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Originally posted by Prometheus Xex I'm a general contractor and there's NO reason for a toilet to ever take more than a day or two to be completly replaced... let alone be fixed !!!

The clubs should hire you to fix the toilets then! Maybe something would get done. You'd think toilets would be a top priority.

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Originally posted by Orko Dear Mr. Club Owner, Try and control your bar staff, and standardize the prices. I have been out quite a few times, and depending on which bartender serves you, you pay a different price for the same drink.

This is very hard to correct for a club owner, its thievery and managers really have to catch their employee doing it which is already too late.

But there's a mechanized way to prevent this, costs alot to implement though.

A club over here has this genious system where the bar staff do not touch a single bottle of liquor (except beer and water bottles which are counted and have to match what is typed on the register).

So when she needs to serve a drink, say a gin, she press a button on a panel, the price is shown to the patron and the liquor is pumped from a centralized location in the club off limit to the barmaids/men.

She really can't hide the price, and she can't type something more expensive because she won't get the right drink off the machine.

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker A club owner has a duty-of-care to ensure the environment is safe for anybody who steps on to the property. Limiting volume & exposure falls within the scope of duty/standard-of-care. Not conspicuously providing hearing protection in any loud environment opens up an entirely different discussion around negligence and liability.

lol, are you trying to help 'em run a better business or shut 'em down???

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Originally posted by chinamon so every concert should have ear plugs for everyone as well?

Why not? Providing them for free would be a reasonable thing to do.

Hell, I hand out free plugs to anyone who comes over for a pregame, and happily so! What better gift than the gift of hearing???!?!? I think they cost about $0.20/pr and I believe them to be mandatory.

As a professional metalworker, I am exposed to VERY loud environments regularly. At my previous job I wore them 9-15hrs/day, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

These clubs get between $20 and $200 per head and they can't afford $0.20 ear plugs for the 10% of patrons that want them? Say what now? WHAT?

Talk about penny smart, pound fucking stupid.

/rant Sorry, I'm really picky about my hearing. I can't imagine the eternal sadness of going deaf.

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Originally posted by DeleteFromUsers Why not? Providing them for free would be a reasonable thing to do. Hell, I hand out free plugs to anyone who comes over for a pregame, and happily so! What better gift than the gift of hearing???!?!? I think they cost about $0.20/pr and I believe them to be mandatory. As a professional metalworker, I am exposed to VERY loud environments regularly. At my previous job I wore them 9-15hrs/day, EVERY SINGLE DAY. These clubs get between $20 and $200 per head and they can't afford $0.20 ear plugs for the 10% of patrons that want them? Say what now? WHAT? Talk about penny smart, pound fucking stupid. /rant Sorry, I'm really picky about my hearing. I can't imagine the eternal sadness of going deaf.

there is a big difference between a job and place of entertainment where people choose to be knowing what the environment will be like. If anything the earplugs should be (and are) available for staff. As for patrons, they should be on sale at the most. Why cant people learn to be responsible for themselves?

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Why cant people learn to be responsible for themselves?

It's joke, yes?

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Originally posted by Jayx1 there is a big difference between a job and place of entertainment where people choose to be knowing what the environment will be like. If anything the earplugs should be (and are) available for staff. As for patrons, they should be on sale at the most. Why cant people learn to be responsible for themselves?

+1

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This earplug thing: At the place I work at even employees don't get earplugs. Wouldn't it be easier to just turn the music down a bit so people wouldn't require earplugs in the first place?

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Originally posted by Anton This earplug thing: At the place I work at even employees don't get earplugs. Wouldn't it be easier to just turn the music down a bit so people wouldn't require earplugs in the first place?

better yet... stay home where u can control the volume

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill

‎"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill

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Originally posted by Jayx1 better yet... stay home where u can control the volume

That's crazy talk..

Please set up a "stand", area or even sell shooters and freezies at the bar so the already rammed dancefloor does not become cluttered with club employees holding trays and buckets, the barbacks collecting bottles with rubbermaid containers create enough havoc as is.

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Originally posted by Man_Devil 1. dont make me wait in line for like 45 mins when the club isnt full. I love footwork but the last few times I've gone there I've waited in line for the loooooongest time, only to get in there and see its only 60% full so far. I hate how you are like 20th in line but they let in like 3 people every 5 mins even though it isnt even close to full inside yet. Pet peve of mine... Maybe the place has just been getting more and more popular lately. It gets packed every time i am there now.

(I'm not a bar owner, but I can interject quickly on this point)

holding the line is something we are adamantly against at Footwork... the earlier, the better! we also push a 12am guestlist cutoff time as incentive for our patrons to come early + get cozy in da club and get their groove on...

we've had a couple crazy weekends lately (a few nights come to mind that seemingly came out of nowhere!) and sometimes a rush of people trying to make said guestlist cutoff can create a line + bottleneck in getting people inside... it's something we're always tweaking and trying to improve on...

I also always tell people to aim for 11-11:30pm to avoid that rush... Our upcoming double-header (Fanciulli + Calderone, *shameless plug) will be hectic right from the beginning, so come even earlier

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