Bar/Club Etiquette

Crazzy_Al

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Bar/Club Etiquette

So I was thinking about this matter while I was working this past weekend, and I thought I'd pass these thoughts of mine on...since most people these days are seriously lacking in common sense when it comes to this matter. Enjoy.

1.) If you're fat (or even worse yet, "morbidly obese") you have no business on the dance floor. Sit down and enjoy your likely high tolerance for booze and just get wasted and watch others "get down"

2.) If you have a mullet, stay away from the dance floor

3.) If you can't dance, or YOU think that you are a "good" dancer, chances are that you're not. Enter the dance floor at your own risk. But you have no right getting mad at the people gawking at you and your inability to hear the beat and be able to dance to it.

4.) The "Chicken dance" is not cool, not has it ever been, and it probably never will be. If you feel the need to dance "the chicken dance" crash a wedding and wait for this song to come on. This dance routine should NEVER be used on songs like "Shake that ass for me," by Eminem and Nate dogg.

5.) The same rules apply to dance routines like "The Hustle," "The Macarena," and the "Cha Cha Slide."

6.) If you have a penis, there is NO reason for you to be on the raised stage. GET THE **** DOWN!! You have no ****ing business up there.

7.) If you are a guy and you do feel the need to get your dumb ass up on the elevated stage, do NOT get mad at the bouncer who is nice enough to ASK you to get down. In most cases you'll probably get your big dumb ass ripped off the thing and probably hurt in one way or another. Instead, THANK the bouncer for asking you to get down and saving you the humiliation of people looking at you dance around like a ****in retard, while they laugh at your expense.

8.) If a bouncer asks you to leave...LEAVE!! Sticking around and trying to act tough will likely end up with your ass beat and laying in a cold, snowy, icy, parking lot on your face with your clothes and body ripped up and in bad shape. Having your buddies with you talking shit and getting loud only makes bouncers more angry and violent. The more of you they are, the harder the bouncers will hit. Much like the casino, the "HOUSE" always has the advantage. We're not there because we're weak and scared of people like you. We enjoy hurting people...and keeping peace, of course. ;) No one is impressed by your "tough guy" act. Truth be told, you're usually talked badly about by other patrons when your ass gets booted out the door.

9.) ALWAYS tip at least $1.00 a drink...MINIMUM. Doing so will help the bartender remember who you are and they will do their best to keep you from getting served last. Tipping your bullshit $.50 just pisses bartenders off. If you want to tip less than $1.00, keep your money. Chances are that you need it more than the bartender.

10.) If you ask for a waitress, shotgirl, bartender number, and in turn they ask for yours instead, you will not get a call. If you think you might be a nerd, chances are that you probably are. Write your number on at least a $5.00 bill and start praying. Anything short of this will guarantee you NOT getting a call back.

11.) If you think that one of the female staff might be "out of your league," she probably is. Go hit on the fat girl sitting at the table NEXT to the dance floor. She's lonely and looking for a good time.

12.) Larger ladies...the bouncers are NOT there for your enjoyment. We do not want to talk to about life, your ex-boyfriend, how drunk you and your other Shamoo friends are. We're there to work...not talk to you.

13.) Fine ladies...the bouncers ARE there for your enjoyment. Continue to come on up and talk to us, we enjoy your company. It helps the time go by when we have no one to throw out. **this rule does not apply to us married bouncers...we're just there to work** :lol:

14.) Hoodies are NEVER cool at the bar. Leave them at home and wear there when you're hanging out with Ja Rule and Xzibit.

15.) "Skullies" fall under the same rules and guidelines as "Hoodies."

16.) In regards to 4 foot long fake gold, and fake platinum chains. Don't wear them! We all know they're fake, don't bather. You are not LL Cool J and wearing shit like that just makes you look dumb. If you do wear them, and you're told to tuck it in, tuck it in. Otherwise, that chain might be later used as a rope, to drag your ass out of the bar, with. Again, you're not cool, "STOP FRONTIN!"

17.) You're not being discriminated against "because you're black." You're being discriminated against because you're wearing the wrong shit to our bar. The same rules apply to your "wanna be hood rich" honkie friends. Pulling the "race card" and causing a ruckus WILL lead to the evacuation of you and all of your friends...black or white. It doesn't matter, color is NOT an issue.

18.) MANDATORY COAT CHECK means just that, IT'S MANDATORY!!! Pay the $2.00 you cheap ****, or leave your shit in the Neon you drove to the bar in.

19.) It you're too drunk to stand, you're too drunk to spend one more second in our bar. Out you go, no questions asked.

20.) Tip well, be nice to the security (they WILL be nice to you), act as if you are in your own home, and all should be fine. Come and have a good time, but try not to ruin it for others around you.

I hope you all learn something from this. And yes, I did come up with all of this on my own, and YES, it's VERY slow at my day job right now. :lol:
 

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Seriously!!! These rules need to be posted out in front of every club/bar. It pisses me off when some places will let just anyone in the door. And sometimes I look at people and think "Did you even try to look good? Shit, did you even shower or just get off work at the local coal mine?!!" Quit being cheap at the club/bar!! If you want cheap drinks, go to your local grocery/liquor store!!!! Don't even think about going to a bar/club, unless your shirt at least has a collar. Period :beer:

I'm not even 21 yet and I know this much, it is nice to have friends who are bouncers :coolman: , and my sister was a bartender at a club for a while so I would hear funny stories pretty regularly.
 
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:sleeping: alot of good points, but i'm tired of the i'm a bouncer tough guy routine. i've seen plenty of bouncers get bounced. wearing a STAFF t-shirt doesn't make you a badass.
 

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some funny points there. i remember working at a local bar as the doorman. the house definately has the advantage. i could write a novel with all the dumb shit i saw and i worked there for less than two years--sober the whole time i worked-by choice
 

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I hate tough guy bouncers as well, but I realize that they have that attitude because they deal with dip####s every night. If they weren't pricks, or didn't enforce rules, the bar/club would be a zoo. Those rules are spot on though.
 

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Those of you who made the comment about bouncers being pricks and "getting bounced" themselves have a point. Sure, there is always someone badder than you. I have bounced at a few clubs, and have done it for a while now. I do it because I like the club scene, the wife can't complain too much if I'm at the bar working, and I am good at it. While some bouncers do have a chip on their shoulder, and think that the STAFF or SECURITY shirt makes them hard, we're not all like that. Keep in mind that MOST bouncers have to deal with a lot of shit before they actually throw someone out. I do have a hot temper, I can be very mean, and I hold my own VERY well, but at the same time, I'm very cool and polite to those who deserve that treatment...which is basically everyone...till they **** up. Then you're out the ****ing door. A head knod and/or a hand shake go a long way with the security. Hell, I've skipped out on tossing a few people out on their heads solely because they were polite enough to acknowledge my pressence when they walked in. I have ASKED a few people to leave after they got out of line because they showed some respect when they came in. I have also flown off the handle with a few people for much less severe actions because they walked into the place with the "I'm a mother ****in thug and I can't be ****ed with" attitude. Just a little kindness and respect go a long way. And every so often a good person get's involved in a fight that he may or may not have caused. What happens to that guy/girl because of those actions vary with the club, crowd, location, staff, etc. I like to think of myself and an "Ambassador of Peace"...not just a skull cracker. :lol: :D

Have I learned these from experience? Kind of. I have common sense, and plenty of it, but the thread I made here, was based off of shit I have seen others do over the years. I needed it to be out there for all of you to see...so that none of you do this dumb shit when you go out. :D

And yes, these are all my words, this was not copied and pasted from anywhere else. I think that it might be a good idea to print this out and post at every bar in the US...but who the hell would read all that? :D
 

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Crazzy_Al said:
...but who the hell would read all that? :D
You could staple it to the forehead of all the people you bounce out. That way they'd have a reading assignment before the next time they want to be idiots. Well written and should be taken to heart. Go out, have fun, respect begets respect and play well with others. Be well.
 

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PonyFever said:
You could staple it to the forehead of all the people you bounce out. That way they'd have a reading assignment before the next time they want to be idiots. Well written and should be taken to heart. Go out, have fun, respect begets respect and play well with others. Be well.

Good points. :D :rockon:
 

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