IDs.
ODE: What do people do
when you say, "Hey, this is no
good, you're going to have to
leave"?
Cary: One of two things. One,
they either walk out meekly, or
two. they argue.
ODE: What do they usually
say when they argue'
Cary: "That's me! That's me.
man! What's the problem?" And
then their friends join in.
"What's the problem?" And
then what they try to do is put
multiple people in front of you
and try to put pressure on you. It
doesn't work, it just makes me a
little defensive.
I know I'm right when I'm tak
ing it 1 know I'm right It's kind
of fun because I do play games
with them. like. "You have any
more ID?" Because if you have
any more ID. I'll snag that, too.
All of the IDs we confiscate
eventually go to OI.CC, and a
few of them, they'll trv to go
through, make a case with it and
Erosecute. Obviously, if you
ave someone else's ID, and it's
borrowed ID. then your name's
not attached in any way, shape
or form. It make it rather diffi
cult for them to track the bor
rower down.
ODE: Do you meet a lot of
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people Here — me legit ones mat
you let in — that come up and
are friendly with you, and you
know them by name when thev
come in?
Cary: Yeah, quite a few peo
ple. actually.
ODE: Do you check every
body’s ID, oven if you know
them?
Cary: They walk by and flash
it so I know they have it on
them, but I still check. There's
no reason to scrutinize and
check the birthdate - that's not
going to change.
ODE: A lot of the people that I
talk to that have been coming
here for a few years have told
me a lot of stories about you.
like you want to be a teacher,
you're married and vou have a
kid, you lift weights a lot. Tell
me your life story. Cary.
Cary: My life story7 1 am a
substitute teacher, so I don’t
have a real job.
I am married; I have no chil
dren.
I was a community college
instructor down in Roseburg at
UCC (Umpqua), but I gave that
up to get my master's in sec
ondary education.
The |ob market just isn't there
for teachers, so I'm wiling away
my time waiting for a good
teaching position. You know in
teaching, once you find a good
school that you want to be at,
vou pretty much know you're
set for the rest of your life, as
long os you don't screw up
ODE: Where do you substitute
at. usually?
Cary: Up here, Bethel School
District — Willamette High
School and Cascade Middle
School, and down at Oakland
High School.
ODE: Do you get to do that
very often?
iniim^ uiw m.iiuui »rai
... last year 1 was bouncing, too,
so the frequency is down a little
because subbing, flouncing, sub
bing. bouncing ... you get real
tired. I substitute on average
twice u week, and sometimes
three or four, hut it's really hard
when you’re bouncing quite o
bit.
ODE: So what's your lifetime
goal? Do you ultimately want to
become a teacher or are you
going to keep bouncing?
('.ary: No, I don't want to keep
bouncing, but I do have bills to
pay and I pay them thanks to
Guido’s. Bouncing... in a way is
kind of embarrassing to me I
went to college for almost nine
years at the University of Ore
gon, so 1 feel like this isn't what
I educated myself for — to
become a bouncer. I'm waiting
for a teaching job to come along.
ODE: What do you want to
teach?
Cary: I’m a social studies
teacher — U.S. history Or west
ern civ, one of the two.
ODE: When did you graduate
from the UO?
Cary: In 86.1 got my bache
lor’s in history. In '88,1 got my
teaming ceruncaie. ana in oz.
I got mv master's in secondary
education, ail from UO
1 went to Army ROTC here at
the UO, and they're the ones
who helped to put mo through
my first four years, and I got
hack out. (Point* at feet ) The
boots are military issue
I went to junior high and high
school in Roseburg, and grade
si hool in Eugene
ODE: Do you work out quite a
hit. or did the Army give you
your muscles, too'
Cary: (Toughs I Right when I
was graduating from high
si hool. 1 was trying to deride
what I wanted to do with the
rest of my life An Army officer,
that's great, and on top of that. 1
thought I might want to be a
teacher, too.
1 was tired of being small,
because I was tits pounds in
high school at my present
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