I’m off to Berlin in a months time and of course, really want to do the whole Berghain/Panorama bar thing.br
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I knew about the random door-policy and trouble some people have getting in before, but i’ve started to do a bit more research now that i’m going, and it does seem that they have a random policy of turning some people away no matter what you do.br
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Was wondering what you guys think about clubs that do this kind of thing?br
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Clearly, some clubs think that this kind of attitude helps their business, otherwise they wouldn’t do it. So some people must find this kind of door policy a desirable thing - makes them feel ‘special’ etc if they get in!br
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What do you think? Do you prefer clubs that let anyone in, or those that have a pretty strict door policy?
I like there to be some kind of policy, so the door can make a judgement on letting in a group of lads wearing footy shirts who have been on the piss all day for example, although that’s just using dress code as an excuse not to let people in. br
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It’s ridiculous when you get turned away for not having the right trainers or something trivial (like anybody can see you trainers on the dance floor anyway) It happened to me when I first went to Serious at the Cross, they were in a position where they could afford to turn people away at the time, and a high % of the clientèle were pretty glam, I can understand why they’d rather have a smoking hot girl come in than me to be fair to them.br
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Ah The Cross - what a place!br
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I guess you’re right, if a club is in a position to be able to afford to turn people away, then of course they are going to let in the hot chicks, and the other people who they think are the coolest or best dressed for their venue etc.br
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But when i was in Birmingham i came across some ridiculous racism on the part of some club door policies, and found it all pretty offensive to be honest.br
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I think that Gatecrasher in Birmingham was still doing it right up until recently, by mate who lives there knew someone who worked the door for a while, and he said that they are only allowed to let a certain % of black, asian etc people in.br
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Pretty disappointing when you live in a place where you can’t go clubbing because of the colour of your skin!
I didn’t realise that kind of stuff went on. I can understand that GC in Brum have a strict door policy given the position of the club near Broad street, they need to be able to turn away certain individuals, but to have a quota for race is unbelievable!
Yeah i witnessed it first hand in a club in London a few months back as well.br
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Me and my friend were directly behind 4 black guys, and the bouncer said to them, “Come on guys, you don’t honestly think i can let 4 black guys in together all at once do you?”.br
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So he then said that he would let them all in, but two of them would have to go in with at least 2 other white guys, then he could let the other two in seperately.br
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So he asked my friend and I if we would be willing to step in and pretend we were with 2 of the black guys.br
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My impression was that it is as much the police who are putting pressure on them not to let large groups of black and ethnic minorities in at the same time, as the club owners fault.br
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I got the impression that as part of there agreement with the police and local council, they can’t be seen on the CCTV footage to let more than a couple of non-white guys in at once, otherwise the police will come down hard on them!br
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Crazy but true. I’m sure this kind of stuff goes on in alot of clubs.