Thursday 15 March 2007

The 'alternative Backhander'

The information from 'Tony' regarding bouncers backhanding to make a little bit of extra money on the side as corrupt as it sounds isn't surprising. During any of my nights out how ever late it has been i have to say i have never been asked or charged an extra fee for entrance. However i have come across and been approached with what i call the 'alternative backhander'. This is something that i am sure other fellow female clubbers have been approached with to at some point. This is where the bouncers instead of asking for a tenner on the side ask and make more of a suggestive request...

...This happened a couple of weeks ago when me and my girl friend hit the West End on a Friday night. After being rejected from 'Camouflage' for being under 21 we were approached by a promoter for 'Cafe De Paris'. 'Cafe De Paris' is one of the best clubs in the West End and has been visited by many famous celebrities from both the UK and US. However this is also a 21 and overs club though, so we told the promoter we knew we wouldn't get as we aren't even 20 yet. He reassured that everything would be fine and to just say that we were 21. We decided to take a shot and went with him to the doors. Once we arrived their the bouncers automatically asked us our age and for ID. Obviously as they looked at our driving licences they worked out that we were only in fact 19 and told us no. Wanting to go in there in we were like, "come on we won't say anything, nobody will know." At this one of the bouncers began to flirt. He then approached me and said, "If you come into that corner over there with me and make me a happy man, i will make you two happy and let you in." Both me and my friend dismissed this as a joke and laughed at it and were like, "yeah right, don't think so." Then the second bouncer say's, "No seriously." and points round the corner. Clearly the bouncer world has a seedy side.

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