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I just read the Sherlock's thread, and I am absolutely floored. I'm a former manager for some Sherlock's locations in Dallas, and some of you are way off base. I'm not defending my old bosses or anything, but it's pretty apparent that plenty of you guys have never worked in a bar before.
I don't see anywhere in your statement that you thought holey jeans were OK. Because at least last year when I was still with their company, that was a no-no. Holey jeans look tacky, man. And the people that own Hospitality USA greatly dislike them. And since they sign the paychecks, what they say, goes. Shorts, work shirts, and looking stupid (as long as they're within the dress standards) are perfectly fine with the management.
Sandals (and even more especially flip-flops) have been prohibited in nightclub settings everywhere I've ever worked in the bar business. The liability is too great to allow that. If a patron steps on a broken bottle or has something drop on his foot that causes injury, you're ed. And with the type of boisterous crowd that was in there after winning the le in '03, they probably didn't want to take any chances period, regardless of what some $5.50 an hour bouncer decided to let slide earlier.
It is much more difficult to enforce this on women, for obvious reasons.
If I was working at the door, and you caused a scene and wouldn't leave, I for damn sure would call the police. I don't know you and you're cursing at me. I don't know anything about your temper, how drunk you might be, or if you're some freak with a knife looking for action. Sorry, but I'm a lot more worried about my ass and my paying customers rather than some dude that already has a pissy at ude before we start serving him drinks.
For starters, if you read what I wrote above, I doubt anyone was wearing flip-flops. That's a rule in the business that's taken pretty seriously. And again, why would you even be surprised if you're denied entry becuase you have knee holes? Don't you think you're taking a chance on not getting admitted somewhere, anywhere, dressed like that? Girls do have a dress code, but women in general that have distressed clothing are wearing it to get male attention. Men that wear ripped pants look like they were begging for change in the parking lot.
One more thing. If you have a problem with the way a nightclub type establishment runs their business, and you talk about how much it sucks and go out of your way to state that to people whether it's online, at work, or whatever, you need to remember that clubs like Sherlock's don't want people like you there in the first place, and you're doing them a favor.
Because first, any publicity is good publicity. Second, people that might be interested in going to Sherlock's hear that y people like some of you don't like what they do will drive people with better at udes toward the club.
There's a old saying in the business that people that about the dress code will even more after they get inside. If you don't like it, go pollute some other place.
OK, I'm off the soapbox now and you folks can flame away.
There were a lot of people there with flip flops.
