don't put your fucking hand on me you c-nt

[Structaural]

Last time I was in The Astoria (to see Psychic TV), they had toliet attendants. Weird.

There's one in the Burger King in Leidsplein over here. Now that's weird (and shit).

 

[Radar]

I've seen it kick off in that BK myself a few times, normally ending up with the place getting the blue enema treatment as cops on motorbikes, pushbikes and even the weekend leidseplein paddywagon all make a beeline for the front door. I'm normally having a smoke outside the sports cafe watching the world go by whenever I'm lucky enough to be over there and its late enough to be kicking off.

Having said all that and getting back OT, I don't mind who you have on the door if you're progressive enough to let me skin up once inside

One up for the cloggies !!

 

[Structaural]

Not surprising - I saw a stag do in Leidsplein where two of the people glassed each other. Nice. Hope one of 'em wasn't the groom.

This isn't a bouncer on the door - it's a little old lady outside the toilets upstairs with aftershave and stuff, charging a euro, in Burger King.

 

[clandestino]

Im pulling you up on your use of the yikes, 'Bowa. No one says that anymore. Well, they shouldnt thats for sure. !

A Scottish friend of mine said "Jings!" on the phone to me the other day, which I guess is the equivalent of yikes. I like yikes. Keep saying it...!

Why is this thread in the music forum?

 

[twistedAM]

Why is this thread in the music forum?

cos the forum is called "music, bands, CLUBS & festies"

 

[STFC]

In a bar tonight and me mate knocked a bottle off the table onto the floor...

Sounds like you were a bit unlucky to get thrown out, just because your mate knocked a bottle over. Doesn't sound like the sort of place I'd like to go. Unless your mate was being a drunken, stumbling twat, annoying the other punters?

 

[unusual_solid]

No I don't think so as we were sitting at a table talking and the place was packed out and we weren't bothering anyone or causing trouble. A gesture of the arm and a bottle ends up on the floor and so the heavy hand mob take action. From some of the posts given already isn't it clear that some security can be fucking idiots as well as some punters but no not in this case.

 

[Nixon]

my gf and i got rather wierdly man handled by some bouncers a little while ago.it aint nice..

you sound pissed off but i hope you guys are ok anyways

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

In a bar tonight and me mate knocked a bottle off the table onto the floor and then it was a free for all. Said mate and me were ushered out but what I object to is the way the security was putting his hand on me when I was clearly going out the door cunt. So what a fucking glass got knocked over or whatever dosn't mean you have a right to man handle me.
Keep your fucking hands to yourself.

I was in a restaurant/bar in Chicago, and the bouncer had a gun in a visible holster on his hip. A street guy came in to panhandle, but when the bouncer went over to him, the guy left without saying a word, and without the bouncer having to touch him.

Things could be worse.

 

[pk]

At the Burger King in Leidsplein I once saw a black man semi-naked and clearly drunk being dragged away whilst tied between two police-horses, who were trampling on this guy's feet, in full view of the arresting officers and several hundred members of the public.

Those fucking Dutch aren't all peace and love hippy-dippy shit.

Mind you, dunno what he did to deserve such an arrest, but it's not something you'd ever see happen in Leicester Square these days... maybe he was a proper wrong-un... either way, wasn't good.

 

[Jambooboo]

Toilet attendants

Even my student union has them now.

Last time I had cause to go in there I felt deeply unsettled as the patrons were treating the (black) toilet attendant like Kunta fucking Kinte. Felt both very saddened and very pissed off that he felt the need sell himself so short by acting all Uncle Tom with them.

 

[pogofish]

Same with bog trolls (not that they are a particular indicator of violence) I just don't want to be around people who think it's cool to have have some poor sod living in the bog on tips so you can emerge stinking of cheap cologne. Also they clutter up the bogs which can cause queues

Depends, many of the pub-owners here look on them as violence control & certainly, IME a bunch of neds queued-up for a bit of skoosh & attention are usually a lot less trouble than before. Going in certain clubs here is now almost a pleasant experience, since the attendants arrived, the queue-for-a-fight-here atmosphere has almost completely gone.

Another thing is that since the smoking ban hit, they do help deter some smokers from slinking-off for a fag in the bog & coke-groups in the cubicles. Mind you, in some other places, they are also the best source in he house!

Last time I had cause to go in there I felt deeply unsettled as the patrons were treating the (black) toilet attendant like Kunta fucking Kinte.

Fully agree, a common term for them here is bogwog & yes, most are recent immigrants, who often have to pay through the nose to work a "good" bog.

 

[Andy the Don]

At the Burger King in Leidsplein I once saw a black man semi-naked and clearly drunk being dragged away whilst tied between two police-horses, who were trampling on this guy's feet, in full view of the arresting officers and several hundred members of the public.

Those fucking Dutch aren't all peace and love hippy-dippy shit.

Mind you, dunno what he did to deserve such an arrest, but it's not something you'd ever see happen in Leicester Square these days... maybe he was a proper wrong-un... either way, wasn't good.

Dutch OB are hard bastards & a long way from the Harry Enfield sketches. They crack skulls first & ask questions later.

 

[Structaural]

At the Burger King in Leidsplein I once saw a black man semi-naked and clearly drunk being dragged away whilst tied between two police-horses, who were trampling on this guy's feet, in full view of the arresting officers and several hundred members of the public.

Those fucking Dutch aren't all peace and love hippy-dippy shit.

Mind you, dunno what he did to deserve such an arrest, but it's not something you'd ever see happen in Leicester Square these days... maybe he was a proper wrong-un... either way, wasn't good.

The Dutch are far from hippy dippy - that's tourist perception caused by the coffeeshops, most hippies here are from other countries. It was quite a surprise to find out that the almost the only Dutch who love a smoke are teenagers pissing off their parents. Most Dutch give it up by the time they're 20 or so. That's most Dutch, not all. They're quite a conservative people (with a small c) especially when you get out of the big cities. But they do pride themselves on 'tolerance'.

I remember you posting that story before, pk, and have mentioned it to a few Dutch friends - they're mostly 'wtf!'
On the whole the police are considered light handed - they all carry guns but shootings are rare. They're not to be fucked with but the Amsterdam police are a bit like the Met, they have to be a bit more heavy handed as street crime and drug dealing is much more prevalent here. In certain areas anyway.

Interestingly, they don't have juries here either - just judges. 'We don't want amateurs getting involved in the judiciary' is the general consensus from most Dutch.