To the guy who broke my girlfriend’s foot: Fuck You. Are we now at a point in this city that a girl can’t go out with her friends and have a good time without having to deal with some fucked-up weirdo who won’t take no for an answer. Next time a girl says no to your dumb ass advances, the next step is not to crush her foot with your stupid boot. That’s assault, you idiot. And to your “friends” who were with you: you guys are just as bad, maybe even worse. Cheering him on during this? Really? What gene-puddle did you guys come from? May you all meet a steel-toed, size 14, Good Samaritan in your future, while my girlfriend spends the summer in a cast.
—Amazed at the Assholery
This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2009.
That’s what you get for letting your woman out the house in the rain, fool.
drunken fools and ‘assholery’ tend to go together, and often converge in the streets and watering holes of downtown halifax.
personally, i’d rather just hang-out with some friends and smoke a joint – at home. but halifax nightlife… NO thank you!
techcafe, you’re more than welcome to the fat-house to spark up anytime.
you said it techcafe
i might just take you up on that offer, NGF… i’m running out of BC bud as we speak. almost time to order more.
hey everyone! shall we light up?? oh i think so… bbl :~}
why didn’t you call the cops? then probably are whole bar full of bouncers would have just loved to whisk him away also…I think dancing drunk with someone who you don’t really like and your boyfriend was where????writinga bitch to the guy…?
he must be small and little and really kind…I can’t believe there wasn’t a bouncer around to see all this and cell phone to just call 911 if you were foot broken on the dance floor?
wow, vida, you hurt my head…..
The bouncers don’t do shit if you’re being assaulted or attacked. I was at one bar late night, a few years back, and two guys started pawing on me, right in front of two burly bouncers. The dudes actually cheered the guys on, and told me I should “give in”…later that same night, a different guy tried to sexually assault me, and the only reason he was stopped by a bouncer was because the bouncer said “this isn’t a hotel”.
So yeah.
The usual suspects that are the first to pounce on any and all of the latest bitches, usually just conversing amongst themselves, smoke weed and don’t go out and socialize??…weird!!..haha..get a room..oh, and your comments are typically lame..
pensfan79, it’s not that ‘weed smokers’ don’t socialize… we DO – just not anywhere near you drunken idiots
pay attention, try to keep up with the discussion ok, dork
Not always true, Rawr. I worked at a certain “kingdom-sounding” club in 2003 when I first moved up here. On my second night as a doorman, I had my eye on a patron who looked like he was about to haul-off and crack his gf (really, dude looked like an abusive husband).
My partner then comes up and says, “Watch that buddy over there. I don’t trust him with that girl.” Told my partner I was way ahead of him.
Surely enough, within 10 minutes we were dragging buddy out and a couple of his friends (I removed a friend). The poor girl was in hysterics begging us to “leave him alone,” and that, “he was going to beat the shit out of her for what happened.”
Don’t think ALL bouncers are pricks. Some are but there’s always one or two who care a little bit more.
There are some that go above and beyond the call of duty. I remember the first time one here told me to “enjoy myself” and “have a good night” my instant reaction was to cover my face and brace for a sucker punch, then I realized he was sincere.
“I can’t believe there wasn’t a bouncer around to see all this and cell phone to just call 911 if you were foot broken on the dance floor?”
WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THIS GARBLE?
I personally think all bouncers are pricks, punks and Douchebags. You comments indicate so, not to mention I have yet to meet one that actually isn’t!
Way back when, while out dancing with an Ex, some drunk bouncer on a night off grabs her ass, she slaps him across the face, we get into an argument with him, a little scuffle, then we get thrown out by his friendly prick bouncers.
My ex got thrown out of a bar because she was defending herself from being harrassed by a bouncer.
I knew another bouncer that was 24/7 shop lifter.
I used to own a store, caught him stealing from me once.
He lost his job and pretty much has a black dot on his record.
Oh ya, how about my friend that was beat up by the Palace bouncers? His mother couldn’t recognize him in the hospital.
Bouncers are Cops who couldn’t make it!!!
That’s just an opinion formed based on past and present experiences.
People: Stop going to the clubs expecting to be treated well. That’s where you find most of the asshole bouncers who have something to prove. Almost every story you hear happens at the same 3 or 4 clubs in Halifax – which are no fun after you turn 20 anyways. I’d probably be a prick too if I had to put up with drunken 19 year olds all weekend.
When I go to pubs/taverns I am always treated so well. Like how Anton mentioned. Might have something to do with the more mature crowd. Might have to do with the fact that their security aren’t a bunch of juiced-up ‘roid monkeys!
whats a guy doing in steel toed boots doing dancing?
nevermind you hit the nail on the head. bouncers get very annoyed with 19/20/21 year old drunks hounding them, asking dumb questions (which they know answers to), “forgetting” the rules/code of bars, etc.
some bouncers are pricks, others are great and have some amazing patience (yes patience). there were many times i could have lost my temper and gone overboard with force but a calmer head prevailed. even when i had 19 year old brats trying to tell me how to do my job or, in their words, “not give them a hard time.”
i’m willing to believe that i was the only bouncer in the palace’s history to be offered tips from patrons as they left. oddly, i was known as “the nice bouncer” there.
Having worked in the bars for many years (many in management roles), I wish I’d had more bouncers like you NGF. You don’t have to be an asshole to be a good bouncer.
Though it is nice to have those types too, for the tough situations, but you sure as hell don’t put them on the door – you keep them in a corner where they can spring out and bust heads when you need them!
thanks, nm, but “everyone” starts off on the door lol
really, that’s the process for a lot of bouncing jobs! start on the door, make your way up to maybe VIP on a slow night then the main dancefloor/bar area once you’re “established” or the turnover rate brings in like 5 more new guys over one weekend.
turnover results in your ability to shoot up the bouncer ladder as well!
its a thankless job honestly, but the trick is to never take it personal.
and the choke holds to drag people out? i was always shocked with how asking an unruly patron to “walk with me instead” allows for a much easier ejection for all involved. the person being removed will understand better too and you don’t necessarily mess up his throat.
NGF I remember you from the coors light maxim days when I did promos there 🙂 You rocked 🙂