Refused entry and evacuated

How not to gain entry to a venue:

Sometimes people do stupid things after only a little amount of alcohol. Starting a fight while standing in line is a simple way to end up being excluded from a venue. Decide to take a swing at a Bouncer who is trying to maintain your safety is another way.

Turning up, even if you are a regular, with more liquid on your outside than inside tells the Bouncer you have a coordination problem. Meaning you keep missing your mouth probably because you are too intoxicated.

Being the opposite sex and telling the doorman that he is so cute, when you are about 20 years his junior, and you are swaying from side to side might make him feel good for a moment, but we can tell when its alcohol talking. Rest assured, after enough booze everyone looks cute.

Standing in a dry zone drinking in front of the doorman a can of grog means you get to wait in line for 20 minutes to be told, your breaking the law so I can’t let you in.

Cue jumping is the most amusing event from unruly patrons. Bouncers like myself tend to watch these people and when they get to the front of the line we ignore them until they start asking questions. Then we tell them to go to the back of the line and start again.

All these events happened tonight, but the greatest I save for last.

Forty five minutes until closing time and our CO2 alarm activated. All hands on deck to evacuate the building, and within a few minutes it was empty – incident free.

~ by bouncermemoirs on July 12, 2009.