Saturday, a certain brain dead door man at a bar downtown not only insulted my intelligence, but berated and assaulted me for not respecting his authority… or so he saw it. Had I been causing a disturbance, mouthing off or doing something to justify pointing this out then saying so would be reasonable. Was I? No. You bitched me out and ripped off my bracelet because I walked in the door when I thought you said to go ahead. I turned around an went back in the line without saying a word, yet you still went off on me. Your job is to look at IDs, manage the crowd and deal with people who are actually causing a disturbance. It isn’t to shove people around like a gorilla and mouth off in some incoherent rant to compensate for your steroid-shrunken balls. You’re only creating a hostile environment, confirming that you ARE actually as dumb and irrational as you look.
So to the bouncer with the flaring nostrils and over-grown temper, if reading someone’s date of birth and the occasional frisking for knives is getting to you that much perhaps a change of employment is in order. My suggestion would be waste management. It likely pays more and you can throw things (without an assault charge) ’til your hearts content. If you’re hung up on the joy that standing outside in the cold brings, I’m sure the angry pirate on Clyde St. would love some company. Thanks for being a mindless asshole. —Tired of Roid Rage
This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2011.
Dirty doone?
Now really OP, A Bouncer at a Halifax bar. What did you honestly expect? Was he going to share with you his doctoral thesis on cold fusion, plans for lasting middle-east peace, some really great vegan recipes…What?
I sympathise, I really do. But the real surprise would be encountering a bouncer who DOESN’T behave as if he’s greeting the trains at Birkenau.
Funny how the party reporting never did anything to warrant a reaction …
Also, I was pissed when I didn’t get frisked going in the door. A feel up with no expectation, yes plz, lol.
Sounds like a princess thinking she is better than anyone else. She’s not telling it all.
Actually Ivan, 95% of bouncers have always been really awesome to me. The two occasions they haven’t involved pretty shitty situations, but other than that, I’ve found them really nice.
I also don’t go to the dirty dune and the castle either though.
I was walking in to a bar one night, and I didn’t look at, never mind, speak to, the bouncer, and he reached over and pulled me back by my ponytail. Had he paused for about 2 seconds, he would have seen my 6’5′ gorilla husband holding our entry tickets out to him. Needless to say, the bouncer let go real fast when my husband got up in his face.
I’m with FA — i don’t go to either establishments and I’ve never been treated badly by a bouncer before…most of the clubs I’ve been to have had great bouncers who have joked around with me and my party while we were waiting. Maybe it’s because we’re ladies and maybe it’s because all my lady friends are ridiculously HOT. 😛
The ONLY thing I really didn’t like at one of the particular DT bars (a bar sebastard might frequent, for example) is how they look through your purse. I don’t tend to bring much, but the one time I brought an actual purse the bouncer took it upon himself to look through it and take things out and just generally root around. Not cool, dude.
But then again a woman would never hide a knife or gun in her purse would she.
I’ve met some great bouncers who do their job very well…and I met A LOT of shitty bouncers who have major control issues and just like getting paid to be dicks. I’ve seen a lot of bouncers dragging people very forcefully out of bars who were in no way resisting. I don’t really go to the bars too much anymore ….but I would say you have a 50/50 chance of getting an asshole.
they need permission to LOOK in your purse.. NOT handle anything in it…. until they are satisfied. If they aren’t satisfied, you are denied entry.
He stepped over the line touching your property unless you gave him consent.
OP, I’m not sure how much you’re conveniently leaving out..
but I’ll give the benefit of the doubt.
Most aren’t the greatest of mammals, but you really do have to play by their rules if you want to go bar-hopping.
well then, if you don’t want shitty service, don’t go to shitty places. then come here and whine about it. you go, you get what you fucking deserve. I HAVE SPOKEN, AND SO SHALL IT BE, FOREVER.
Wouldn’t it be more simple to just go to another bar?
Morons and dicks.
That’s halifax’s bouncers for ya!
SMU football idiots with a wannabe cop streak in them.
Well, good thing I didn’t have an OMG HOOJ purple vibrating dildo in there, zed.
THAT would’ve been embarrassing!
I stopped frequenting downtown when pistols became de rigeur.
Got to think that someday he will assault the wrong person; my daughter’s sensei looks like Matthew Perry after a drinking binge but has 2 black belts…
I’m thinking you’d have been pushed through the line a little more quickly though.
and I’m reminded of a movie quote…
http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages…
Narrator: Was it ticking?
Airport Security Officer: Actually throwers don’t worry about ticking ’cause modern bombs don’t tick.
Narrator: Sorry, throwers?
Airport Security Officer: Baggage handlers. But, when a suitcase vibrates, then the throwers gotta call the police.
Narrator: My suitcase was vibrating?
Airport Security Officer: Nine times out of ten it’s an electric razor, but every once in a while…
[whispering]
Airport Security Officer: it’s a dildo. Of course it’s company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo… always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.
Narrator: I don’t own…
[Officer waves Narrator off]
True story: a fantasia or whatever party rep told a bunch of us who were attending one of their parties to take the batteries out of your vibrator if you check your luggage if you travel because one of her friend didn’t and it accidently turned on and she had to de-plane and they had to go through her luggage.
Heh.
It might have something to do with looks P.K, but it might also have something to do with the fact that we are just decent. Instead of huffing and puffing about being in line and having to show our I.D’s, whilst cursing every other person out in line and talking about the heat your boyfriend packs, we actually say hello.
But I could be wrong 😛
That too — I’ve always had fun in the line ups to get into clubs! Usually I’m pretty drunk at that point and there are some cool ass people who are also drunk usually milling around… The lineup to get into the club on NYE 2010 was EPIC. NGF can attest to that.
Bouncers in la ville de quebec also seemed to not have an issue with me and my crew, either. Mind you, there’s usually no cover in those clubs (but the drink prices are higher) and there aren’t many line ups but still.
Only time a bouncer was an asshole to me and my friends was at the Castle when we were on the “no cover” list because we were technically a pub crawl bachelorette party…frig he was SUCH a fucktard to me. Like it was a big deal to get into the Castle for free at 10pm. It’s not a big deal to get into the Castle at ANY time ffs.
I go to this place where drinks are cheap, no bouncers and no lineups to the bathroom. HOME! But the female occupant doesn’t wait on me. No tip for her.
“greeting the trains at Birkenau.” LMFAO!
I honestly haven’t had many horrible experiences with bouncers, just an uncomfortable feeling from seeing their crazy eyes that they’re thinking of dismembering me and dissolving me in acid.
ah true love….
at first respite…
To clarify, this was at a ‘gay-friendly’ bar, not the one you’ve been discussing. I had already been in, left and was actually returning with a few friends and approached the bouncer in the “returning” line. He waived the guy in front of us in and looked at me, so I assumed he meant me as well. Not a big issue and I wasn’t annoyed or upset about him getting my attention until he took it too far.
I’ve gone there for years and never had an issue with any of the other door staff. In fact, I’ve frequented most of the bars downtown over the years and never had a problem.
After speaking with the manager about it, I was told they’ve had a number of complaints about this guy specifically and will “deal with it accordingly”. I assume this means his share of coke won’t be as much as the others this week. That’s what they’re using our obnoxiously high cover charge to pay for, right? It’s obviously not to fix up the bathrooms.