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ZX3_2NV,Jun 20 2008, 02:04 PM Wrote:were taught to use are words not our fists. [right][snapback]267472[/snapback][/right]

Oh, as a bouncer at a bar frequented by bikers (Satan's Choice at the time), there's several things you learned right away.

1 ) try to talk down a situation first.
2 ) if talking may not work, check for buddy's friends/girlfriends and see if they can get him out of the bar
3 ) go up and chat to the guy -- pat him on the back and see if the jacket is filled with jello or steroids
4 ) have 3 bouncers (2 for the guy, 1 as back up) .. make sure there's 2 more bouncers nearby for crowd control
5 ) Talk the guy towards the door as much as possible, a squirming, 'roid raging biker with steel toed boots is a bitch to restrain...

6 ) if it's at 5 minutes to closing and a stripper wants in without ID, it's to make a drug pick-up -- tell her she can wait to meet her friends outside.

8 ) and this is important, check for a second beer bottle when you go to take a drunk's beer away from him...

and most important -- never assume it's the big guy causing the trouble, chances are it's the little guy who is, and when you have the big guy down, he'll keep kicking at the two of you...

and last, but not least

9 ) US coast guards and military are the biggest douches when drunk in a 'small town' bar.