I'm pretty sure Chris Wilson is just trolling, or perpetually single.
As a long term veteran of the doors who paid a heavy price I've seen discussions of the profession like this many times before. Invariably it comes down to good, and bad apples etc. It's really not as simple as all that though. I worked a spectrum of venues over the years, some places where chill and the nice respectable doormen where very much appreciated. Other places, each night was like a god damned war zone. In those places you don't care if the guy your working with can verbally diffuse a situation you care about whether he can pull someone's arms and legs off and have your back when the next battle starts or when there's a group waiting for one of the lads to clock off and head home. There's regrettably a place and need for both types.
When running a door, I'd try and build a team that could do both. The problem is on any given night you don't know who you'll be sent as the managers move guys and girls around on a whim. Shirt fillers are a huge problem, especially thanks to the job centre pushing anyone and everyone they can through sia training. Whether I was renewing my badge or helping with more advanced training the quality of staff was on a steady decline. I always remember one guy who broke down in tears after failing the multiple choice exam the course tutor was giving people answers for who'd said he wanted to be a door supervisor and think he did briefly. Or a guy I affectionately nicknamed Bubbles who only stood his ground against girls half his size and would regularly go off for a cry because customers where mean to him. This absolute lemon did nothing but cause problems was complained about by the landlord regularly but repeatedly sent back to us, time and time again.
The sia was just a cash grab in my opinion, the industry needs serious reform. Door supervisors should be trained and selected to a similar level of that of CSOs as a minimum. They're there so the police don't have to be. It won't happen though because with that would come demand for much higher wages and proper employment etc.
As a long term veteran of the doors who paid a heavy price I've seen discussions of the profession like this many times before. Invariably it comes down to good, and bad apples etc. It's really not as simple as all that though. I worked a spectrum of venues over the years, some places where chill and the nice respectable doormen where very much appreciated. Other places, each night was like a god damned war zone. In those places you don't care if the guy your working with can verbally diffuse a situation you care about whether he can pull someone's arms and legs off and have your back when the next battle starts or when there's a group waiting for one of the lads to clock off and head home. There's regrettably a place and need for both types.
When running a door, I'd try and build a team that could do both. The problem is on any given night you don't know who you'll be sent as the managers move guys and girls around on a whim. Shirt fillers are a huge problem, especially thanks to the job centre pushing anyone and everyone they can through sia training. Whether I was renewing my badge or helping with more advanced training the quality of staff was on a steady decline. I always remember one guy who broke down in tears after failing the multiple choice exam the course tutor was giving people answers for who'd said he wanted to be a door supervisor and think he did briefly. Or a guy I affectionately nicknamed Bubbles who only stood his ground against girls half his size and would regularly go off for a cry because customers where mean to him. This absolute lemon did nothing but cause problems was complained about by the landlord regularly but repeatedly sent back to us, time and time again.
The sia was just a cash grab in my opinion, the industry needs serious reform. Door supervisors should be trained and selected to a similar level of that of CSOs as a minimum. They're there so the police don't have to be. It won't happen though because with that would come demand for much higher wages and proper employment etc.
guy was a full on ninja
