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What's you opinion on or experience with, nightclub security?

  • 06-04-2021 7:08pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭


    Dealing with swathes of crazy a$$holes, you need to have a firm hand, goes without saying.

    Having firm hand is kind of the opposite end of the spectrum from being cordial and approachable.

    Thus in some respects, the bigger an a$$hole a dude/woman is, probably lends themselves somewhat better to that job role.

    .....

    I gotta say though, one thing that really becomes apparent over time, is a "bouncer" or security guard is much more prepared to throw their weight around, when the person they're throwing their weight toward is less physically capable themselves.

    As a dorky teenager, security would tell me off all the time for the slightest infractions, and I noticed exactly the same with other dudes my age.

    Last time I recall having a slight confrontation with a bottle service gal who was a little wired, I know she actually requested from security to have me ejected from the venue (hurt her pride, nothing more).

    The chief of security came about eyeballing me but, honestly figured it was more hassle than it was worth to have me removed (for something he knew was unjustified, but if I was still that dorky kid, I would have been out on my ear so fast I would have got road-rash).

    ....

    I'm sure we all have upteen stories like that (I know I have dozens more) - so let's hear them?


    Just as a brief PS, I'm not saying it's a hard job, or an easy job, but it requires a certain disposition to be effective in that position (which is either predisposed or cultivated, but it's a necessary part of the job) and really, that's what those staff get paid for.


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  • Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I’d like to subscribe to your, newsletter.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭Snotty


    Act like an idiot and get treated like one too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,526 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Your posting style is weirdly familiar ...

    Never had a problem with them, but have seen them be heavy handed with groups of men, or men dressed in a particular way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    Dealing with swathes of crazy a$$holes, you need to have a firm hand, goes without saying.

    Having firm hand is kind of the opposite end of the spectrum from being cordial and approachable.

    Thus in some respects, the bigger an a$$hole a dude/woman is, probably lends themselves somewhat better to that job role.

    .....

    I gotta say though, one thing that really becomes apparent over time, is a "bouncer" or security guard is much more prepared to throw their weight around, when the person their throwing their weight toward is less physically capable themselves.

    As a dorky teenager, security would tell me off all the time for the slightest infractions, and I noticed exactly the same with other dudes my age.

    Last time I recall having a slight confrontation with a bottle service gal who was a little wired, I know she actually requested from security to have me ejected from the venue (hurt her pride, nothing more).

    The chief of security came about eyeballing me but, honestly figured it was more hassle than it was worth to have me removed (for something he knew was unjustified, but if I was still that dorky kid, I would have been out on my ear so fast I would have got road-rash).

    ....

    I'm sure we all have upteen stories like that (I know I have dozens more) - so let's hear them?


    Just as a brief PS, I'm not saying it's a hard job, or an easy job, but it requires a certain disposition to be effective in that position (which is either predisposed or cultivated, but it's a necessary part of the job) and really, that's what those staff get paid for.

    I've seen an international rugby player "escorted" out of a pub by a much smaller lad who was a European champion kickboxer.... Size has nothing to do with it


  • Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭Random Account


    Not a fan of them tbh. Get it’s an intense job and they have to be on the ball, but don’t seem to be very happy all the time. Love confrontation they do


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭1cxb0tkuav6p4l


    I've seen an international rugby player "escorted" out of a pub by a much smaller lad who was a European champion kickboxer.... Size has nothing to do with it

    Fair point.

    ....

    Just out of curiosity, how tall are you?


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭buried


    Vague recollections of people in black jackets roaring at 3am

    'HAVE YE NO HOMES TA GO TO / C'MON C'MON GET OUT TA F**K'

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    I’ve always found that the drunker I get the more dickish they get.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭1cxb0tkuav6p4l


    Not a fan of them tbh. Get it’s an intense job and they have to be on the ball, but don’t seem to be very happy all the time. Love confrontation they do

    Yes that's kind of what I was alluding to with "part of the job".

    The a$$holes who have a kind of confrontational personality, they simply perform/function better in that job role.

    I guess what I'm saying also however is, I'm personally of the opinion there's a more effective approach to performing that style of work - kind of a modification on conventional confrontationalism.

    i.e. environments that allow folk to blow of steam or "depolarize" are, IMO, a pretty critical part of a functional society.

    Therefore night venue security workers play an important part in cultivating a sense of positivity in such environments.

    Chest puffing and a kind of preemptive intimidation toward weaker venue attendees does not really do much for that - that's all I'm saying.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,526 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    In fairness, if I was working in security I'd be ready for confrontation as a default position. People don't like being told no.

    I'm waiting on the OP to tell us how tall and built he is ...


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  • Registered Users Posts: 997 ✭✭✭Mike Murdock


    I've seen an international rugby player "escorted" out of a pub by a much smaller lad who was a European champion kickboxer.... Size has nothing to do with it

    Exactly. When I was in London, I saw a 6'4" fierce-looking bouncer knocked out cold by a much smaller, skinnier guy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Most are sound if you don't give them trouble. sometimes though it attracts bullies but they don't usually last long.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,087 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    "Your name's not down, you're not coming in."



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    In 2007/8 a lot of them were utter dickheads. Any excuse would do them to not let you in


    2009.. no problem. Most of them delighted to see someone turn up to buy overpriced booze


    Then once things started picking up again they started getting pickier again.I wonder what it's going to be like after the covid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Most are grand, can have a laugh or a chat with them. Some are dickheads who think they own the place or are out for a fight.

    So they're exactly the same as the customers really.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,880 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Reckon they get a lot of pussay. Some are grand and then some can be quite aggressive i find mostly the non irish are like that but a lot of irish dickehad security to

    In my city one nightclub/late bars security can be extremely aggressive and would refuse you entry or throw you out for the smallest offence.

    Let's hope it's a clean slate when places reopen :D


  • Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I was stopped stopped by an aggressive bouncer from walking down a street in cork once.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    I was stopped stopped by an aggressive bouncer from walking down a street in cork once.


    Hope you told him to phooq off


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    I can't say I have ever had a negative experience with security. I have been turned away in groups when I was younger but usually just a sorry lads not tonight. A bit annoying at the time but as you grow older you realise its the right decision. Large groups of 7-8+ in a pub/nightclub etc isn't worth the potential hassle.

    I think I have only been refused once on my own or with 1 other for being too drunk, of which I was.

    I've never argued with one. "Sorry lads, not tonight" is sufficient. You're not going to change their mind by arguing. I did however get a Not Tonight, politely said "OK, no problem" and they called us back and said go on in :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Mimon


    Snotty wrote: »
    Act like an idiot and get treated like one too

    Not always. I had a spinal injury at the time and was upstairs in Fitzsimons at closing time. I was having a chat with my friend on the stairs and the bouncer came over and sneakily punched me hard in the small of the back as he was asking people to move. The act of a pure sadist.

    My friend stood up for me as I could not defend myself with the spinal injury and was dragged down a back stairs and battered badly by numerous bouncers.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    A pub / club that I frequented for a number of years in the city near grafton st had what I’d call the absolute blueprint for door staff / security....if they knew you, a “hello lads”, if they didn’t, two lines of conversation to suss your demeanor, then you’d be refused or allowed in with a ‘play nice’ ... there was never any hassle...

    My local has door staff every Friday, Saturday and Sunday as there is a disco bar / nightclub upstairs.... nice lads, ranging in age from about 45-60... the older man if any hassle I’ve seen move like a cat in terms of sorting trouble, diffusing rows... he is about 6’5” and his buddy only 5’9” so a bit comical in one way but hard fûckers but nice lads, they also work for one of our international sports teams, minding players and so on... so proper professionals.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,850 ✭✭✭Lillyfae


    Just as a brief PS, I'm not saying it's a hard job, or an easy job, but it requires a certain disposition to be effective in that position (which is either predisposed or cultivated, but it's a necessary part of the job) and really, that's what those staff get paid for.

    I mean I guess the real question is how much the bottle service gal wanted you, right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Only once had a problem with door security. Arrived at a club with a few friends. They were allowed in and I was refused because "I was too drunk". The rest of the group tried to talk to the bouncer and explain that I was the designated driver......no joy. I went for a walk and came back again. Different bouncer on the door - got in no bother.

    Was walking through the club looking for my mates, with a glass of water in my hand and the original bouncer spotted me. She called over more bouncers to have me thrown out. The guy that let me in stood up for me and said that I was sober. Manager was called and agreed I was sober. Bouncer that refused me said that she didn't trust men with long hair!

    Found out later that she was sacked for pulling all sorts of crap like that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,897 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    "Not tonight frog"


    I mean, if you look at it in the context of the following sunrise they are the three best words in the English language in my considered opinion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Was told once to walk around the block to sober up.
    I went home instead as I was absolutely hammered.
    Good call, door guy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,526 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    "Not tonight frog"


    I mean, if you look at it in the context of the following sunrise they are the three best words in the English language in my considered opinion.
    Had you promised them snow? :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    I haven't too much experience with them on the job.

    I have known a couple in passing in life.

    One was very quiet. Introverted ..very into body building seemed like a good guy. Other was a woman ...assertive but not the type you would say 'oh she is a bouncer' very calm nice person very decent. One i just met in an emergency room when i was like 17.

    Last guy was also into weight lifting ...he was ..very intense and tightly wound. Very intimidating to be around. He made me very nervous. Hot tempered.

    The guy i met in the emergency room was very sweet. He got a chair for me and my mom to sit.

    I have only be outright refused entry to a place once. And it was a strange experience. I went to the door ...and the guy kept mumbling something ...i asked him to say it out loud because i couldn't hear...he was Irish so it wasn't a communication issue ..he wasn't rude ..but he refused to speak up and still to this day i have no idea what he was saying. I ASSUMED he was saying don't come in and left. I found him ..'odd'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,440 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Haven't had much experience with them but I do remember this one time when I met this sound bouncer at Q Bar once. Years ago when I was 18 I went to a friend's 18th birthday and she decided to have it at QBar. It was probably my first time going to a nightclub so didn't really have much experience in that kind of scene (excitement and nerves played a factor I think). I got to the venue much earlier than the rest of the party at around 20:30 or 21:00 so I had to wait around for them.

    Anyway, I walk up to the door of Q Bar and the bouncer asked me "how many drinks?" after he took my ID. I didn't understand the question and thought he was asking me how many drinks I was planning to have tonight. I just had a guess and said "I don't know about 8 or 10". I don't even think I could have managed even 6 pints at that time, but I said 8 or 10 because I didn't know how many I was going to drink. I thought I was playing it safe by giving him a higher number.

    The bouncer raised his eyebrows in surprise and said "What?". Then I replied, "What do mean?" He said, "How many drinks have you had?" I said, "Oh, no I haven't had any drinks." I explained to him very nervously that I didn't understand the question but that I didn't have any drinks yet. I guess he believed me because he let me into the club but for a few seconds, I didn't know if he would let me in or turn me away. So I consider him a sound bloke anyway because he didn't give me any grief and let me into Q Bar.

    God, I was so naive back then though. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    This one, as trivial and petty as it is as a whole, will never leave my memory til I die, as I've never had run-ins with bouncers before or since - not once.

    I went out on a Friday night after having two or three drinks prior, and was refused entry into a nightclub because I was too drunk -- classic -- I tried to ensure him I was fine but I just think he didn't like me because I was laughing towards the front door. Any form of giddiness is met with a swift "nope" from them somehow - like I have to pretend to be snobby to get in - I digress...

    So he refused to let me in anyway so I gave up arguing with him and walked across the road to another nightclub. Bumped into a friend on my way in and he was asking me where everyone else was. I said they were all in the [first] nightclub and that I was not allowed in because I was apparently too drunk. Now, I talk with my hands, so I was doing a lot of pointing and hand gesturing, eventually I walked into the 2nd nightclub with no issues and the rest of the night went rather well. My friends eventually met back up with me later on.

    On the next night, Saturday, we decided to go out again. Same idea as before. I hadn't originally planned on going out a 2nd night so I went out on impulse, ultimately stone-cold sober going towards the front door of the same nightclub I was refused entry the night before. Everyone went in and I was halted;

    "no chance pal. You're not allowed in here again"

    I asked why.

    His reasons were so.... personal??.... albeit completely juvenile. It was the same bouncer that told me I was drunk the night before. He started raising his voice at me, making a complete show of not only me but himself, as everyone was staring at him.

    "You, and your attitude, going across the road to talk to your little friend how you weren't allowed in. I saw ya, pointing at me giving out. Can't take a telling. So no, because you bitched about me, you're not allowed in. So f*ck off!"

    I was mortified.

    Told him that he was blowing everything out of proportion and that not only was I not really that drunk the night before but he looked like he was about to burst into tears from how offended he was at me apparently lambasting him across the street.... (the hand gesturing while I talk, and pointing to where the lads were when I was asked - that bouncer was watching me during this conversation and thought I was giving out about him - which I kinda was in a way, but not to the extent he screamed at me for, and that's no reason to refuse someone entry going forward - completely and utterly childish)

    He turned his back to me and went inside. The other bouncer quietly said to me "look, if you're not gonna cause trouble, go on ahead"

    I will never forget that for the rest of my life. The text on screen barely does it justice. It was one of the most embarrassing encounters I've ever had with someone in a public setting. Like......to refuse me entry on a personal level....yikes.

    Apart from that one incident the only time I've really been refused entry is not having any I.D. on me. I've usually no problems with bouncers but they do have this sense of power that a minority just can't keep under control -- and that's one of the reasons I think he didn't want to let me in on night 2. He didn't like me and he refused to let me in, because he could.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    I remember years ago lighting up a cheeky cigarette in a non smoking area of a nightclub with the express intention of getting thrown out at the end of the night. I sometimes did this as I considered it to be low level shenanigans. On one occasion I did it the bouncer completely lost his sh!t and slapped the cigarette out of my mouth with his fist whizzing past my face. He then grabbed my arm and led me out of the club, but whilst walking me out he was hyper extending my arm and was pinching me at the same which was pure agony.

    I was pretty sure he wanted me to retaliate so he'd be justified in giving me a few proper slaps, but I'm fairly passive after a few pints just enjoy a mild bit of sh!tstirring. Obviously I was being a wee pr!ck but the bouncers reaction was way O.T.T in my opinion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,256 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    OP are you a Yank?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Attracts a lot of aggressive knuckle-heads. Most do be grand but there does be like 20% with an agenda especially the more local nightclubs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    I probably have been ejected from nightclubs a few times, just for being too drunk, never for fighting or anything like that. I remember one time this old small bouncer was escorting me out, he was grabbing me by the neck on the way out, no need for it at all,I was just too drunk, I wasn't objecting to being asked to leave, so I told him to fcuk off I was leaving and pulled his hands from around my neck, he let me walk out then. must have been small man syndrome or something, id say this guy was about 5'6, I am 6'2.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I'm too old now for this to be an issue, bouncers always just say "howya" and let me in.

    In my younger days though I can't recall any serious aggro. Naturally if you get randomly refused with "not tonight lads" or "you're too pissed", you end up thinking, "Your man is a bit of a prick", but in hindsight they have a few hundred people coming into a place and they're doing their best to filter the crowd to keep everyone safe inside. So mistakes will be made. They're not mind readers and most of them are only young themselves.

    I've never hung around with anyone who becomes an angry drunk, so have never come to clash with bouncers inside, and if any of us got completely hammered we always had the good sense to leave before we got fvcked out anyway. A nod from the bouncer; "Is he alright? He can't sleep there" was the typical signal to GTFO.

    Terry on the door of Bruxelles (he must be retired now) was always a sound man. He'd refuse you but tell you to come back next week. He barred a mate of mine, but only for month. And he wasn't ****ty about it. When he tried to get in the response was, "Howya, you're still barred, come back in two weeks".

    The only time I've seen bouncers getting into scraps was with drunken idiots who decided to start ****. That's not to say many bouncers don't go over the top when someone decides to start on them, but I've never seen bouncers be the ones to start a fight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭corks finest


    seamus wrote: »
    I'm too old now for this to be an issue, bouncers always just say "howya" and let me in.

    In my younger days though I can't recall any serious aggro. Naturally if you get randomly refused with "not tonight lads" or "you're too pissed", you end up thinking, "Your man is a bit of a prick", but in hindsight they have a few hundred people coming into a place and they're doing their best to filter the crowd to keep everyone safe inside. So mistakes will be made. They're not mind readers and most of them are only young themselves.

    I've never hung around with anyone who becomes an angry drunk, so have never come to clash with bouncers inside, and if any of us got completely hammered we always had the good sense to leave before we got fvcked out anyway. A nod from the bouncer; "Is he alright? He can't sleep there" was the typical signal to GTFO.

    Terry on the door of Bruxelles (he must be retired now) was always a sound man. He'd refuse you but tell you to come back next week. He barred a mate of mine, but only for month. And he wasn't ****ty about it. When he tried to get in the response was, "Howya, you're still barred, come back in two weeks".

    The only time I've seen bouncers getting into scraps was with drunken idiots who decided to start ****. That's not to say many bouncers don't go over the top when someone decides to start on them, but I've never seen bouncers be the ones to start a fight.
    Bounced n and south for a few decades,most are ok,but whilst on tbe door in several clubs in Cork city spotted some guys with the hard chaw attitude alright,ran a few venues and got rid of a few jokers,those with no balls and those with attitude and were more interested in women than security


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    I've never argued with one. "Sorry lads, not tonight" is sufficient. You're not going to change their mind by arguing. I did however get a Not Tonight, politely said "OK, no problem" and they called us back and said go on in :pac:

    I once got told "You can't come in, you look like you've had a few already". I told him I look like this all the time, and he laughed and let me in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    I always found bouncers in proper clubs (like tripod/Redbox/twisted pepper etc) much sounder than the crap places like coppers and diceys.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    seamus wrote: »
    I'm too old now for this to be an issue, bouncers always just say "howya" and let me in.

    In my younger days though I can't recall any serious aggro. Naturally if you get randomly refused with "not tonight lads" or "you're too pissed", you end up thinking, "Your man is a bit of a prick", but in hindsight they have a few hundred people coming into a place and they're doing their best to filter the crowd to keep everyone safe inside. So mistakes will be made. They're not mind readers and most of them are only young themselves.

    I've never hung around with anyone who becomes an angry drunk, so have never come to clash with bouncers inside, and if any of us got completely hammered we always had the good sense to leave before we got fvcked out anyway. A nod from the bouncer; "Is he alright? He can't sleep there" was the typical signal to GTFO.

    Terry on the door of Bruxelles (he must be retired now) was always a sound man. He'd refuse you but tell you to come back next week. He barred a mate of mine, but only for month. And he wasn't ****ty about it. When he tried to get in the response was, "Howya, you're still barred, come back in two weeks".

    The only time I've seen bouncers getting into scraps was with drunken idiots who decided to start ****. That's not to say many bouncers don't go over the top when someone decides to start on them, but I've never seen bouncers be the ones to start a fight.



    It definitely happens, some bullies are attracted to the job because they see it as an easy way to bully people and attack them. I know of someone who was let go from a few bouncer jobs because he was such a person. You get bad apples in every job.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    McGaggs wrote: »
    I always found bouncers in proper clubs (like tripod/Redbox/twisted pepper etc) much sounder than the crap places like coppers and diceys.



    Soundest bouncers I ever came across was the ones who work at raves in Germany, they look like they are in biker gangs, huge guys but if you don't cause them any trouble they are really sound and will chat away to you. I really wouldn't want to get in their bad books though.


  • Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A guy from my old school had terrible problems with his temper. I used to work in the city centre and would often meet him sporting a freshly-appointed black eye, explained by "trouble with a bouncer", and then a long diatribe about how he was going to sue this bouncer, who would never work in this town again etc.

    Always found it odd that one person could be so supposedly victimised by bouncers when the rest of us have few negative experiences — and even those were usually explained by that naggin we downed in the queue.

    If someone is getting into trouble with different bouncers, it might not be the bouncers who are wrong.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    It definitely happens, some bullies are attracted to the job because they see it as an easy way to bully people and attack them. I know of someone who was let go from a few bouncer jobs because he was such a person. You get bad apples in every job.
    Ah I've no doubt. Plenty of lads out there itching for a fight. And being a bouncer not only guarantees you get into a couple of scrapes, but you won't get fired for it either.
    And they probably then set out to antagonise someone into a fight rather than trying to calm the situation down.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    seamus wrote: »
    Ah I've no doubt. Plenty of lads out there itching for a fight. And being a bouncer not only guarantees you get into a couple of scrapes, but you won't get fired for it either.
    And they probably then set out to antagonise someone into a fight rather than trying to calm the situation down.



    They do get fired for it though, proper bouncers don't want to work with lads like that and decent pub/club owners don't want their bouncers starting fights and bullying customers.


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Can't recall any issue with bouncers tbh.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Did it for 3 years in NY and 5 months in Dublin. Wouldn't go back to doing it in Dublin for a 1000 euro a night tbh. The pissed coked up Irish public are idiots. All my experience was from 1997 to 2003 so maybe things have changed. I'm too old now anyway lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,434 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Always remember one time, was going to a birthday party at around 7PM in the evening with about 10 others. Bouncer let everyone but me and my friend - "You've had too much". We hadn't even been drinking prior. It wasn't even a nightclub, just a normal pub, and it was the early evening time.

    It was really strange and the only negative interaction I can think of. I would just love to know why, or what the thinking was. He stuck to the "You're too drunk" line and wouldn't budge despite the fact we clearly weren't, but obviously he just made some bizarre decision looking at us.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,149 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    All my experiences with bouncers go back to the 90s.
    I've never had a physical altercation with a bouncer but I was constantly refused entry to clubs for having the wrong shoes, for not wearing a shirt, for having long hair, for having short hair, for wearing boots, for being drunk - you name it, I was refused entry for it.

    However, on several occasions, I did see bouncers behaving like utter violent scumbags. Say a guy being dragged backwards by the neck from a club while another bouncer repeatedly punched him in the face.

    I saw a guy dragged down an alleyway by four or five bouncers and the alleyway blocked off. The guy came out extremely battered.

    I actually saw a young bouncer get "blooded". The older guys actually rubbed blood on his face after a violent altercation.

    I do not hold security staff in high regard, generally.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Shortly after moving to Birmingham for a year, I was harangued into going clubbing by new friends, though it's really not my "scene". So I snuck a chessboard into the nightclub and spent the night playing chess. The DJ said "You know it's a bad night when there's guys playing chess in the corner.. "
    Bouncer came over at one point and stood there watching us, and I was waiting for him to tell us to feck off, but after the game was over he just said "You should have played pawn to here.." and then wandered off.
    Friend said he was never ****ing bringing me clubbing again.

    Was asked to put away the chessboard or leave by security in a Supermac's once..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 126 ✭✭1cxb0tkuav6p4l


    McGaggs wrote: »
    I always found bouncers in proper clubs (like tripod/Redbox/twisted pepper etc) much sounder than the crap places like coppers and diceys.

    Redbox - is that still open?

    I vaguely remember being in here, far too long ago, though no recollection of how I got there it where it was.

    ....

    Where is it?

    ....

    Or where was it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Redbox - is that still open?

    I vaguely remember being in here, far too long ago, though no recollection of how I got there it where it was.

    ....

    Where is it?

    ....

    Or where was it?

    Sad to say none of them are still open (all closed before Covid, but Twisted Pepper is now Wigwam so that's not so bad).

    Red box was part of the old Harcourt street train station, same building as tripod.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Redbox - is that still open?

    I vaguely remember being in here, far too long ago, though no recollection of how I got there it where it was.

    ....

    Where is it?

    ....

    Or where was it?

    Last club I was in was District 8, which is closed too. I'd be worried I was some sort of harbinger of doom for nightclubs, but they're all being closed to make way for office blocks and hotels whether I go there or not.


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