Road Story: Recruited to beat my own ass

This was a gig was a casino gig in Walker, Minnesota. I was actually on the casino floor, a side stage ten feet away from penny slot machines, next to the only bar, so all the makings of a great comedy obstacle course, perfect!. Anyway all is cool until I mention that I'm from Ohio, then this drunk dude at the bar gets all fired up and runs to the stage area and starts yelling "Bullshit! It's all bullshit!, this guy's not from Walker!! Bullshit, coming into our town and taking our jobs!!"

His outburst lasts a minute and security comes and escorts him away, I make jokes about it whatever. Flash forward an hour later I go back to the bar to get paid and the only one sitting there is that obnoxious drunk dude that accused me of taking his job, and he starts a conversation with me. I'm thinking he is going to apologize, but I am wrong, guy doesn't even recognize me, he just assumes that I'm some local just hanging out. He starts telling me how he is sick of people coming into Walker and taking jobs away from us. He then says to me that he plans on teaching the comedian a lesson, and says that he and I should go find me, so that we can go beat the comedian's ass..

Overall a very strange moment, I had never before been recruited to beat my own ass, and oh by the way he also showed the switchblade that he keeps in his sock.

I leave this dude, figure I'll get away from him before he recognizes me, and when the bar manager gives me my money I informed her of the situation. She tells me not to worry because there is security everywhere, and she says this as she points to the security cameras, which wasn't very reassuring. It just meant that if dude stabs me, they'll film it, and confirm that it happened I guess.

Then just moments later I see five cops dragging this dude out, and I'm thinking 'holy shit' the bar manager, got right on the situation. Turns out no, the drunk dude ended up throwing a cup of ice at a 24-hour food clerk, and when he when security got him he had outstanding warrants.

Turns out the food clerk was from Fargo, ND two hours away from Walker. Damn she was asking for it.