Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
I just wanted to relate this story to release frustration and as a warning to others.
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Still frustrated after one year....
The military is perfect for guys like you.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
About a year ago I went to a show at 930 with a friend. Though we had already paid for tickets, we didn't get in because our lips were stained red from drinking some wine earlier and we didn't have ID's us (well he had his, but he was under 21).
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Which show? Our best talent is mocking your musical tastes.
Good thing the guy who broke the law carried his proof with him. And you? Contributing to underage drinking, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
Both of us were mostly sober (seriously, I only had about 4 glasses). I was pretty pissed, but I guess since we didn't have our ID's, I couldn't really argue. They told us to wait outside till we "sobered up? with a bunch of drunks who definitely belonged outside the club.
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So sober you remembered your id? So sober that the door guys who you claim to be not so smart, noticed you had been drinking?
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
Note: this is November, it is not warm outside, and we had dressed to be in a hot club.
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Navy boy can't take a little cold weather....
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
So 45 minutes go by, we??re freezing, we go up front to see if they??ll let us in, and the woman yells at us ??You can come in when I say you can come in! Ask one more time and I??ll never let any of you [me, my friend, and the other outcasts] back in!?
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So this is really about a woman telling you what to do.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
So we wait another 30 minutes, nearly freezing to death (I really wanted to go to this show, and I had no ride and no where to go in DC, I??m from Annapolis).
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Except the party you just came from. Sheesh.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
I go up to the door, and tell the lady politely that I was freezing outside, so I need to know if she was ever gonna let us in, because if not I was gonna leave. Surprisingly she was polite and motioned for me to go inside. I walked in and the guy at the desk said ??Let me see your hands.?
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Can't follow orders soldier?
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
I was pretty excited at this point, as I hadn??t missed the closing act.
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First concert? We call the closing act the HEADLINER. Probably the band you wanted to see too.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
I must have had a big stupid grin across my face until I saw the man put X??s my hands and say ??Now get out. If you come back we??ll call the cops.?
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I'm guessing it was the 9:30 worker putting the X on your hands that had the really big grin.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
This is f***ing ridiculous. Getting kicked out for red lips and no ID??s is one thing, but waiting outside for an hour and 15 minutes in the cold to be told that we had to leave was just cruel.
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A minute ago you were upset that you were waiting. Now they tell you to go. Make up your mind.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
Because 930 is the premier venue in DC, and its capacity is so much higher and it pulls bigger name acts than the Black Cat, DC9, or any other club,
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The only good point of your post.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
it feels like it can treat people as shitty as it wants.
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Did it ever occur to you that the 9:30 Club has a stellar reputation because it does things like this? Keeping out underage drunks and their buddies who are too drunk to remember an id?
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
F*** 930. I only go there if I absolutely have to (Super Furry Animals and Immortal Technique for example). If I can avoid the place I??ll drive up to Baltimore to see a show. The Ottobar is smaller and cooler anyway.
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Good. More tickets for us.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
Oh, here??s the post script.
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There always is with stories like these.
Originally posted by ArvinSmee:
We getting lost in the area for 20 minutes before we found the party we came from ?? a wine and cheese party -- my friend??s brother??s friend??s girlfriend??s wine and cheese party -- where we knew no one. Fun times.
The club was so easy to find when you were drunk, you should have gotten drunk and found your way back.
