© 2024 Blue Ridge Public Radio
Blue Ridge Mountains banner background
Your source for information and inspiration in Western North Carolina.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Fighting Back - Restaurant & Bar Staff Learn Self-Defense

Pexels

Asheville’s tourism boom has brought a lot of attention to the region’s restaurants, bars, and craft breweries.  That attention has led to more customers.  That in turn is leading to workers at those places seeking out help in defending themselves from unruly patrons.  Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Mackensy Lunsfordwrote aboutself-defense classes being taught to restaurant industry workers at Pack Memorial Library in today’s edition of the paper.  She sat down with WCQS news director Matt Bush and says many students in those classes are women.