NiCkNaMe said:
Mate, in the vast majority of circumstances bounchers are those scum that left school at 16 with no life expectations, realising that they'd always be at the bottom of the ladder.
They get a little bit of power and think they need to exert it over others because they're embaressed at their lack of worth. Same goes with a lot of the police force.
Let me guess you regularly have run ins with them?
Actually that proves what kind of idiots we have to put up with
The guys I work with (yes I am a bouncer or as it's properly known a door supervisor registered with the SIA) are for the most part, good humoured, and easy going, mostly as a second job, and if you knew anything about the changes recently, you'd understand that it's now approximately four hundred pounds to train, sit exams, and register for the qualification.
you didn't mention anything about dress codes, which can change after x time, as for ID, it should always be a photoID, i'd never accept anything less than one of the following:
To the OP
At the end of the day (or night), I appreciate it is a spoiler for your night out, but for the sake of 10 quid, or one of the top 3, your being an idiot for not carrying ID, especially when if you can get ID'd there, the potential is to get ID'd in tesco for your own home drinking.
For getting halfway to the bar, that's pretty easy if you slip past while a bouncer is IDing some other group
it can happen quite regularly. Dress code is also a quick and simple way to refuse entry to someone who doesn't look particularly desirable, ie, work clothes, in a group that looks a little rowdy coming up the road etc. I'm not saying that this is the case, but it's one of the simplest filters, it also saves a situation turning into a potential conflict due to "sorry mate, but because you were ****** and blinding, and your buddies think it's fun to bounce of cars i'm not going to let you in" it's a lot easier to say "sorry guys, no tracksuit trousers allowed" And it's something which isn't a negotiation. remember that we're there to keep a flow of people into the place. I avoid a lot of hassle just by being polite and not making someone feel silly/small in front of their mates.
The door is the first place we can filter people who would be likely to be disruptive, anti-social or a risk to other customers/bar staff/security. Then there are roving groups inside the venue, who have between 45 mins and an hour in each area, and they also will pick up on people who are for example, having a few too many and falling asleep/falling about the place.
We've got umpteen night clubs in the area, all with different standards of dress on different days, for example, there's goth nights, hardcore nights (trakkies allowed), and more conventional RnB type nights too. It's a pain to administer, but if someone is inappropriately dressed, what's the point of trying to ID someone? Behaviour approaching the pub/Dress Code/ID would be the order i'd be assessing someone.
Sorry it's slightly jumbled in terms of order, but i'm trying to sort some other things out at the same time so not typed it all in one go
HTH
- fair enough though.
and anytime i'm not working, if there's an event on, we get to go in for free 
