Has anyone worked as a bouncer ?

[Jay Bee]

1 of my friends is a bouncer and keeps telling me to phone them up and work for them, the thing is im about 5'7 when all the other bouncer's i see are atleast 5'10. Do you have to be build like a huge tank to be a bouncer ?
oh i know about the card you have to get aswell.
leroy r u doin

[Marian]

There is no height limit but the truth is that unfortunately drunk people will try to pick on you more often than on 6ft guys in case of any conflict situation.

[carl2006]

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Originally Posted by Jay Bee 1 of my friends is a bouncer and keeps telling me to phone them up and work for them, the thing is im about 5'7 when all the other bouncer's i see are atleast 5'10. Do you have to be build like a huge tank to be a bouncer ? oh i know about the card you have to get aswell. leroy r u doin

Hey up,
i have worked as a bouncer(Door supervisor) for a couple of years on and off. you don't need to be built like a brick shit house however you will get more hassle then some of the big guy's. depending on the area you work depends on the extra equipment you need ie stab vest,box,shin pads,ect just check with someone who works at the venue or area you wish to work? Best of luck CM

[PSA]

Having done this role for extra money on the side whilst serving, i agree with the guys above,more importantly your conflict management and general demenour should be assertive with a touch of professional courtesy and dare i say it nice at times to the right parties.
Make sure you can handle your self because when it goes tits its can be you one on one with a variety of drunken or drugged bigger boys than you! then his mates steam in! All in all depending where you are it can be a good or equally shit environment to work in. Choose your venues carefully and get a feel for the local scum,befriend their head guys but never let them take the piss. On the flip in the past i have actually used this working friendship to disseminate a conflict before it escalates to violence ,by just asking the chief(so called) daddy to square it away. They feel important and you have less to worry about. Of course it can all backfire too. Good luck .

[FACSGC]

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Originally Posted by PSA Make sure you can handle your self because when it goes tits its can be you one on one with a variety of drunken or drugged bigger boys than you! then his mates steam in!

i had this the other week this huge giant coked up to his eyeballs - didnt liked being searched (more than likely finished it came out the gents came towards the door to the staires where i was throws a stool we grapple still got the radio but the earpiece and mike are dangling free somewhere - by this time my two collegues have left the gents seen whats happening and the biggest 23 stone just charges the guy into thje door frame we force him somehow onto the landing imon the left arm uber gorilla is on the left and head tries to get in where he can in the end he lifts him by the waist and we carry him downstairs - uber gorilla is 23stone and kicking out at 6' 3" and the punter was 2" minimum taller than our gorilla

[PSA]

Yep,told yah!

[FACSGC]

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Originally Posted by FACSGC i had this the other week this huge giant coked up to his eyeballs - didnt liked being searched (more than likely finished it came out the gents came towards the door to the staires where i was throws a stool we grapple still got the radio but the earpiece and mike are dangling free somewhere - by this time my two collegues have left the gents seen whats happening and the biggest 23 stone just charges the guy into thje door frame we force him somehow onto the landing imon the left arm uber gorilla is on the left and head tries to get in where he can in the end he lifts him by the waist and we carry him downstairs - uber gorilla is 23stone and kicking out at 6' 3" and the punter was 2" minimum taller than our gorilla

and that has the worst grammer and spelling that i have ever seen

[littlewoman]

Well as the name suggests I'm very little. I've been doing the doors for nearly 5 years. I don't find that I get that much more hassle than the big lads. You get the odd idiot that won't do as they're told because they think your not capable of throwing them out so there are times you have to use force when a bigger person would not. However, most of the time it is about being assertive and if you are confident that you can deal with any situation then the punter will pick up on that and back down. You will also find that after you've ejected a few people word will get round that you can do the job and the regulars won't play up.
You do have to be able to handle yourself, there are too many people going into the industry who think that they can manage with just conflict management skills and can't deal with anything physical.
You also have to have your wits about you at all times. Things can go from peaceful to big kick-off in a second and you may find yourself in the middle of a mass brawl with glasses flying everywhere.

[Chriss T]

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Originally Posted by Jay Bee 1 of my friends is a bouncer and keeps telling me to phone them up and work for them, the thing is im about 5'7 when all the other bouncer's i see are atleast 5'10. Do you have to be build like a huge tank to be a bouncer ? oh i know about the card you have to get aswell. leroy r u doin

Size does not matter, but attitude is everything. Also if you work with a good team it can make all the difference to your learning curve.

[matt_turton]

Personally mate, I would say dont bother. Ive been in it 5 years which isnt long to be fair but I've worked in somes of Birmingham's worst clubs and have just finished working Coventry city centre. The drink isnt the problem these days its the drugs. Drunks are easy to deal with but someone on half a dozen lines of coke is a real handful and will test you to the limit. Im no man mountain im 6'2" and average build and you will get more trouble than the bigger lads I can guarantee you that. Dont get me wrong the job has its plus points, the good people you meet and the lads you work with and just the general laughs and jokes you can have on a night, nut as said above when shit and fan collide it can happen very quickly and be very messy.

Good luck though mate if you choose to give it a go, sometimes you never know unless you try!!