To the bouncer last night that decided it was a great idea to put me in a headlock…FUCK YOU! All you had to do was ask me to drink my beer behind the red fucking line again…I was drinking you fucking fool, I forgot about the line!! But no instead you had to pretend you were GSP and act all tuff. Good job, random acts of violence in front of my 53 year old mother…who was on vacation visiting me from BC. YOUR A DOUCHE BAG!
—Pissed off patron
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2009.
I don’t understand the relevancy of your mother’s age.
You should have been told to get out. The headlock was perhaps unnecessary unless you were being an asshole.
If I was your mother I would have said ‘Give him a noogie while you’re at it.’
If this was at a bar and grill by robie, it doesn’t surprise me. Me and my mom were up there one night for karaoke (yeah that’s right!) and my mom fell asleep and long story short the night ended with my 53 year old mother being put in a headlock and dragged outside. The guys up there are assholes on a power trip. My mom had bruises all over her but the bouncer had a broken nose.
One of the first bitches I ever posted was about witnessing an outright assault on a happy drunk guy who wandered onto the stage in=between acts. The guy was pushed backwards off the stage by the oh-so-powerful-and-important bouncer. The sound that guys head made hitting the dance floor was sickening. Mr Testosterone dragged the unconscious and not-happy-anymore drunk to the front of the bar by his pant leg while the poor guy’s unconscious head bounced of chairs, table legs and the floor.
All these muscle bound tough guys stand there and watch! I’m appalled! (I’m also new to Nova Scotia at the time and still think it’s got friendly people in it.) The guy was unconscious and the bouncer is screaming at him (with his hands) to go the last 4 feet out of the bar. There are strong men all around us but they don’t care! This is the “normal” treatment of people in this town! I’m all of 100 lbs but put myself between the guy and the bouncer pointing out how the man is unconscious thanks to the him and HE CAN’T HEAR YOU! Right around then the guy wakes up. Out of nowhere a “friend” appears to collect his friend and put him in cab.
It’s been an interesting awakening but I’m awake enough now to invite mom for a dinner party because I’m not letting the Scotians have at her “out there.”
Instead of stepping in you should have called the police.
Yes, I should have. I didn’t send a Nova Scotian to jail my first night out. myBad
Again? So this wasn’t the first time you were told about the rules. The headlock may have been extreme but chances are you were a mouthy little prick. There’s more to this.
kay, you full of kay and didn’t do shit!
The bouncers in Halifax are soooo extreme. They over-react to everything, and are like big bullies abusing their power. I was talking about this the other day with people, and everybody had a story about a fcking Halifax bouncer.
A few years ago I was thrown out of a local bar for nothing. I walked up to the door, showed my ID, paid my cover, walked up to the bar, bought a drink, turned around and got thrown out, with no explanation given. And yes, that is the entire story. I was fortunate enough to be watching a certain reality TV show about fighters a couple of years later and got to see the asshole bouncer that threw me out for no reason get his ass kicked on that show. It was fantastic.
What is this mysterious red line?
Ha, was it “Real Deal” Ryan Jimmo, NW?
all the more reason to support more of a pub style experience…
bars can suck my greasy nut sweat.
i love the bw @ almon and windsor but was hoping they would build a rovers return…ahhh lime and lager
greasy, eh, zZz? heh.
I think I hold a record for being one of the only people to have gotten kicked out of the former Peel Pub (now Bubba Ray’s), but yeah, I totally deserved it. I’d say more, but it was pretty embarassing. Hey at least I admit I deserved it!
OK, it wasn’t that bad really, just, uhh… puking all over the men’s washroom and my friend kicking the door in on my face, then us fighting in the bathroom. Classy classy classy!
Maybe we should all start wearin’ steel-toed sneakers to the bars for some shin ‘n’ ass kickin’!
How about doing something novel, like say, behave yourself and follow the rules.