Cormcolash
Well-Known Member
This thread is about how drinking cans in the Lower Deck has become a problem because the management are considering stopping gigs there altogether.
But pretty much all the discussion on this thread is aimed at still drinking cans at the Lower Deck and just getting away with it.
How's this for a thought: The people who work in the Lower Deck AREN'T stupid. They know a lot of faces of people who have being going to gigs there for the past years, so they know rightly when people have been buying pints, and when they haven't; that's all part of the job when you're working at a bar. It doesn't matter how subtle you are with your cans, if you take your empties home with you, whatever. The bar staff are sober, and they will know what's going on. They might not know exactly how much, who's done it, or even be able to prove it, but that doesn't matter. They will know it's happening, they might not even care so much, but eventually when it all comes down to the matter of continuing with gigs there or not, the owner will just say to someone "do you think lots of people are still drinking cans there?", they'll say "probably" and that'll be that.
In my opinion, all the people here who are talking about getting away with drinking cans are only fooling themselves.
I tell you this now, if I was working in the Lower Deck, it would be blatantly obvious to me that people were bringing their own drink in with them and not buying pints there. Even if you don't see a can being poured, all you need to do is think of how many pints have been sold that night, and watch how many people have been continually drinking all night, and think about how many people have bags with them that could hold a bunch of cans, and there's no doubt about what's going on.
We all know the Lower Deck have known about this for years, this thread's been popping up every six months for years, but they've been quite patient and they're going to get fed up at some point.
I don't see how making it all "less obvious" is going to make a difference to that.
If people really care about continuing with gigs in the Lower Deck, they will stop drinking cans there altogether, and just buy a few pints instead. Even someone on the dole can afford to buy a few pints in there once a week, especially considering that (I'm told) pints there are actually fairly reasonably priced for Dublin. And there's plenty of people that live nearby who would just drink before they go to the venue and save some for when they get home, and not really bother with it in the venue itself.
Still, I think it's much more likely that people will just continue to piss in their own back yard because they don't really give a shit. That's what punks usually do anyway.
If I was booking a lot of gigs in the Lower Deck right now, I'd start looking for another venue to do it already, so that when the Lower Deck give up there'd still be somewhere else I could use easily enough.
But pretty much all the discussion on this thread is aimed at still drinking cans at the Lower Deck and just getting away with it.
How's this for a thought: The people who work in the Lower Deck AREN'T stupid. They know a lot of faces of people who have being going to gigs there for the past years, so they know rightly when people have been buying pints, and when they haven't; that's all part of the job when you're working at a bar. It doesn't matter how subtle you are with your cans, if you take your empties home with you, whatever. The bar staff are sober, and they will know what's going on. They might not know exactly how much, who's done it, or even be able to prove it, but that doesn't matter. They will know it's happening, they might not even care so much, but eventually when it all comes down to the matter of continuing with gigs there or not, the owner will just say to someone "do you think lots of people are still drinking cans there?", they'll say "probably" and that'll be that.
In my opinion, all the people here who are talking about getting away with drinking cans are only fooling themselves.
I tell you this now, if I was working in the Lower Deck, it would be blatantly obvious to me that people were bringing their own drink in with them and not buying pints there. Even if you don't see a can being poured, all you need to do is think of how many pints have been sold that night, and watch how many people have been continually drinking all night, and think about how many people have bags with them that could hold a bunch of cans, and there's no doubt about what's going on.
We all know the Lower Deck have known about this for years, this thread's been popping up every six months for years, but they've been quite patient and they're going to get fed up at some point.
I don't see how making it all "less obvious" is going to make a difference to that.
If people really care about continuing with gigs in the Lower Deck, they will stop drinking cans there altogether, and just buy a few pints instead. Even someone on the dole can afford to buy a few pints in there once a week, especially considering that (I'm told) pints there are actually fairly reasonably priced for Dublin. And there's plenty of people that live nearby who would just drink before they go to the venue and save some for when they get home, and not really bother with it in the venue itself.
Still, I think it's much more likely that people will just continue to piss in their own back yard because they don't really give a shit. That's what punks usually do anyway.
If I was booking a lot of gigs in the Lower Deck right now, I'd start looking for another venue to do it already, so that when the Lower Deck give up there'd still be somewhere else I could use easily enough.
