Graduation Sunday. Two guys in polos come up to the door. Both were way
too drunk to come in. I asked for their ID to see how their motor
skills were. The guy in back was wobbling and falling asleep. I told
them I couldn’t let them in tonight and they said it was BS and called
me a piece of ****. I agreed. He finally left.
One dark and stormy night Pat held his ground against a 16 year old
Missourian who said this was a BS bar because he couldn’t get in with a
homemade cardboard driver’s license from Missouri. He argued a strong
case, but in the end Pat’s quick wit prevailed and a catastrophe was
avoided. No one benefits from this sort of confrontation, but I
believe the Sandbar’s virtue was upheld and Patrick demonstrated all
the qualities that are instilled in us upon training and he found why
he is truly the master mediator.
See the previous entry to read about the first scuffle of the night…
A little later in the evening, Andrew needed to leave the door again, and by this time Ken and John were gone. He tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I would watch the door, because he knew that as soon as he walked off, the two girls at the front of the line were going to try to come inside.
Sure enough, Andrew hadn’t been gone ten seconds and the two girls walked in- they didn’t even try to sneak. I quickly stopped them and informed them that they needed to wait outside for the doorguy to return. They didn’t believe me and even told me I didn’t work there, which I guess meant they thought they didn’t have to listen to me.
When Andrew got back they harassed him so much that he ended up just shutting the door on them. Their friends, who were already inside, were overheard saying “I can’t believe he’s being that way to them. He shut the door on them.”
We’re all very grateful that there’s a door that can be shut. And I’m grateful that I don’t have to work the door.
–Debbi
Sometimes I enjoy hanging out near the door of The Sandbar- inside or outside- just to experience the crazy things people do and say.
Andrew was working the door this particular Saturday night, which also happened to be the night before KU’s graduation, so we all knew the bar would be full of college students and their parents all night long.
Andrew left his post to go pick up glasses or restock the ice or whatever it is that the doorboy is supposed to do along with carding people and beating back the crowds. It’s not usually an issue for the doorboy to handle additional duties away from the door, because most nights random staff members are hanging around anyway, and they can step up and help. This night was no exception.
A few minutes after he walked off, a large group of girls barged in through the door like they were on a mission. Ken and John- the aforementioned random staff members hanging around- immediately stopped the girls. The leader of the group informed the guys that their group was a bachelorette party and that no one was at the door and people had been leaving, and since they were a bachelorette party, we should be so lucky that the twelve of them decided to grace us with their presence.
Ken and John informed the ladies that the doorguy would be back shortly but in the meantime they had to wait outside. Their leader tried to argue, but the boys have heard it all before. The bachelorette party retreated back to the line.
{Why is it that bachelorette parties always think they’re entitled to just waltz inside with no regard to capacity, or cover, or ID’s, or the fact that other people are waiting before them? This happens a lot.}
–Debbi
We had a horrible, horrible incident with the popcorn machine this
evening. For some reason the gear on top of the tumbler jammed, not
sure what caused it, it’s fixed now, but all beware. That could become
a very serious problem that would bring the whole Sandbar popcorn
production down to it’s knees.
Okay, no monitor for the VCR tonight. I have at this moment used half of my technical skills to fix the problem, with no solution. I will use the rest of my powers to try and remove this problem but I can make no promises. Update: Super Dave has corrected the problem. That is all. –anonymous