Fighting at your debs

SirIrish · 21-09-2005 04:49AM #1

I work in a hotel and i'm just after finishing a debs and everything was great all night untill the very end of it when a fight started and it escalated into a free for all and gardai were called and people were taken away and others were brought to the hospital. It was the same last wed night at the end of the night. I was just wondering is this the done thing now?? I don't want to sound like an old fella but "back in my day" :rolleyes: I don't remember anything like this happening at any of the debs.
It's sad .
So was your debs like this???

Resurrection · 21-09-2005 04:51AM

SirIrish wrote:

I work in a hotel and i'm just after finishing a debs and everything was great all night untill the very end of it when a fight started and it escalated into a free for all and gardai were called and people were taken away and others were brought to the hospital. It was the same last wed night at the end of the night. I was just wondering is this the done thing now?? I don't want to sound like an old fella but "back in my day" :rolleyes: I don't remember anything like this happening at any of the debs.
It's sad .
So was your debs like this???

Young people mixed with all day drinking and raging hormones. Of course there are going to be fights. "I'll never have to see this guy again after this. He wont be in my school. I've always hated him"

Teenagers + alcohol = fights, so don't seem so shocked.

jcoote · 21-09-2005 04:53AM

no fights at my debs but i remember only me and my best mate (who i don't talk to know) we're the only ones awake and singin our hearts out...great night...but no not a bit of fighting (and people say ballyfermot is a kip !!!!)

Beekay · 21-09-2005 07:09AM

No,there were no fights at my one either,everyone was too busy gettin a free little fry up at the end of the night at my one to bother fightin.....me included

Damn it was a good fry

Nuttzz · 21-09-2005 07:57AM

scores were settled...

cuaifeadh · 21-09-2005 08:37AM

No fighting, but I had the after party in my house and suprise suprise there were gate crashers. Some of my big scary friends who had offered to do bouncer for the night chased them around the house, lost them...and then found them chatting away to my father who was offering them beer!! >.<

MorningStar · 21-09-2005 09:14AM

No fights but some of my school mates stole stuff from the hotel and where we had breakfast. Not small things either tv and speakers.

Which schools or areas were the debs people from? I remeber my school was not allowed organise a debs one year because of the year before.

Been a long,long time

Ruffty^ · 21-09-2005 09:30AM

MorningStar wrote:

Not small things either tv and speakers.

souvenir !

Nukem · 21-09-2005 10:06AM

Resurrection wrote:

Teenagers + alcohol = fights, so don't seem so shocked.

???????????? Thats kinda painting all teenagers who drink in a bad light isnt it. A tad harsh.

My Grads was fairly usual just everyone having a laugh but there was one gom who decided he would be the big man and try start a fight with a few fellas of the rather large varietys. needless to say he wasnt liked by majority of my year and was tossed out on his ass from the Grads. Heard of some Debs/Grads getting outta hand alright!

Know a guy who organizes them and he had some stories but generally if the bouncers are fast enough nothing more comes of it.

Nukem

Dave! · 21-09-2005 10:34AM

I'll let you know in a week's time

Femelade · 21-09-2005 11:48AM

a girl in my class asked some guy to go to the debs with her, he said he couldnt get the time off work. but then he went with my friend, after the meal the first girl walked over and poured a pint all over him.
that was about it..
oh and someone pushed me onto the principals lap...but that was purely accidental....

Tha Gopher · 21-09-2005 11:51AM

Mine had a few fights and three arrests/cautions by cops, 2 arrested for drunbkeness etc and my mate cautioned for hash posession

tbh alot quieter than probably a majority of debs. Most debs I know of end in near riots. All have a row or two, but some descend into the realms of forehead-beerbottle combat

Stuff robbed or the venue completely wrecked.....yes, its pretty common

Is it more common now? I dunno, alot more people would be coked up along wth drink these days compared to a few years ago, but afaik debs have always been pretty violent venues

Alli Babba · 21-09-2005 12:40PM

I went to an all girls school and when our debs came around there was allot of bitching in the toilets it got so bad that my friend went to the mens toiets to avoid it all

but I still had a great night though

magpie · 21-09-2005 12:44PM

Stupid parents give stupid teenagers too much money to spend on booze that they can't handle - you end up with fights.

In my day we never had more than enough for a couple of pints, not 18 litres of Fat Frog.

Sleepy · 21-09-2005 01:01PM

It's funny actually, from my experience you always get more fights at an all-girls school debs that at an all-boys' one.

At the guys' debs you'll find that the lads who can't stand each other wll be sitting at different tables and will be able to avoid each other and just get on with enjoying their own night. At the girls' debs, however, it's the girls who'll obviously be the ones dicatating the seating arrangement so the two guys can end up sat at the same table...Plus you've got the fact that the lads are most likely from a mix of schools so you can get things like sports rivalries kicking off trouble too.

At my own debs, I can only remember one punch being thrown and that was given to a guy who'd spent the whole night looking for a fight (until someone actually gave him one!). At a girlfriend's debs I remember the place being a feckin' battleground. There was a whole load of fights and someone got their head put through a window...

Draupnir · 21-09-2005 01:09PM

Me and 4 of my mates went to a Debs with 5 girls from a local girls school, we didnt get in any fights as such, but we did have a Royal Rumble type event amongst the 5 of us in a corner of the room while the women ate dinner.

Jesus, its amazing what seemed a good, funny idea when I was 17. Black Tie were unimpressed.

the_syco · 21-09-2005 01:46PM

magpie wrote:

Stupid parents give stupid teenagers too much money to spend on booze that they can't handle - you end up with fights.

In my day we never had more than enough for a couple of pints, not 18 litres of Fat Frog.

In my day, we worked hard, earned our money, and got drunk on it. No fights in my debs, and no fights when we went back to the football field to continue drinking.

ferdi · 21-09-2005 02:22PM

my debs was deadly, no fights as far as i recall. everyone just got completely loaded on various substances.

Civilian_Target · 21-09-2005 02:53PM

Yeah - I was in an all-boys school and there were no fights at our debs, just lots of general drunkenness and people staggering down the road and blocking traffic.

When I went to the girls-school's debs there were 3 or 4 fights - which I found quite funny.

Neither of them were fantastic nights though, I have to admit - not worth the few hundred euro they cost between them, for sure!

MorningStar · 21-09-2005 02:59PM

Femmy wrote:

a girl in my class asked some guy to go to the debs with her, he said he couldnt get the time off work. but then he went with my friend, after the meal the first girl walked over and poured a pint all over him.
that was about it..
oh and someone pushed me onto the principals lap...but that was purely accidental....

I love how humilation or violence (slap in the face) by woman is acceptable if against a man. If a bloke did that for a girl sleeping with his best friend he wouldn't get away with it.

LoneGunM@n · 21-09-2005 03:03PM

Mine was a complete laugh ... I remember 2 punch ups that kicked off over the same girl ... but the best was when someone lumped the principal (he was so pissed that he couldn't tell who did it)! We all wanted to do it, but I think it was someone from outside the school who did it in the end

Mossy Monk · 21-09-2005 07:16PM

no fighting at mine, just lots of happy and intoxicated people

Resurrection · 21-09-2005 07:33PM

Nukem wrote:

???????????? Thats kinda painting all teenagers who drink in a bad light isnt it. A tad harsh.

My Grads was fairly usual just everyone having a laugh but there was one gom who decided he would be the big man and try start a fight with a few fellas of the rather large varietys. needless to say he wasnt liked by majority of my year and was tossed out on his ass from the Grads. Heard of some Debs/Grads getting outta hand alright!

Know a guy who organizes them and he had some stories but generally if the bouncers are fast enough nothing more comes of it.

Nukem

As was mine. My point was that you shouldn't be shocked to the point of starting a new thread. These things happen all the time with teenagers. And it's fact that teenagers are known to drink more and obviously with the lack of maturity you will get more fights breaking out.

nesf · 21-09-2005 07:41PM

I vaguely remember one guy causing a bit of trouble at my debs. If I recall correctly he got kicked out and everyone got on with their night.

There was an ambulance called, but that was because someone over indulged on the drink rather than any fighting.

Nightwish · 21-09-2005 07:44PM

the boyfriends of some of the girls in my year got into a big fight and there was people arrested for assault. Then the cops found drugs, so more were arrested for possession.

Stompbox · 21-09-2005 08:08PM

Jesus Christ!

jank · 21-09-2005 11:08PM

Young people nowdays eh!!

I have been to 3 debs and my own grads and not one fight did I see.

Maybe people are more civilised when I was younger and im not talking about 20 years ago, im talking more like 5!

jonny68 · 21-09-2005 11:14PM

SirIrish wrote:

I work in a hotel and i'm just after finishing a debs and everything was great all night untill the very end of it when a fight started and it escalated into a free for all and gardai were called and people were taken away and others were brought to the hospital. It was the same last wed night at the end of the night. I was just wondering is this the done thing now?? I don't want to sound like an old fella but "back in my day" :rolleyes: I don't remember anything like this happening at any of the debs.
It's sad .
So was your debs like this???

Same here mate my debs passed off without a hint of trouble despite everybody being hammered drunk it was all good natured,it just goes to show you how violent society has become roday unfortunately.

Nightwish · 21-09-2005 11:17PM

mine was 4 years ago. the trouble at mine was caused by the scumbags that were accompanying the skangers in my year. Not a true reflection of the LC Class of 01 in my school, cos most of 'em were snobs

AdMMM · 21-09-2005 11:44PM

In the last Debs that I worked for, there was plenty of security there and they were quick to react to anyone starting on one another and simply threw them out straight away!

D-Generate · 22-09-2005 12:24AM

Had my grads last night and not a spot of trouble. Everyone was merry and had such a laugh. We were pretty much out from 6 to 6 and not one fight happened and I didn't see anyone even throwing up.

Debs thursday week now and apparently the knackers in the school made a list of who they want to fight. I can't wait to go, looks an exciting night

Fighting at your debs

Comments