[quote]MementoMori wrote:
[quote]BruceLeeFan wrote:
[quote]MementoMori wrote:
Our bar last night again broke out in fighting. Our entire club in fact was in a state of anarchy, with a single bouncer present for the first half of it. This time I stayed behind the bar for fear of my stitches.
One of our bartenders and our bottle service guy jumped in to protect our patrons.
The House doesn’t always win Bodyguard, especially if you come to our bar. It was chaos. Least I wasn’t bottled this time! That being said, standing by and watching my friends risk their own safety while I stand behind the bar was VERY frustrating![/quote]
What the hell sort of bar do you work in?[/quote]
A student bar. However, sometimes some more thuggish people people come in, along with people of seedy reputation and unofficial business endeavours.
HM I know what you’re saying about a better bar, and my family certainly agrees. But unfortunately the money is very good, the best in the city, so I’m making a somewhat short sighted decision.
A big contributing issue to all of this is a change in Ontario Private Security Laws. Now bouncers need a government issued license, after passing a test and course. In other words it requires significant money, time and training to become or remain a bouncer. This stops many big guys from joining on a whim (as I’m sure many did on this forum). It also stopped many experienced bouncers from retaining their license, given this prohibitive nature. A third factor is our club’s proximity to Quebec.
Essentially all of our good bouncers either don’t want to renew their license and quit, or left to Quebec where licensing is not required and payment is made in cash.
On top of that very few new people are going through the hassle of training.
The result, compared to 6 months ago is: our security staff has shrunk in half in terms of numbers and girth. Our average bouncer is probably about 6’0 185 pounds… we only have 10-12 of them for a club of 1000 people… and they know they cannot be fired due to the labour shortage.
THANK YOU government of Ontario for ensuring my safety![/quote]
WTF.
another example of government being the total suck,
ridic.