Thrown out of a club in less than three minutes! WTF?
goldmongerATL
After not feeling the vibe at Follies I swung by Oasis around 3:30 today. Super dead. Maybe 6 customers and 8 bored dancers.
I walked in and went right to the bar and ordered a beer, intending to take it to a table. There was a Red bull can in front of me while I bought my beer. I turned from the bar and there was a dancer who I do not know glaring at me. Never saw her before. I figured I got in her way from getting to her can of Red Bull and thought nothing more of it. She turned to the PL two stools down, excused herself and stomped away.
I grabbed a table and settled in. I was already thinking it was a waste of a beer and I should leave, but I was going to give it one beer to see if other dancers would come out. I notice the dancer with the Red Bull talking to the bouncer across the room. He comes over to me and says "Sir I have to ask you to leave."
"Me, why"
"You need to leave, sir"
"I just got here like 2 minutes ago. What did I do?"
"I'm not going to ask you again sir. You need to leave."
At this point I notice as second bouncer standing beside and behind me.
I got up and left. One of the bouncers stood in the door and watched me all the way to my car.
Anyone ever have a "WTF is going on" experience like that?
I walked in and went right to the bar and ordered a beer, intending to take it to a table. There was a Red bull can in front of me while I bought my beer. I turned from the bar and there was a dancer who I do not know glaring at me. Never saw her before. I figured I got in her way from getting to her can of Red Bull and thought nothing more of it. She turned to the PL two stools down, excused herself and stomped away.
I grabbed a table and settled in. I was already thinking it was a waste of a beer and I should leave, but I was going to give it one beer to see if other dancers would come out. I notice the dancer with the Red Bull talking to the bouncer across the room. He comes over to me and says "Sir I have to ask you to leave."
"Me, why"
"You need to leave, sir"
"I just got here like 2 minutes ago. What did I do?"
"I'm not going to ask you again sir. You need to leave."
At this point I notice as second bouncer standing beside and behind me.
I got up and left. One of the bouncers stood in the door and watched me all the way to my car.
Anyone ever have a "WTF is going on" experience like that?
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last commentYou probably did the right-thing b/c it's not worth-it - if I was well-off and had access to a good-lawyer, I would have taken out my ph, started recording, and tell them to call the cops if they want me to leave (or I would call the cops myself) - but since I don't have the mean$ to go thru that it's best to do as you did - hope karma bites them in the ass and the club loses customers from it - you should write a review so others know what aholes they would be dealing w/ in that club.
I suppose you could try to talk to the guys outside the building, they might be more willing to talk then, maybe.
Maybe you should count yourself lucky that it was not worse.
SJG
Perhaps you may be better off and take it as a sign to not bother w/ this club.
Papi - A black guy got refused entry at Follies yesterday for wearing a hoodie but there is a posted dress code.
I had trouble with a strip club and a dancer once, but eventually the staff took an apologetic tone and the girl was allowed to quit.
But I had to be patient.
SJG
Not lazy, just smart. No matter what side of town you're on. I honestly dont know why anyone would bother with any clubs besides follies, except for the dives on the other side of town on fulton industrial. And the other black dives.
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Maybe she thought you were messing with her drink?
And besides, strip clubs are strange places, and they are a treasure. So we have to go easy on them. Have to cut them slack which I for one would not cut in regards to many other types of businesses.
SJG
For myself, I would prefer to be parking my car on the street, even if it is a few blocks away, or in a residential neighborhood.
SJG
Street parking could be blocks away. I always prefer it.
Maybe you ask on this board for who is the manager and when they are there.
If you talk with girls, maybe best to mention this incident so it is not like you are trying to hide anything. Usually girls don't like it if one girl gets a guy thrown out for no real reason.
Good Luck
SJG
That may explain a lot
:)
That would be similar to a cunt-dancer saying you didn't pay her when you did and the bouncers tossing you out based just on what she says.
I personally would never set foot in the place again. But I'm very vindictive when I think I've been unfairly treated. I'll pay more to use another company if the company with the lower cost screwed me.
As far as the specific story, without more to go on it's impossible to guess what set the dancer off, but it's rare that you'd have a good outcome from fighting that battle (as others have alluded, the more she pulls this sor of crap the less credibility she'll have, but it doesn't stop her from pulling you into her drama).
Will be interesting to see if you do go back in a couple of months whether there's any follow-up, or if you're back to business as usual.
I almost have to believe they though you were somebody else. The drink-spiking just seems like a weird thing to toss you for, since there was no real reason based on your story to suspect you.
If you go back I'd ask to talk to the manager, tell the story, and ask what was going on. Tell him you didn't want to make a scene so you just left, even though the bouncers wouldn't tell you what was up. I'm sure he won't know anything since I suspect plenty of crazy things go on all of the time in clubs. But he might give you a drink or something.
Or just stay away unless the club is really aces!
In your situation the dancer was pissed about something and as stupid as it is the meathead always sides with the dancer, and probably should
Ex; I can’t refuse service to Hispanics, but I can refuse service to people with black hair, or I can’t refuse service to women, but I can refuse service to people that wear brassieres LOL.
I’m a big guy and I’ve been denied entry to clubs because, I assume, I’m a big guy.
In both cases, the business has a right to decide who it serves.
Definitely wasn't dress code, cause I was in there recently in commando basketball shorts and a golf shirt.
You've been going there as long as I have, so they should know you're not a cop. I have short hair, too, and the physique of someone that has eaten too many donuts, but I don't think anyone would think I was.
I was inappropriately touching (based on Oasis rules) a couple different dancers. That seems to have loosened up quite a bit there lately. The bouncer that doesn't like me glared at me the whole time, but never came over. (Good possibility the bartenders told him to quit fucking with their tips.)
I'm thinking the "messing with drink" thing must have been it, but damn that's not cool that a dancer could pull that shit without any better evidence.
(SCS) and never go back there it doesn’t sound like it’s a good time place.
But usually they won't. There is some sort of a misunderstanding in this, but we still don't know what it is about. Have to wait until the customer tries to talk to them and talk to the owner. The we can evaluate what is going on.
SJG
Private establishments can ban whomever they please so long as they aren't engaging in unlawful public-accommodations discrimination. I.e., they can declare someone persona non grata (don't set foot in here) because they are the ex- of someone the establishment favors, but NOT, say, because the person is black, or muslim, or of Honduran nationality, or disabled, and they don't want such people in their business. Make sense? They can ban you because you don't tip adequately, but not because you are asian, or jewish, or pregnant, etc.
But hopefully our OP will go back and try to talk to them and find out what is at issue.
SJG
Anyway, hopefully our OP will go back and try to talk with them.
SJG
I got kicked out of Good Guys in Georgetown about 30 years ago. I ordered my drink, then left it setting on the table to go up to the stage to tip. The very same stripper who sold me the drink and delivered it then took it while I was up there. I saw her do it, intercepted her, took my drink off of her tray, then sat back down. Next thing I know, two bouncers are at my table telling me I have to leave. No explanation, but I can’t think of any other reason.
It doesn’t need to be members only if you walk into most establishments, you’ll find a sign posted some place that says we reserve the right to not serve at our descretion or similar wording.
It is a privately owned club not a public accommodation.
Most businesses are privately owned a public accommodation is a library or a courthouse, or some other place like a beach, just being open to the public does not abrogate the owners property rights.
They only legal redress you would have is if you could prove that it was a prohibited form of discrimination.
Anyway, in this case, I am sure that it was just some kind of a misunderstanding, or just completely untrained staff, and maybe a dancer with some kind of a stick up her ass pulling their chain.
Rather than fight about it, our OP should just go back and try to talk to them, and try to talk to the owner. Odds are that it will get straightened out. Sometimes you need to cut strip clubs a little bit more slack, as they can be emotionally challenging environments for people.
SJG
Don't give them reason to want to ban you.
Just try to get them to talk. Quite possible no one still working there even knows about it. Odds are very high that this will blow over, if you are just a little patient.
Though they don't have to talk to you, and they don't have to justify themselves or reverse their position, the odds are that they will, as their never was any real reason. It sounds entirely like a misunderstanding.
SJG
To be clear I would never try to fight and insist on an answer. I just wouldn't have given up so easily just because he had a backup behind me.