A Good Idea Or Not?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1422319/bouncers-to-start-breathalysing-customers

Seemed reasonable to me on most fronts until I read it alerts on twice the legal driving limit. Now that limit is a good for driving but if you are out on the lash it is not that much. Could be as little as 3-4 pints for some people, especially if they were drunk fast.

The other problem is that policing of drunks is going to fall on the bouncers. I can tell you from past experience (many years ago admittedly) preventing someone from coming in a club is not always easy and pleasant work, especially if they are fired up on Special Brew.

Do ABers have any views on this?

[ToraToraTora]

rediculous, any club that does this will be out of business PDQ. The current law is sufficient to deal with drunkenness. Some enterprising chap will open a club in the middle of this lot and clean up. The owners will abandon it very quickly.

[Prudie]

I'm bound to be disprespecting many a bouncer but they are not my idea of the objective unbiased unbribable person that would be needed for this to work.

[-Talbot-]

Stupid idea.

[youngmafbog]

Perhaps you should try going on a door before making that sort of statement Prudie.

I can assure you that dealing with disgruntled punters is not easy but drunken scum ..........

[-Talbot-]

I agree with Prudie and I know a very large % of bounc....er Doormen in my town. I would say it is 50-50 on decent or moronic when it comes to doormen.


PS.
I wouldn't get in anywhere after the first pub.

[retrocop]

Police officers never used an alcotest to arrest drunk and Indecent,drunk and disorderly, drunk and incapable persons. It was decided long ago by a member of the judiciary that police officers would of all experienced drunkeness sometime in their life. It was adjudged that a police officer could be an "expert witness" in cases of drunkeness and state, in evidence and under oath, "He/she was drunk your worship" when finalising the evidence. If police officers can judge states of sobriety then I see no reason why door managers have to resort to an alcometer.

[retrocop]

may be I should have written "would have all experienced"

[Prudie]

I've never been on a door obviously but I've walked in past many a bouncer. I also personally have known 1 or 2 . You make out they are saints. They have to deal with drunken scum and therefore it attracts types who also like a scrap. they let in friends and take offers. Not all of them but really I'm not sure why you think that was unfair. Both the bouncers I know actually enjoy it when they have to get stuck in, it's what they looked forward to.

[youngmafbog]

//You make out they are saints//

Where ?

[Prudie]

"Perhaps you should try going on a door before making that sort of statement Prudie." that was my interpretation of that comment. Apologies if I'm off mark but I still think that was to some degree the level you were placing on their integrity.

[Old_Geezer]

Something seriously wrong if they can not tell a violent, or about to be violent, individual without an alcohol test. When I drink too much I don't get violent, I want to fall asleep. Others can get violent without wanting an excuse.

This seems flawed from top to bottom to me: sounds more like a case of, "Come in here sober and buy at our extortionate prices all night, or not get in".