Arrived at Rise on Halloween for a club night, had pre-bought my ticket using the Fatsoma App, I was directed away from my friends and advised by the bouncers to "enter through the smoking area" which was more than a little strange. Then, I was informed that I would have to pay full price for the ti read moreArrived at Rise on Halloween for a club night, had pre-bought my ticket using the Fatsoma App, I was directed away from my friends and advised by the bouncers to "enter through the smoking area" which was more than a little strange. Then, I was informed that I would have to pay full price for the ticket (£10) despite having already paid £10+£1 booking fee for my e-ticket, immediately after paying my money and being stamped by the bouncer at the entrance to the smoking area (a...gain, very strange), I was dragged through the venue and out the front doors by the same bouncer, on the premise that I had become too drunk (in the period of paying for my ticket, apparently) and when I contested this, I was thrown to the floor and continually restrained by the bouncer until the police arrived. Left with a massive gash on my forehead and cuts to my elbow and knee, there was definitely excessive force used by a bouncer (not like that's unexpected from a door supervisor though, these days!) Looking back on it now, it appears that the bouncer just wanted to take the £10 for himself, a small amount of money I know, but having worked in nightclubs previously I know that door staff do frequently abuse their power in ways like this, so as to 'make money on the side', and if they do this to say, 10 people over a night, then that's an extra £100 in their pocket. And the police will obviously take the side of the door staff as they are sober and the patron has been drinking. All in all, heavy handed bouncers who abuse their powers, just out for themselves and willing to bend/break the rules to suit themselves and line their own pockets.
