I heard the "See the egress" story a little differently: Once you left the freak show at PT Barnum's circus, you'd have to pay to get in again, but once you entered there was really nothing stopping you from just hanging around all day, which many people did. So rather than have to force people out, he just started having a barker come by the tent every few hours and entice people to step outside and see the egress.
I heard the "See the egress" story a little differently: Once you left the freak show at PT Barnum's circus, you'd have to pay to get in again, but once you entered there was really nothing stopping you from just hanging around all day, which many people did. So rather than have to force people out, he just started having a barker come by the tent every few hours and entice people to step outside and see the egress.