CLUBBING NOT ALL WHAT ITS CRACKED UP TO BE (Clubbing in general)

Member Name: playmate

Product:	Clubbing in general
Date:	22/11/08 (180 review reads)
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Advantages: You can have a dance.

Disadvantages: Too expensive and alot of trouble can start.

When I was younger I used to love going clubbing but I'm not really into it anymore, now for anyone that knows me knows that it sounds weird me saying that but its true. I used to go out nearly every weekend and have a laugh with my mates, but it's got a little boring now to say the least.

There used to be a good club called Harlem/Candlerooms in my home town of Kirkcaldy, its still there but now I find that it is shockingly rubbish. After going for a few weeks and always asking to have some songs played I got to know the D.J, and I always found that he played what the punters wanted not what he wanted or what the management told him to play. Recently all that has changed and they sacked him and brought in a new D.J who is, to put it bluntly, completely rubbish. It doesn't matter if you ask him to play any song, you are told 'yeah I'll play that later' and by the end of the night and everyone is leaving its still not on.

I also find that people who are under the age of 18 are finding it a bit more easier to get into clubs, partly because a lot of the girls are wearing either really short skirts or dresses or really revealing tops, and the bouncers don't really check any I.D they just allow them in. This can spoil the night for anyone that is in there, as most young people tend to get really drunk before they go out, then have a few in the clubs or pubs, and a lot of fights tend to start over something really silly. Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying that only the under 18's do that, there are a lot of older people who are the same.

When I go out I am very protective over my self and my friends and I find that when we are out we tend to get some unwanted attention, which everyone gets at some point, you get the really drunk idiot who think that its fun to try and grope you, but I'm sorry it's not funny and women don't like it. This happened to me one night I was out and it nearly ended in a fight. I was walking to the bar with 2 friends when this really drunk guy decided to grab my bum, which I really didn't appreciate, I turned round and asked him what he thought he was doing, and he just laughed and tried it again, by this point I was really angry, what gives him the right to touch me, so I nicely told him to get lost. He didn't listen and moved onto my friend saying 'well if I can't have you I will have your pal'. This made me really angry as my friend was also pregnant at the time and she was feeling really awkward as this guy was invading her personal space. So I took matters into my own hands and took his arm off my friend and told him that if he didn't leave us alone there would be trouble, but yet again he didn't listen and then proceeded to move onto my other pal, now I was seething, we couldn't even get out of his way as all his pals had crowded around us so we were boxed in. He made a grab for my other pal and I grabbed his arm and twisted it up his back telling him to leave now or I would make sure he went home in an ambulance. As soon as he realised how angry I was he walked away, meanwhile all his pals burst into fits of the giggles and walked away. I know that really wasn't the right thing to do but there wasn't any indication that he was going to leave us alone, and there were no bouncers near by to alert them to what was going on. This could have turned out really badly with either one or all of us getting hurt.

When I am out clubbing I like to visit clubs that play R&B and dance. I have been dancing since I was five and I just love it, it's my one passion in life. I always find that when I am dancing I am in a world of my own and always feel very relaxed.

I do always find that the prices that you have to pay to get into a club are normally quite expensive. A few of the clubs on the local high street have a period at the start of the night when the clubs are quieter, that if you enter before 11PM you pay only half the entry fee, normally about £5, then after 11PM you pay the full £10, all that just to access the place. Then once you are in you have all your drinks to pay for and I always find that they are not cheap either. On an average night out down the town if I am visiting a few places it can end up costing me about £60 that's including taxis too.

One of the clubs in my area do a student night on a Thursday, where you just pay a really high entry fee and all your drinks are either £1 each or it is included in the entry fee, depending on the offer on that night. I have never taken advantage of this as I work all during the week and have to be up at 6AM. When I do go out I tend to make it a Saturday night as I am off work on the Sunday.

I also doesn't matter which club you go to there's always some one that is either getting escorted out or is being asked to leave, and by the end of the night you are guaranteed to see at least one fight, normally consisting of 2 very large drunk men.

There is also a very high chance of your drink being 'spiked', as sadly to say there are a lot of people out there who think that it's funny to slip something into your drink when you are not looking. I have learned to buy my drinks in a bottle and keep my thumb over the top, and never lay them down for even a second, as that's all I takes for you to become a victim. If I have placed my drink down and taken my eyes of it foe even a split second I will buy my self another. Id rather spend a little extra money than spend a night in the hospital or for something worse to happen.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that I only go out if it's something special, like a friends birthday or Christmas, as I really can't be bothered with all the hassle that comes with trying to enjoy a night out with your friends.

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