Working the doors
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SB118 said:
Thats good......still wont change the mentality of a lot of them. They will be even more smug by thinking they have a license to beat people up.
I would like to point out that Im not slating all doorman, only the bad ones, of which there are way too many. The good ones are decent people that do their job professionally.
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Anyone up for a pint at Y3k's pub and starting a pagga ?
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Good luck to the man. Working the doors in Swansea can't be the best job in the World. Don't think i've ever seen a 'quiet' door on the Kingsway.
Hope it's not Quids.
ps anyone know what bar has clothed (bikinis/lengerie) pole dancers in it? Been a while since ive been that way and was worth a visit.
Hope it's not Quids.
ps anyone know what bar has clothed (bikinis/lengerie) pole dancers in it? Been a while since ive been that way and was worth a visit.
NitrogenY3K said:
indeed, talk them out / walk them out.
dont be fooled by only 2 doorstaff being needed, i used to work the door on the swnsea road club (in merthyr), only ever 2 of us, but it was a mental area with mental punters. place had bars on the windows and main door, it was burnt down in the end.
just stay calm in any situation and use your head before lunging into anything. try to remain passive and only be involved as and when needed. spotting something early and having a quiet word is a lot easier than dragging 4+ people fighting out of the doors :]
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Von Smallhausen said:Anyone up for a pint at Y3k's pub and starting a pagga ?
Come on down to swansea in the summer, I should be working down there then, should be fun
Went well last night anyway, boring actually nothing happened. Except for the 1 person who thought he was rambo.
worked the doors for 9 years mate,and loved it. best advice i can give you is treat people how you like to be treated yourself, never back down to anyone and a saying ive always used is its easy to knock someone back at the door that may be a potential problem than drag them 20 feet back out knocking drink everywhere. try and be proactive and dont just react to a fight stop it happening before it happens
also work with the police whenver possible and be proffesional. thankfully there are very few idiots on the door now and if they are they will be poorly paid and working at the rubbish venues
also work with the police whenver possible and be proffesional. thankfully there are very few idiots on the door now and if they are they will be poorly paid and working at the rubbish venues
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Working a big weekend on saturday now, im working in Yates In cardiff, 11am-11pm going to be a long day i have never done a 12hour shift before.
Should be quite an interesting experience though being in the capital on a very busy saturday.
So if any of you are in yates make my job easy, and behave
Should be quite an interesting experience though being in the capital on a very busy saturday.
So if any of you are in yates make my job easy, and behave
NitrogenY3K said:Come on down to swansea in the summer, I should be working down there then, should be fun
Went well last night anyway, boring actually nothing happened. Except for the 1 person who thought he was rambo.
Did he have a red bandanna and hunters knife?
In my experience, all (1) of the doormen I've seen have been egotistical, and on power trips.
I was walking through town with a few friends about 6 months back, and there was one at Sainsbury's who wouldn't let a woman in 15 minutes before closing time.
There were loads of us standing around watching the whole scene - some 60 year old woman who was about a foot taller than your average mouse was arguing with a 6'8" guy in a black suit. She kept threatening him by saying she would write letters to get him fired if he didn't let her in.
His response was "Go ahead, see if I care, maam." He was taunting her. He seemed to enjoy everyone watching him argue with someone who was totally powerless compared to him; his alternative to smoking weed or something.
When the guy who closed the shop doors was about a metre away, the guy said "You win, you can go in." The poor woman was furious.
After reading that, I'm not so sure he worked there, and that is probably why he acted as he did. Come to think of it, that's the only time I've seen a doorman at Sainsbury's...
I was walking through town with a few friends about 6 months back, and there was one at Sainsbury's who wouldn't let a woman in 15 minutes before closing time.
There were loads of us standing around watching the whole scene - some 60 year old woman who was about a foot taller than your average mouse was arguing with a 6'8" guy in a black suit. She kept threatening him by saying she would write letters to get him fired if he didn't let her in.
His response was "Go ahead, see if I care, maam." He was taunting her. He seemed to enjoy everyone watching him argue with someone who was totally powerless compared to him; his alternative to smoking weed or something.
When the guy who closed the shop doors was about a metre away, the guy said "You win, you can go in." The poor woman was furious.
After reading that, I'm not so sure he worked there, and that is probably why he acted as he did. Come to think of it, that's the only time I've seen a doorman at Sainsbury's...