Getting Refused from Bars and Nightclubs

FTA69 · 03-09-2011 02:48PM

ROCKMAN wrote: »

OK Retired doorman here ....
Never have a problem anywhere Dublin /Cork ..Pubs/Clubs , maybe its me ,my looks or my manner ..
Yes some doormen are pr**ks ,some are on power trips etc .. but sometimes the customers are just t*ts and just don't deserve to get in.

Spot on. Some people are just red lights from the get-go, either because they have a sh*t vibe and a sh*t attitude coming in or because they're loud arrogant twats with no decorum whatsoever. Out the door with them I say.

nxbyveromdwjpg · 03-09-2011 02:49PM

LoL @ the boggers in their big country cloggs and 'going-out' shirts

Sonics2k · 03-09-2011 02:50PM

Only been turned away from a nightclub once, in Manchester, and to be completely honest I was happy about it. Place looked like a freaking hell hole to me. All Pop music and crap :mad:

Big Nasty · 03-09-2011 04:56PM

Poll shows that 80%+ of people here have never or rarely been refused entry and many admitted that when they were it was a righteous call because they were too drunk.

Evidently for those that are regularly refused there must be a genuine reason in most cases.

Take a closer look at yourself people!

Sammy_Jankis · 03-09-2011 06:40PM

Gavin Hollow Fog wrote: »

I can promise that he wouldn't have given a rats arse how many people you'd have taken out with you..

Hand on heart - a bouncer doesn't give a toss, there's not a thing you could do or say that he likely hasn't heard a hundred times or more.

It still felt great.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 03-09-2011 07:03PM

Sammy_Jankis wrote: »

It still felt great.

I'd say the doorman made the right call on you alright!.

Sammy_Jankis · 03-09-2011 07:12PM

Gavin Hollow Fog wrote: »

I'd say the doorman made the right call on you alright!.

What makes you think that?

Are you a doorman?

Salty · 03-09-2011 07:19PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

I think far more people look better in a pair of Converse and good-fitting jeans than a Kickers shirt and a pair of ugly brown brogues.

The majority of lads I see out wear Converse/plimsoles/Vans etc and they're never refused entry on the basis of their shoes. When they say runners, they generally mean full on sports runners that don't look smart enough.

I agree the brown brogues are fairky rank!:P

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

Never happens to me in Dublin, but everytime I go down to Cork, i get hassle from bouncers. My theory is that they give you hassle if they hear you speaking in a Dublin accent. Cork residents have a terrible inferiority complex when it comes to Dubliners (or who they assume to be Dubliners, in my case).

Doubt it tbh. I'm from Cork, and although I've never been refused entry anywhere, plenty of my local friends get turned away regularly, despite being over 18 and sober. It hasn't anything to do with where you're from..they're just far too strict down here at times across the board.

Downlinz · 03-09-2011 08:15PM

I often wear runners and look like a 14 year old and still rarely get refused.

The trick is to come with a group (particularly girls), if theres 6 or 7 semi-respectable looking people they aren't going to refuse one of them and risk them all taking their business elsewhere.

Only time I was refused was when I was on my own, thats when the BS excuses of "full", "no shoes" etc get rolled. Been turned away for being too drunk as well while alone which is generally fair enough.

UnknownSpecies · 04-09-2011 01:46AM

I know I'm into this late, but I find it's a club to club basis on gaining entry!

To be honest, whether I am very drunk or not, there are clubs that I will always get into, yet there is one club in Cork that will NEVER let me in, even though I'm always very sober and always wearing acceptable attire. I'm yet to figure out why I am never let into this club, it's as if I am too "mainstream" even though I'm not part of the runners/brogs and chequered shirt brigade! I usually wear a nice t-shirt and pair of vans or converse yet nah, no luck getting into this one particular club!

Most people do get into this club, it has a reputation of being easy to get into, also has a reputation for being slack on letting underage people in! I still can't get in :P

Salty · 04-09-2011 02:03AM

dorgasm wrote: »

I know I'm into this late, but I find it's a club to club basis on gaining entry!

To be honest, whether I am very drunk or not, there are clubs that I will always get into, yet there is one club in Cork that will NEVER let me in, even though I'm always very sober and always wearing acceptable attire. I'm yet to figure out why I am never let into this club, it's as if I am too "mainstream" even though I'm not part of the runners/brogs and chequered shirt brigade! I usually wear a nice t-shirt and pair of vans or converse yet nah, no luck getting into this one particular club!

Most people do get into this club, it has a reputation of being easy to get into, also has a reputation for being slack on letting underage people in! I still can't get in :P

Which one is it?:P

x in the city · 04-09-2011 02:12AM

Show Time wrote: »

Most of the bouncers working Cork City are apes on a power trip.
I have seen blokes working doors that could not add 2+2 when i was in school with them thirty odd years ago.

not surprised, a few in riordans in particular look mentally challenged.

wild_cat · 04-09-2011 02:37AM

Just the one time.. I was 19 and the place was over 21's.

Well we have been turned away from places for trying to get in a few minutes before closing or something like that.

Generally I get on and have a laugh with bouncers. Only one ever annoyed me... he could smell someone smoking some petrol ridden soapbar and kept accusing the group I was with because we were smoking rollies. He was going around the place like a sniffer dog.. and actually said the line "I will root out the user and find him.. I will find him".

Getting Refused from Bars and Nightclubs

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