Ok
here's the scene. you've got your freedom. your 18. its university time and being the freedom seeker you are you go away from home. close enough to commute yet far enough to validate a room at the student halls. finally you can do your own thing, drink as much as you can and party 24/7 with who ever you want.
Your out and about in this new city. Enjoying the sights and sounds. Come on Pav lets go to Bar Label. so you saunter off with the crew in tow - slightly giddy as the drinks been flowing all evening.
Theres a small queue to the enterance, the door staff are checking for ID's... so you take your driving licence out and you wait. as the crowd clears you see a horrifying sight. it cant be. you left your town because of this. the heart sinks faster than bush's opinion polls. the doorman. no please no. please god dont let it be. but you cant be sure. not 100%. the most horrifying thought to an asian. do you know me?
its not bad when your 100% that way you can go over and do damage limitation. you can go over chat to them and think yeah its cool. he's here and i'm here we've had a chat we've got some mutual understanding goin on. ok i'm a lil tipsy but hey he's working at the club too.
but when your not 101% thats when its rabbits in the headlights. you dont want to go over and make yourself known. if he is the person you think he is then your damned. you've just made it known that so and so's daughter/son is in such a place drunk and with members of the opposite sex at 12am. with this scenario your even more damned as your not on a level with this person so smooth things over.
but you cant leave things as it is - your dreading the next few days. your thinking if that person was so and so then the next time you see him - he might mention it or hint at it. if its gonna be someone you aint gonna see for time - then your just thinking please let him forget...
so this happened to me tonight. i'm pretty sure i know who she was, due to be engaged to a distant relative of mine. the worst thing was when it came to ID checking the other doorman got her so i wasnt able to confirm 101% if it was who i thought it was.
I probably wont mention it... but come on i wouldnt be me if i didnt torture the other person a lil...
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Sunday 21 September 2008
The easy life?
Students
they have it easy. i mean come on. i was working tonight and it was the first weekend of them arriving - so like little lambs they huddled together doing the whole pub crawl. downing as many pints as they can cause all their mates are and thats the tradition for students - get drunk on the grant cheque and live in squalor.
and the uni's almost encourage this. they allow societies to advertise their pub crawls and get the student unions to put the beer at an insanely cheap price. its all a kosher life isnt it?
but then 2am hits. that crawl you've been on where you have to drink at least 2 pints at the 5 different bars you've been to is beginning to take effect. they're staggering all over in a city they're not too familiar with, somehow they've lost their friends but they've still got their wallet and their phone and the keys - thats it! its all kosher isnt it? you got money to get back to your flat, mobile to call your mates to see where they are and the keys to get into bed.
only they dont quite tell the lambs straight from mummy and daddys nest that there's bad people around. people who do nothing more than sit around and look for that drunken guy/girl. so that they can go upto them and ask them for a cigarette just to see how drunk a person is. when the poor student passes the test they act the kind stranger, we'll help you in the right direction. and then bham... its too late. they've taken your phone that you were waving about. if you were stupid enough to get your wallet out that'll be a few notes short too.
i can understand the fact that they're new students, having lived at home this is a new environment. living alone it feels great - do what you want to do no one to tell u off. but come on use a little common sense!
no city wants to promote itself in a negative way. but uni's and local halls need to start doing the right thing and educating them on going at night time safely.
we had one international student from india in. all nice and greasy hair wearin the foam strap slippers, nice weakling walking around at 11pm with a brand new laptop clearly on show. No laptop case, no put it in a bag. the sony sign clearly showing. the battery light flickering away. i really was about to run off with it myself if to show him how stupid he is.
its common knowledge to the locals that thieves target these lambs for slaughter during the first few weeks of uni. but the worrying fact is the uni doesnt really inform the students of their own safety, sober or drunk. how many students will go to one police officer and talk to him during these few weeks?
they have it easy. i mean come on. i was working tonight and it was the first weekend of them arriving - so like little lambs they huddled together doing the whole pub crawl. downing as many pints as they can cause all their mates are and thats the tradition for students - get drunk on the grant cheque and live in squalor.
and the uni's almost encourage this. they allow societies to advertise their pub crawls and get the student unions to put the beer at an insanely cheap price. its all a kosher life isnt it?
but then 2am hits. that crawl you've been on where you have to drink at least 2 pints at the 5 different bars you've been to is beginning to take effect. they're staggering all over in a city they're not too familiar with, somehow they've lost their friends but they've still got their wallet and their phone and the keys - thats it! its all kosher isnt it? you got money to get back to your flat, mobile to call your mates to see where they are and the keys to get into bed.
only they dont quite tell the lambs straight from mummy and daddys nest that there's bad people around. people who do nothing more than sit around and look for that drunken guy/girl. so that they can go upto them and ask them for a cigarette just to see how drunk a person is. when the poor student passes the test they act the kind stranger, we'll help you in the right direction. and then bham... its too late. they've taken your phone that you were waving about. if you were stupid enough to get your wallet out that'll be a few notes short too.
i can understand the fact that they're new students, having lived at home this is a new environment. living alone it feels great - do what you want to do no one to tell u off. but come on use a little common sense!
no city wants to promote itself in a negative way. but uni's and local halls need to start doing the right thing and educating them on going at night time safely.
we had one international student from india in. all nice and greasy hair wearin the foam strap slippers, nice weakling walking around at 11pm with a brand new laptop clearly on show. No laptop case, no put it in a bag. the sony sign clearly showing. the battery light flickering away. i really was about to run off with it myself if to show him how stupid he is.
its common knowledge to the locals that thieves target these lambs for slaughter during the first few weeks of uni. but the worrying fact is the uni doesnt really inform the students of their own safety, sober or drunk. how many students will go to one police officer and talk to him during these few weeks?
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