Bouncers

Paris · Sep 5, 2013

Tis grim up north. Man, the kind of C4 documentary the Daily Mail would dine out on - 'Broken, binge drinking Britain'.

Who the hell would want to be a doorman at a hole like that?

Mortal :whisky:

Ernest · Sep 6, 2013

Scared me to death especially that 16 year old girl

Phat Baz 68 · Sep 6, 2013

Paris said:
Tis grim up north. Man, the kind of C4 documentary the Daily Mail would dine out on - 'Broken, binge drinking Britain'.

Who the hell would want to be a doorman at a hole like that?

Mortal

I worked on doors in East London for 3 years !!
Never really had that many problems they were far more intent on killing each other really !!

GingerBeerMan · Sep 6, 2013

Worth watching? Might 4od it.

METALMICKY · Sep 6, 2013

Why would anyone ever want to be a bouncer? I am struggling think of a positive motivation.

DanielT · Sep 6, 2013

Couldn't pass the army medical?

Trufflehound · Sep 6, 2013

METALMICKY said:
Why would anyone ever want to be a bouncer? I am struggling think of a positive motivation.

You'd get a regular stroking from Mrs Mangel.

brightonrock · Sep 6, 2013

I have sympathy for bouncers to an extent, as they do have to deal with every manner of dickhead, without the powers the police have. Having said that I've never seen a group of policemen standing over a drunk putting the boot in. It's a tough job, just a shame half those that do it are sociopaths who seem to genuinely revel in the aggro as an excuse to get their roid-induced rocks off.

Paris · Sep 6, 2013

GingerBeerMan said:
Worth watching? Might 4od it.

I'd say so.

The Quay looked like the Patcham Indian Cottage had been transformed(and teleported) into a club...in Blyth.

Some doormen seem to get a reasonable amount of female attention. I doubt you could have a normal relationship whilst working unsociable hours, with certain women throwing themselves at you after hours. Certainly not worth all the hassle and poor wages.

turienzo's lovechild · Sep 6, 2013

was this the one based in newcastle? the bouncers up there were generally alright in my experience. Far better than their Brighton counterparts

KingstonSeagull · Sep 6, 2013

Bouncers around my way are all on a power trip for that one slight amount of power they have over that one establishment!

greyseagull · Sep 6, 2013

I particularly enjoyed the moment the (very) drunk man stumbled and landed in the road......on his head

Kumquat · Sep 6, 2013

I interviewed some bouncers in Liverpool as part of a book i'm writing. Caught the second half of the programme last night and it was eerily familiar to what they told me. Got some great stories from it. Interesting how when drugs came along and doormen had to start getting registered the culture changed.

Lankyseagull · Sep 6, 2013

greyseagull said:
I particularly enjoyed the moment the (very) drunk man stumbled and landed in the road......on his head

That was a bit of a low-light of the programme, especially the hollow 'clunk' his head made as it hit the Tarmac. They could see he was completely incapable of walking and still tried to send him on his way, then had to deal with him until the ambulance got there. He was out cold and ended up with a fractured eye socket.

Mind you, as said above, the 16 y.o. was scary. I wonder if she's got anywhere with suing the shoe manufacturer?!

Biscuit · Sep 6, 2013

I decided not to watch after the bouncer of the advert was explaining 'how they do the work of the police.'

That sums bouncers up really. Power crazy.

Paris · Sep 6, 2013

Kumquat said:
I interviewed some bouncers in Liverpool as part of a book i'm writing. Caught the second half of the programme last night and it was eerily familiar to what they told me. Got some great stories from it. Interesting how when drugs came along and doormen had to start getting registered the culture changed.

A few years back when i used to go clubbing in Brighton you always knew certain doormen were aware of dealers doing the rounds in their club. 'Better the devil you know' was probably their school of thought. Other motivations as well, possibly.

Kumquat · Sep 6, 2013

Paris said:
A few years back when i used to go clubbing in Brighton you always knew certain doormen were aware of dealers doing the rounds in their club. 'Better the devil you know' was probably their school of thought. Other motivations as well, possibly.

That is true and I did get told that, but I was actually referring to the reaction of people on drugs as opposed to alcohol. Several bouncers told me that they could deal easily with pissed people wanting to take them on, but those on drugs (and it depended what drug they were on) would just keep fighting and keep coming back.

Paris · Sep 6, 2013

Kumquat said:
That is true and I did get told that, but I was actually referring to the reaction of people on drugs as opposed to alcohol. Several bouncers told me that they could deal easily with pissed people wanting to take them on, but those on drugs (and it depended what drug they were on) would just keep fighting and keep coming back.

Thats interesting. I would have thought a person on drugs i.e ecstasy would be wanting to hug a bouncer not thump them. Like you say, i guess it depends on the substance of choice. I've never taken acid. I always thought a person who was pissed up was more of a threat. I suppose some people mix it all together as well :smokin:

upthealbion1970 · Sep 6, 2013

Kumquat said:
That is true and I did get told that, but I was actually referring to the reaction of people on drugs as opposed to alcohol. Several bouncers told me that they could deal easily with pissed people wanting to take them on, but those on drugs (and it depended what drug they were on) would just keep fighting and keep coming back.

Pissed people are usually easier to deal with because they show warning signs and danger signs plenty of time before swinging a punch. Compare that to someone on speed or coke who can't stay still and have bundles of energy combined with getting very agitated very quickly. I always preferred talking people down wherever possible tbh.

HastingsSeagull · Sep 6, 2013

Sounds like might be worth a gander

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