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[Gumpy]

in addition to my previous comment (and i appreiciate everyone being a bit nicer towards the lovely doorstaff at exodus) but if you throw drinks at people and take swings at the doorman, expect to get turffed out

[Jake Wifebeater]

Tuesday's trip to Wipe saw exemplary bouncer behaviour.

Originally Posted by Jake Spike

Tuesday's trip to Wipe saw exemplary bouncer behaviour.

wipe?

[RF Scott]

Originally Posted by Gumpy

in addition to my previous comment (and i appreiciate everyone being a bit nicer towards the lovely doorstaff at exodus) but if you throw drinks at people and take swings at the doorman, expect to get turffed out

What exactly is your point? This thread isn't about people saying "Last Tuesday I threw a pint at a bouncer then stabbed him in the face, and I GOT THROWN OUT! ITS RIDICULOUS!," is it? Its about a (hopefully) minority of cases where bouncers may have assaulted patrons, allegedly for doing nothing, or very little.

[Metarie]

The layout of Exodus doesn't really lend itself very well to effective bouncering though, does it? I mean, in Moshulu you can always worm your way through the crowds and have a fairly good view of what's going on, but in Exo there's just a seething mass of people, I've been right next to my friends and not been able to see them, so how the bouncers can pick someone out the crowd is anyone's guess.

Just thinking of Exo has actually made me slightly panicky, it's so busy *shudders*

[Jan Deal]

Originally Posted by Calum The Philosopher

Well this may come as a shock to most of you but the answer to the problem is , just don't go to exodus.

It will do yourself a lot of good.

That is all fine and well if you don't want to go out and possibly throw some shapes to some indie tunes, but unfortunately Exodus has a virtual monopoly as it is pretty much the only decent club in Aberdeen where you can hear good indie music.

And Exodus is really one of the strangest shaped clubs I've been too...

Originally Posted by RF Scott

where bouncers may have assaulted patrons, allegedly for doing nothing, or very little.

according to said patron...in a drinking establishment, who may or may not be more intoxicated that they believe themselves to be...we've all been there, realising you were much more drunk than you thought you were on a night out.

he said she said.

more often than not, it's not just a rash decision that bouncers take to throw someone out, having worked in bars myself with doorstaff, they often confer with eachother about the state of a customer, saying 'give him 10 more mintutes, if he doesn't calm down, get him out' etc.

to be honest, the bouncer in the 100% sober position with the various self-defence/first aid training would be who i'd believe, rather than some 18 year old oik, with one too many archers and lemonades down their neck getting rowdy because the latest "the" band have just been played.

admittedly there may be some instances where door staff ARE heavy handed, but in a place as busy every night of the week as exodus, it must be a pain in the arse for the bouncers to see some idiot pissed out their face stumbling around knocking into people etc, easier just to get them out and let in someone (from a mercenary business point of view) who is sober and will spend more money.

i think a more valid and concerning argument is the state of cleanliness of the place! the bar and club are disgusting, and from what i hear from friends, the beer is always suspect, flat or warm! maybe they need to close for a week or two to really sort the place out! obviously that will never happen, due to the amount of money that place must make...

but there are certain people (above the age of 18-19) who don't like going because it's a)very hot all the time b) generally not very clean c) too small a bar upstairs, therefore taking ages to be served..

those i think are more important issues than whatever drunken idiot got removed from the premises 2 weeks ago..

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by inc18457

i think a more valid and concerning argument is the state of cleanliness of the place! the bar and club are disgusting, and from what i hear from friends, the beer is always suspect, flat or warm! maybe they need to close for a week or two to really sort the place out! obviously that will never happen, due to the amount of money that place must make...

but there are certain people (above the age of 18-19) who don't like going because it's a)very hot all the time b) generally not very clean c) too small a bar upstairs, therefore taking ages to be served..

those i think are more important issues than whatever drunken idiot got removed from the premises 2 weeks ago..

YOu think the fact that the beer is warm is more important than the fact that I couldn't move my left arm for two days. I think we're reading off a different page here.

[Camie]

Originally Posted by inc18457

according to said patron...in a drinking establishment, who may or may not be more intoxicated that they believe themselves to be...we've all been there, realising you were much more drunk than you thought you were on a night out.

he said she said.

more often than not, it's not just a rash decision that bouncers take to throw someone out, having worked in bars myself with doorstaff, they often confer with eachother about the state of a customer, saying 'give him 10 more mintutes, if he doesn't calm down, get him out' etc.

to be honest, the bouncer in the 100% sober position with the various self-defence/first aid training would be who i'd believe, rather than some 18 year old oik, with one too many archers and lemonades down their neck getting rowdy because the latest "the" band have just been played.

admittedly there may be some instances where door staff ARE heavy handed, but in a place as busy every night of the week as exodus, it must be a pain in the arse for the bouncers to see some idiot pissed out their face stumbling around knocking into people etc, easier just to get them out and let in someone (from a mercenary business point of view) who is sober and will spend more money.

i think a more valid and concerning argument is the state of cleanliness of the place! the bar and club are disgusting, and from what i hear from friends, the beer is always suspect, flat or warm! maybe they need to close for a week or two to really sort the place out! obviously that will never happen, due to the amount of money that place must make...

but there are certain people (above the age of 18-19) who don't like going because it's a)very hot all the time b) generally not very clean c) too small a bar upstairs, therefore taking ages to be served..

those i think are more important issues than whatever drunken idiot got removed from the premises 2 weeks ago..

You idiot.
You are trying to say that it is more important that it is hot in the club(just like every other club in Aberdeen) and that the bar is too small.
Compared to a bouncer dragging clientelle down the stairs quite dangerously without any regard to safety you really don't know what you are talking about.

This is more than just "drunken idiots" - this thread would be closed if these were just people being too drunk.

[pogofish]

Originally Posted by inc18457

to be honest, the bouncer in the 100% sober position with the various self-defence/first aid training would be who i'd believe, rather than some 18 year old oik, with one too many archers and lemonades down their neck getting rowdy because the latest "the" band have just been played.

Don't jump to conclusions - Not all of us fit that picture.

For medical reasons, I have to watch it & rarely drink, yet I've had some bother.

Oh, I've not seen 18 for a wee while either!