# Why all the genres? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 19, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368 "2023-09-19T15:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368/13 "2023-09-20T11:55:10Z")
The other weird thing that happened involved my hat. One of the guys in the band is originally from London, so I wore a hat my gf brought home for me from there. It says MIND THE GAP on it. I was talking with the band, sharing our vape pens, when a woman approached. If she complained about vaping I would have understood and apologized. We were outside, but still I try to be courteous. Nope, she complained about my “obscene” hat and said there were kids present and I was being rude. She stormed off, leaving us perplexed. A few minutes later the owner of the place approached and asked if I was wearing a different hat earlier. The woman had complained to him about my hat, and now he was perplexed. He ended up buying me a beer. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-genres/990368)._