Night clubs and cloakrooms...

gaz wac

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

Steve_o

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

Yea all the clubs in Laois have started doing this aswell... I think its aimed at reducing the amount of places someone can hides drugs etc. its a pain in the b*ll*cks tbh!

Reganio 2

Makes sense, stops the drugs getting in, although if they want them in they will get them in.
Also I have seem some stupid people put their coats on the chair next to them and I and I havve seen other people go over and say, "Can I have that chair mate" and they say no someone's sitting there and not 1 person sat in that chair all night. Also people that put coats on the floor and it accidently gets pushed out into the walking space and someone falls on it. Never seen someone fall but have seen them stumble.

But yeah its a pain to people just flying in for a min.
Should have just thrown your jacket in your car.

Wertz

Steve_o wrote: »

its a pain in the b*ll*cks tbh!

That'll be the bag of pills that you used to keep in your jacket pocket then...:pac:

Seriously though, I'd also consider this another way to make money....been a fair while since I was in an Irish nightclub (and will be a fair while until I'm in one again too), but isn't it like €3+ to hang a coat? If it's mandatory, then that's an extra 20% or more on the door take...

[edit] lol stops the drugs getting in? You'd want to be some dimwit to be taking contraband into a club in your feckin' jacket...

spadder

In fairness, you would want to be off your trolley to go in there anyway.

Steve_o

Wertz wrote: »

That'll be the bag of pills that you used to keep in your jacket pocket then...:pac:

:rolleyes:

Wertz wrote: »

Seriously though, I'd also consider this another way to make money....been a fair while since I was in an Irish nightclub (and will be a fair while until I'm in one again too), but isn't it like €3+ to hang a coat? If it's mandatory, then that's an extra 20% or more on the door take...

Its €2 in most places i've been, and if you lose your ticket you generally have to wait until everyone else has gotten their jacket... its an awful awful system that more often than not ends in some girl roaring abuse at the guy behind the counter for losing her jacket, which makes the waiting time even longer!!

Sherifu

More money for the club, leave your jacket at home whenever possible.

taidghbaby

Steve_o wrote: »

Yea all the clubs in Laois have started doing this aswell... I think its aimed at reducing the amount of places someone can hides drugs etc. its a pain in the b*ll*cks tbh!

?? push the drugs too far up you arse??

spadder

taidghbaby wrote: »

?? push the drugs too far up you arse??

Steve_o

taidghbaby wrote: »

?? push the drugs too far up you arse??

:rolleyes: I guess that's what i get for not being clear on AH.....

Wertz

Steve_o wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Its €2 in most places i've been, and if you lose your ticket you generally have to wait until everyone else has gotten their jacket... its an awful awful system that more often than not ends in some girl roaring abuse at the guy behind the counter for losing her jacket, which makes the waiting time even longer!!

Why the :rolleyes: out of curiousity? The clubs making more money part? Wouldn't be that much of a shock now would it?

Last time I was in a club round these parts (3-4 yrs ago) it was 3 quid to hang your coat/bag/whatever...I'd have to assume that it's risen in the meantime, in line with everything else.
As for lost tickets, read in some recent thread where in some places they finger print scan you and put the tag on the article, I assume to stop people finding said ticket and claiming the article themselves...and probably to speed up the returns at the end of the night...

Steve_o

Wertz wrote: »

Why the :rolleyes: out of curiousity? The clubs making more money part? Wouldn't be that much of a shock now would it?

Last time I was in a club round these parts (3-4 yrs ago) it was 3 quid to hang your coat/bag/whatever...I'd have to assume that it's risen in the meantime, in line with everything else.
As for lost tickets, read in some recent thread where in some places they finger print scan you and put the tag on the article, I assume to stop people finding said ticket and claiming the article themselves...

The :rolleyes: was for the first thing you said about the bag of pills...I agree with everything else you said!

nevaeh-2die-4

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

Dont back answer a bouncer unless u want to be scrapping ur face off the ground.

Wertz

Feckin' hell, can't even have a craic on AH on a monday afternoon no more...

taidghbaby

Steve_o wrote: »

:rolleyes: I guess that's what i get for not being clear on AH.....

after 2320 odd posts it was a rookie mistake!

biko

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

Leave jacket in car.
Don't drink and drive.

Steve_o

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

Dont back answer a bouncer unless u want to be scrapping ur face off the ground.

I think we have a bouncer here... an angry one at that!!!

taidghbaby wrote: »

after 2320 odd posts it was a rookie mistake!

/shakes head in disgust!:D

Karoma

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

Dont back answer a bouncer unless u want to be scrapping ur face off the ground.

As you've been told in other threads: Enough textspeak.



OP: Yes; it's reasonably common practice. I doubt there's a law in existence. Bouncers will tell you it's for H&S or to help prevent drug sales. It's to earn the club money more often than not. Thread titled changed to something more generic. Also, why didn't you just throw your jacket in the car?

gaz wac

"Leave jacket in car.
Don't drink and drive."

I was having a coke and it was raining, common sense to bring the jacket:P

Honey-ec

Total money-spinner. We had absolute ructions with the staff in one club who have a "must check bags" policy. We had one girl with, erm, "feminine hygiene products" with her and another who's an insulin-dependant diabetic and they were told that they'd just have to carry their stuff around with them for the night.

They finally agreed to allow one bag in - how big of them!

gaz wac

OP here,

The same night, my friend who only had one leg and is on crutches was denied entry as "health and safety" dont allowe crutched, he ended up having to ring the guards who came down and made sure he got in!! :mad:

Niamho!

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

was gonna go there Sat but que was too long. i was only there once b4 and i did think it strange that they told us to put our coats in. but they didnt tell the girls that came in after, they were Cardigans though....

Claire121

I was once kicked out of a club for refusing to put my coat in a cloakroom, as I was about to leave!!

Myself and a few friends were in this place, it was really quiet as we'd gone very early on a weeknight for a few drinks. We all brought our coats in, no hassle, sat there for a few hours, then around 11 we decided to head off. I had to go to the bathroom first, and took my coat with me as I had something I needed in the pocket (girlie thing :rolleyes:). A bouncer then said I had to put my coat in the cloakroom. I said 'oh no, I'm just about to leave'. He said it again, I assumed there was a misunderstanding, and said 'no, I'm heading off now, I'm just going to the bathroom first'. He said I had to put it in, and pay 2 euro. I thought he was messing, and laughed and he started going 'nobody laughs at me, get out' and kicked me out because I refused to pay 2 euro to hang up my coat for 5 minutes! He then started insulting me and physically grabbed me and threw me towards the door! It was absolutely unbelievable - I've never had a fight/argument/anything in my life. Pure power trip.

Frisbee

Just dont bring a jacket out with you...

I never do, even in the middle of winter like, too much hassle queueing up at the start and end of your night...

Wertz

gaz wac wrote: »

OP here,

The same night, my friend who only had one leg and is on crutches was denied entry as "health and safety" dont allowe crutched, he ended up having to ring the guards who came down and made sure he got in!! :mad:

:rolleyes:

Used to be way back when this country wasn't the moneygrabbing sh*thole it's turned into, that someone on crutches or in a wheelchair would be let in to many clubs at no charge.
Health and safety my arse...obviously since the guy is already half legless, he wouldn't be buying enough drink...

Phlann

Jesus. Why are pubs and nightclubs able to get away with so much in this country? Surely if it's now mandatory to leave in your coat the club should provide the service free of charge?

This ranks up there with charging more for drinks later in the night.

nevaeh-2die-4

Karoma wrote: »

As you've been told in other threads: Enough textspeak.
?

Sweet Jasus

What’s the big deal, totally over reacting?

Its not as if the words I used in text speech were unreadable & hard to figure out.

It’s only merely just writing fast, it’s hardly a crime.

stop nit picking at the slightest of things.

(im asuming now cause i answerd a mod back, the reaction will be a banning just to let the fellow posters know whos boss)

Phlann

Don't back-answer a mod unless you want to be scraping your face off the ground

nevaeh-2die-4

ha ha mod justice

Heisenberg.

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Claire121

No unfortunately not a joke. The place I got kicked out off is in the city centre and would be well known.

Heisenberg.

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SantryRed

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

Sweet Jasus

What’s the big deal, totally over reacting?

Its not as if the words I used in text speech were unreadable & hard to figure out.

It’s only merely just writing fast, it’s hardly a crime.

stop nit picking at the slightest of things.

(im asuming now cause i answerd a mod back, the reaction will be a banning just to let the fellow posters know whos boss)

You're trying to act smart but in all fairness all you're doing is being an arsehole.

nevaeh-2die-4

SantryRed wrote: »

You're trying to act smart but in all fairness all you're doing is being an arsehole.

Shut your mouth stop thinking your a mod.

Sam Vimes

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

Sweet Jasus

Whats the big deal, totally over reacting?

Its not as if the words I used in text speech were unreadable & hard to figure out.

Its only merely just writing fast, its hardly a crime.

stop nit picking at the slightest of things.

(im asuming now cause i answerd a mod back, the reaction will be a banning just to let the fellow posters know whos boss)

text speak is banned by the charter, and is very annoying. Arguing with a mod on thread is also banned by the charter. I suggest you read the charter

marco murphy

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

You are mad to pay in if you're going soon. Or maybe yore rich

Wertz wrote: »

That'll be the bag of pills that you used to keep in your jacket pocket then...:pac:

Seriously though, I'd also consider this another way to make money....been a fair while since I was in an Irish nightclub (and will be a fair while until I'm in one again too), but isn't it like €3+ to hang a coat? If it's mandatory, then that's an extra 20% or more on the door take...

[edit] lol stops the drugs getting in? You'd want to be some dimwit to be taking contraband into a club in your feckin' jacket...

I agree. Money money

kowloon

Clubs are evil taking our money away like that, damn them and their so called free enterprise!

Vertigo100

I work in a nighclub and a big one at that and there is no law stating that customers have to put bags or jackets into d cloakroom.

Wertz

kowloon wrote: »

Clubs are evil taking our money away like that, damn them and their so called free enterprise!

No-one expects anything for nothing, but if I go to go into a club and it says something like "€15 door tax" or whatever, but I then enter to find that I cannot proceed onwards without first depositing my clothing/bag and being additionally charged for same, I just think that it's a sneaky way of charging me extra.
If it's so vital to the running of the establishment, be it for security, health and safety or whatever, then make it part of the overall entry fee and issue patrons with one hanger each. But no, much easier to do it this way...especially when you can earn some nice tax free coinage (not saying all clubs do this)...

This system smacks to me of airlines charging you extra for checked luggage (who honestly neeeds to take luggage when they travel?) or for booking online using a CC (how the hell else do you pay for stuff online?)

CantGetNoSleep

There are clubs in Laois? WTF

Back on topic, rip off!

CantGetNoSleep

Steve_o wrote: »

Yea all the clubs in Laois have started doing this aswell... I think its aimed at reducing the amount of places someone can hides drugs etc. its a pain in the b*ll*cks tbh!

There are clubs in Laois? WTF

Back on topic, rip off!

Run_to_da_hills

Good tip for someone wishing to avoid the e2 cloakroom charge and the long q's, bring a black bin liner with you, put your coat into the bin liner and place it in a builders skip or wheely bin near the venue, the chances of the skip or wheely bin being removed on a saturday night is slim. you can get your jacket back on the way home.

Dun laoire

gaz wac wrote: »

Went into Club Nassau on saturday night to meet friends and was only staying for one as I had the car outside. Bouncer stops me and tells me to Q up and put my jacket into the cloakroom, (15 mins wait) I said I didnt want to cos by the time I qued up, ill be going. Told me I had to or I wouldnt be getting in!! :eek:

Is this a new rule that you have to put your jacket in for "health and safety" reasons?:mad:

Was a warm enough evening to be fair fella, you should have just left it at home. Was in there myself Saturday night celebrating my 30th (Yay me!!), what a sweat box though.

Holsten

Chances of remembering jacket in bin after a heavy night in a club - Zero.

taidghbaby

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Good tip for someone wishing to avoid the e2 cloakroom charge and the long q's, bring a black bin liner with you, put your coat into the bin liner and place it in a builders skip or wheely bin near the venue, the chances of the skip or wheely bin being removed on a saturday night is slim. you can get your jacket back on the way home.

good tip?????? :eek:

crazy man you are

GrumPy

I never pay to get my jacket minded unless I am out with the lads. Just get the gf to throw it over her handbag :pac:

Never got forced by a bouncer to use a cloakroom though, that's kinda gay tbh.

The Mighty Ken

There's no law stating that a club or pub has the right to demand that you put your jacket or bag into the cloakroom. They certainly can't make you pay to do so after you've already paid your admission fee; that's an absolute scam. Just refuse and if they ask you to leave, make sure you get your admission back and boycott the place. What a joke.

Run_to_da_hills

taidghbaby wrote: »

good tip?????? :eek:

crazy man you are

I use to do the same in Barcelona a few years ago when I was taking things I shouldn't. THe clubs would charge e4 each for 250ml bottles of mineral water. Would get a few large bottle of the same water for less than a euro each at Hipercore and hide near outside the venue, The bouncers would then allow me out for fresh air, once out i would gulp a few mouthfulls and fill a couple of smaller bottles and sneak them back in, would easily save up to 30 a night. I wouldnt drink any of the bottles if any of the seals were broken.

JangoFett

Stopping drugs getting in my ass!!
Its a money spinner, they charge anywhere between €1 and €5 to "mind" your jacket, its bull****

Steve_o

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

There are clubs in Laois? WTF

Back on topic, rip off!

No but our barn dances can get outta hand every so often, so thats why jackets are banned, in case they are used as a weapon, ya know they can be thrown pretty hard when filled with grain of different sorts....

:rolleyes:

Run_to_da_hills

JangoFett wrote: »

Stopping drugs getting in my ass!!
Its a money spinner, they charge anywhere between €1 and €5 to "mind" your jacket, its bull****

They might stop lads bring in bars but it's not going to stop pills :rolleyes: