Ever been bounced out of a show or a bar/club?

I did hear this great story from my brother in law in Vegas from this past February…

They were trashed in one of the strip joints (either Crazy Horse II or the OG, I can't remember). Somebody else in the club with the same first name was having a birthday, and his buddies paid the cash for him to be dragged up on stage and stripped by the strippers. They announced it was "Mike's" birthday and that he should come up on stage. So the Mike in my brother in laws party runs up on stage. A little bit of consusion ensues, but the other party assumed it was another guy who had a birthday and they waited for their turn.

About 30 minutes later, the other party asks when their boy is going to be taken on stage? They figure out what happened, and came looking for the Mike that ran on stage. My BiL's party explained he must have been confused and they paid the money it would have cost had it been his turn to get on stage (nevermind that it really wasn't his birthday). So they announce for Mike again and my BiL's boy heads for the stage again. A bouncer cuts him off and drags him back to his party. He asks the group "Now which one of you is going to keep an eye on your boy so he doesn't keep getting onto trouble?" Someone in the group asks, deadpan:, "Excuse me sir, but is the correct answer Jesus?"

They were escorted out.

Originally posted by vansmack:

Originally posted by le sonick:
rhett? is that you?

Sorry. Common sense prevails, even when I'm drinking…

I don't drink heavily when I'm at concerts because I'm there for, get this…the music. If I wanted to get drunk, I'd save the $20 bucks I spent on the ticket and buy more beers at a bar, rather than at the show.

I tend to be friends with most of the bartenders/owners/staff of bars I frequent, so why would I want to be disrespectful in their bar? Here's a weird concept, the nicer I am, the more I get to drink and the less I have to pay for. So unless I get confused for someone else like venerable or econo, which hasn't happened, there's little chance I would get 86ed.

The closest I've ever been to being tossed was here in SF when a patron, in anger (something about a girl), threw a shot glass across the room that just missed my head and shattered on the wall behind me. I walked over to the bouncer and told him what happened, pointing out the guy, now hiding his head. The door guy said he'd handle it. He walked over to the guy, had a conversation, came back to me and said "he didn't do it. Must have fallen from the second floor." The second floor was closed. My friends were pissed, but calmed them down and said thanks; I then gathered up my group to leave. When I went to pay my tab, I asked the bartender if he knew the guy over there and discretely pointed out the guy who threw the shot glass. He said yeah, he works here. I told him what happened and that the bouncer was protecting him. He was pretending to ring up my credit card, but called the manager down, who came down, picked up our tab and fired both of the guys.

Now, how would you have handled that? Some probably would have charged the guy who threw the glass and been kicked out, if not thrown in jail. Some probably argued with the bouncer demanding that he see your point of view and also been kicked out. I chose to leave what I decided was a poorly run establishment and never return, politely asking one question before I left of the person I thought had the most common sense. Who had a better result?

you just took the fun out of the thread though!!!

damn!!!

and from my post, only show i was booted from was a Godsmack show. i should've thanked them!

Originally posted by le sonick:

and from my post, only show i was booted from was a Godsmack show. i should've thanked them!

That was a sporting venue, though - that's different. I have been tossed out of Dodger Stadium (wrongly - for cheering for the opposing team, but a bitter fan lied to a security guard to get me tossed in the bottom of the 9th) and Anaheim Stadium (rightly - for running on the field in the fifth innning and sliding into second, and eventually third before I was arrested).

One of my best friends got kicked out of the Black Cat at one of the Teenbeat Anniversary shows once… He thought it would be a good idea to mark up the bathroom stall with a Sharpie. I was almost booted once for stealing a Nada Surf 'tour' poster off the wall at the Black Cat… They get angry when people do that :)

Originally posted by vansmack:
Now, how would you have handled that? Some probably would have charged the guy who threw the glass and been kicked out, if not thrown in jail. Some probably argued with the bouncer demanding that he see your point of view and also been kicked out. I chose to leave what I decided was a poorly run establishment and never return, politely asking one question before I left of the person I thought had the most common sense. Who had a better result?

i had a similar reaction to that infamous post-interpol situation a few years back at DC9 … although all you bastards think i was a pussy for getting these douches bounced out of the club instead of taking the matter into my own hands

Originally posted by vansmack:
and Anaheim Stadium (rightly - for running on the field in the fifth innning and sliding into second, and eventually third before I was arrested).

nice! i'd actually say this one takes the cake, what's the backstory to it?

i just have a boring story about doing dumb stuff in college at a trans am show at black cat and getting "bounced" by a bespectacled 5'2" 110lb guy

come to think of it, i think there are a couple of others (Common Share and Madams Organ, both circa 2000), but i only heard the stories second-hand from more sober people in attendance, so i'm not sure how accurate they are

Originally posted by Hoyas Final 4:
nice! i'd actually say this one takes the cake, what's the backstory to it?

Opening night in Anaheim, April 15, 1991. The California Angels were playing the Oakland A's. We had great seats in the second or third row and as the game went on, more of my boys kept coming down, so we had a huge section. The whole game my buddies were egging me to go out on the field. I was the youngest of this group (17-22 year olds) and most susceptible to peer pressure. A few beers back, the game was tied going into the 7th and I made a deal with them that if they pay my fine and give me $200 I'll do it if the game gets out of hand (thinking it wouldn't).

Oakland scores 3 runs in the seventh and took a 5-2 lead. With one out in the 8th, I shocked the group and ran out on the field with no announcement. I slid head first into second and waited.

And waited….

Well, it takes the cops a few seconds to get to second and it's lonely out there (I looked up at Dickie Schofield at short and he didn't seem too pleased). Well, it seemed like minutes to me so I got up, took a short lead and headed to third, blowing past a cop and two security guards, and did a nice belly-flop slide into third, my feet nearly going over my head with the adrenaline. Gary Gaetti chuckled at me (or more likely my slide) and I put my hands behind my head for the cuffs. They cuffed me and dragged me into the dugout and under the stadium. They gave me a hard time, but didn't really rough me up too much (except dragging me down the dugout steps). They tried to call my folks (I was 17), who thankfully weren't home (it happened to be their wedding anniversary and cell phones weren't popular yet), wrote up the arrest paperwork (trespassing fine of nearly $283 at the time) and threw me out of the stadium.

I booked ass home (my family still lives about 1.5 miles from the stadium) and deleted the message the cops left on the answering machine. My boys paid the fine, I got my cash (over time) and petitioned the court to expunge my record when I turned 18. Good times.

Originally posted by vansmack:
My boys paid the fine, I got my cash (over time) and petitioned the court to expunge my record when I turned 18. Good times.

that's a great story … is that how you told it to the california bar's character & fitness committee?

ocean city a few years ago: one of my friend runs into his cousin. cousin gets into nonsensical brawl with randoms. we break it up, go back to drinking our beers and game of pool. the security dude told us that everone that fights gets kicked out. we were like 'we fought'?

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i was in chicago a few years ago with some friends and one of the friends and i got kicked out of fado's. it was so stupid. . bought a beer, gave the bartender $20, bartender gave change for a $10 bill. argued with bartender for rest of the change, gave us back the $20 and told staff to escort us outside. however, the door guy directed us to another bar that was much better and ended up staying open till 4 or 5 am.

i've heard this one before….

Originally posted by Hoyas Final 4:
that's a great story … is that how you told it to the california bar's character & fitness committee?

Actually, I took the New York Bar, never expecting to move back to California.

On their bar app, I listed the trespassing arrest in the Minor's section, and they didn't ask for much information in that section so that's all it says (assuming all kids do something stupid before they're 18?).

I had planned to be asked about it at the interview stage, but I was actually out of the country on business the week of the interview and swearing in February. Because I was not living in NY at the time, I had to go to Albany for the swaering in and I always thought I'd do it next time I passed through (practicing international development law, being bar licensed was not required). Well, I never made it to Albany and my time lapsed, so I have the rare distinction of passing the NY Bar and never bothering to get sworn in.

That aforementioned trip to Vegas also revealed that the new gold in strip joints in Xanax. Strippers will do just about anything for a Xanax.

Just thought I needed to share that with you.

smakie: VERY useful intel, but i guess not suprising. if i was in that line of work, with that type of clientele, i'd want to be as disassociated as possible too.

Originally posted by vansmack:
That aforementioned trip to Vegas also revealed that the new gold in strip joints in Xanax. Strippers will do just about anything for a Xanax.

Just thought I needed to share that with you.

oh come on!! Xanax has been stripper gold for 10 years now!!

Originally posted by le sonick:
oh come on!! Xanax has been stripper gold for 10 years now!!

Some strippers will trade a lot for any drug. In DC it was always blow, but blow was too expensive to trade for a lap dance or two. With Xanax now having a generic form (which it didn't 10 years ago), 60 pills for $10 now makes Xanax gold, as opposed to just have drug trade value.

there's nothing like arbitraging the inefficient stripper / xanax market

i dunno xanax was like a buck a pill 10 years ago. or so i um had heard

Anyone ever go to Lucky's in Radford?
I was tossed outta there. After I was let in I made a bee line for the bathroom, washed off the under 21 marks, and then someone wet their over 21 stamp and pressed on my hand. I walked out of the bathroom, my friends looked to say "hi", but was lead straight out. Didn't do that again.
I was also told to go home from the Bus Stop. I was a youngin' days before my 18th birthday. I remember feeling so sorry for myself walking home.