You think Fridays are bad, on the Saturday the doormen are joined by that ZaNeY big lad who used to be barman at North, who now thinks he is the bollocks because he has clipboard & pen instead of bottle opener these days. Small joys seeing the EcCeNtRiC gimp loose his money time & time again @ Ladbrokes in the Bigg Market playing on the machines.
Habit at World HQ always used to get a bit lively at the end when you had the bouncer telling the DJ in one ear to stop the music and Danny telling the DJ in the other ear to keep playing i think the exact words were 'If he doesnt turn that fuckin music off now I am going to punch you square in the face you cunt' The bouncers have always been fine in my experience, maybe an off night???
I love the way bouncers or anyone with a bit of muscle handle situations where someone disagrees with them.
Still pretty much the same now Gary, the bouncers do not call the shots when the club closes. It is the managment. Did you/GG confirm directly with management that you would close at 3.30am prior to the club opening? From my experience, as long as the closing time is agreed then it is cool. Maybe worth speaking to the Mark/Steve/Gary about this? They are all sound. The only bouncer I have an issue with is the young lad with dark hair. Not keen on him, seems overly agressive at searches etc. The rest have been no problems. Cannot really understand why you think the club is a lost cause mate? For me it's getting better and better. I love the new layout and with the new, quality sound system going in the next couple of weeks, it will be a wicked little club space imo. Means a good system upstairs as well. Just need some better lighting then it will be perfect.
Im just bitter about friday mate, the dorrstaff pissed me off with the ever growing numbers of clubbers there throwing out & getting arrested. The clubs got bags of potential, with the right Lighting, efx etc... & the new system getting put in there I think things could go right off!
Sounds like it was pretty bad on Friday. You should ask GG to speak to the club, as it's not good if they are going on like that. That's the spirit
Luckily the majority of the clubbers never seen all the comotion as it was mostly at the front door, but it put a dampner on my night. Hopefully all should be sorted for next month, it's probably wise just to close at the usual time then nobody gets let down?
gary, just make sure it gets advertised as 3am, unless you have specifically arranged for it to close at 4. if you do get to go over 3 it's a bonus. i cannot see it happening much though, as the bar staff, bouncers etc wanna get home, which is fair enough.
imagine if all the clubs were like that though. we'd all be at home off our tits at 12 cos the barstaff couldent be arsed! they are getting paid for there job, they provided a service, they are supposed to stay till the bitter end. i work on a bar, and me and no one else can just go "err had on am slightly tired, lets shut the place down eh?"....... unless your the manager it wont happen.
Think you are missing my point dude. The bouncers would be expecting the club to close at 3am and will be getting paid till 3am. Are you saying you would quite happily hang around at work for an extra hour at 3/4am in the morning without getting paid? I know I wouldn't.
ah right i got the impression they were being paid past that thats all, i thought since thats what time it was advertised to close, they were gonna get paid till that time. well in that case there in the right then. unless there tryin to flog a free half hour on there wageslips!
I'd say it's most likely because generally speaking, people who want to be doormen are complete bellends.