4 floormen, "capacity" crowd",payday saturday night = CLEAN UP!

so we begin with a typical start up on a saturday night: a little slow at first while everyone is on their saturday night date, and just a nice mellow crowd dancing, saying hi to each other and drinking. then the flood gates opened wide. by 11:00 it was getting difficult to move in the building, by 11:30 it was a pain in the ass to get to the bathroom. they kept coming in, and i was really surprised that we didnt see the fire marshall in the building tonight. so with that size crowd, we had a problem. when you only have 4 floormen and 1 guy on the door.. you're kinda out numbered. BIG TIME. and we only had that 4th floorman cause one of the ex employees offered to help out. (Props to J.D. - we needed ya!) a lot of guys keyed up from being in the line of fire and in a high stress environment, guys who haven't been back in the states for more than a day or two in many cases, came out to party... not end up in a fight. there were some hurt feelin's tonight, and our floormen that were there EARNED their pay tonight. we were just lucky that it wasnt worse than what it was.

now with that being said.. all other things considered... that was a kick ass night! people were dancing their asses off all night long. and even when i played bad music on purpose to get them off the floor to buy beer.. they kept dancing! makes me wish i had had video of the night. all we gotta do now is turn the rest of the week into nights like that.. without the B.S. of course.

y'all come back now.. ya hear?

YES!!!

this is me doin' my happy dance! lumpy the wonder turd quit tonight!

talk about putting me in a good mood for the rest of the night. it was definitly a friday night. good sized crowd with long lines to get in, lots of dancing, dj kid in the house mixing (special guests are always a good thing when you're lazy), and no stupidity till after most of the night was gone and done. the only thing that really sucked about tonight was one hellacious headache that 6 tylenol couldnt touch. and i still managed to have fun with all that goin on... yep.. sure did.

who's yo' daddy?...

what the heck was that?

tonight started off so-so, and then we had a steady influx of people pretty much all night until around 12:ish. first dance set was a decent waste of time and a lesson to little miss thing who might just finally realize why we dont play rock and roll to dance to. kinda looked stupid out there by yourself didnt ya? so the night progressed with the usual dancing, pool tournament, and then, lo and behold - no wet t-shirt contest. just one of those nights where they just wouldnt sign up. oh well. made the dance set longer and tried to keep them distracted enough to stay in the building. most of them did so no problem. we still had a good 250-300 when we closed, so that was a good sign. now if we can just get thursdays back to normal...

but i dont think i'll hold my breath. or will i? 12,000+ troops coming back in the next 6 weeks... THEY NEED BEER!!!

time to start another week

well.. that wasnt so bad. the weekend in review -
friday was a little bit busy, but i was cranky.. one of those low grade make you cranky headaches all night long. still managed to have some fun. and those were some lovely piercings as well.
saturday was a bit better after people started showing up. had a later crowd, but ended up okay until after 1:30. gotta get better at keeping them in the building later.
sunday. sunday was odd. i know it was a four day weekend and all, and we did have a pretty good sized crowd, but it still felt like a sunday. i was just in that kind of mood.

time to get ready again.. lots of guys getting off the airplane this week. this oughta be good. 12,000+ troops getting back in the next few months. and they REALLY need a drink...

and yet another 4 day weekend...

wednesday - should have had more people in the building but it was okay. still had wet t-thirt and pool tourny, and managed to keep goin for awhile after. dont know how i didnt chase everyone out, cause i was cranky. just in a really bitchy mood. and didnt know why
thursday - much better than the last few. i cant remember the last time we stayed open till 3 on a thursday. was actually kinda fun. lets hope it stays this way and we can get things back to normal.

goober boy is just not cuttin it. went home before 10 cause "his foot hurt." like its a really physically demanding job. hope he dont quit his day job...

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so what else is new...
not much change since last post. still need to convince them that the new guy hasnt got a clue, still need some decent rest (or maybe not - i do alot of my best work when i'm really tired) but i dont see it happening. thursday was sad.. as usual. friday was okay, saturday was about the same. and sunday was the same piece of crap it always was.

another day... another nap

wow, i so need to get some self-discipline going on here. that and get everything done around here so i have time to do this.

when was the last time i posted anyway?
wednesday - slower than expected but we still had pool tournament, and wet t-shirt contest. no fights that i could see, and no major problems other than them being broke till this weekend.
thursday - little better than last week, but not by much. we're closing way too early on thursdays, and i've yet to be able to convince them that they need to do something about it and soon.
and in the continuing saga of the boy who would be dj... he just doesnt get it. period... end of story.

BE AFRAID... BE VERY VERY AFRAID

ah yes. it feels so good to be back in the world again. we've finally finished the move, gotten some much needed sleep, and gotten some much needed something else. hehehe

so work had pretty much been the same since last i posted on here: friday and saturday we own the town, wednesday's are still pretty good, and thursdays still suck. havent had much fighting as of late, but i suppose it will pick up again after some of the other units come back from iraq and find out who was sleeping with who.

other than that, had a traditional "manager / dj difference of opinion" (us yelling at each other for half an hour after 1am.. and again after 3) end result - i win either way.

sidebar - hey bro?... i dont hate you. you're still my brother. but i hate what you're doing to yourself. nothin but love.

so anyway kids.. we're back in the swing of things. see ya