When Ethan moved from California a couple of years ago, he figured the Madison downtown bar scene would be a good place to meet people. About two to three months in, he started trying to find a serious relationship. He knew he would be working at Epic for a “minimum” of two years and thought it would be good to establish roots.
What he didn’t realize is that he’d have trouble finding people to date who aren’t his coworkers.
“If you’re in the dating scene, going out to bars here” — on the Capitol Square, State Street or even Willy Street — “you’re probably running into someone from Epic,” says Ethan, who like the other Epic employees interviewed for this piece, requested a pseudonym…