There are some jobs were gender does make a difference, and being a bouncer is one of them. Now I’m not saying that females cannot be bouncers or that they don’t do a good job, just that their gender makes a difference in the job.
Nightclub fights suck. They’re not cool, and you could get into a world of hurt. Sometimes you’ll get off on the wrong foot with a random at the club, and a fight may happen. Back in 2007, I was at a goth/metal club in Melbourne, whose name I won’t mention out of respect (and no one wants to get sued for defamation). The place doesn’t exist anymore anyway, but still.
Bouncers are that one person standing between you and your night out. Six-foot or taller and complete muscle, bouncers have the responsibility of selecting nightclubs patrons. Therefore, it is your duty to prove to these apes as to why you should be guaranteed entry.
Bouncers seem to have a bad reputation. Most of us have an anecdote that depicts bouncers in a less than flattering light. But when you think about it, they’ve got a pretty difficult job and have to put up with a lot of shit. Whereas there are cases of bouncers being completely in the wrong, if we were to take on their role, it wouldn’t be long before we began to empathise with their position.
Though I’m sure many bouncers out there would be fed up with the nightclub scene as it’s just work for them and not fun like it is for everyone else, plenty of them would love to go out and have a great night out too. They are human too (believe it or not). But like when having to deal with a bouncer at the door, there’s a lot of shit you have to put up from them when going clubbing with them too.
Are you like me, or so many party goers before you, who has had their night ended by some cocky bouncer throwing you outside to the curb? Then here’s some ammunition to use at your disposal the next time this happens.
If you’ve ever been clubbing, chances are you’ve been denied entry at least once in your lifetime (if you’re a guy then it’s probably happened more than that!). And we all know it’s no fun: you’re shoes are the wrong colour, you haven’t got enough girls in your group, you’re too short/fat/drunk, you’ve got visible tattoos, you’re not wearing heels, you’re not wearing
Over the weekend a friend of mine had a run in with a bouncer at Melbourne’s Crown Casino, where he innapropriately told the bouncer who wouldn’t let him in, that he should “send a message to his boss’s in his earpiece and tell them they are f**kwits”. It was pretty freakin’ hilarious at the time and the bouncer was a good bloke who made light of the situation
While many view bouncers as big boneheads, they certainly know what they are doing when dealing with drunken idiots who go around picking fights. They have been trained to handle rough situations with their fists, so don’t assume in your drunken stupor that you’re invincible and can easily bash the big muscly bouncer who works out
Most clubbers don’t care much for bouncers. While sometimes bouncers have genuine reasons to not let people in, many bouncers reject potential customers merely for their own amusement. In other words, to have a power trip. Making this worse are the ridiculous excuses they use to bar people from bars and nightclubs.