Genifer Teal
03-02-2008, 08:50 PM
I've been out so much to main stream clubs that I thought I've been in some of the worst possible situations. Last nite hit a new low. I was meeting up with some new GG friends at a club they picked. Not my kind of place really but I am always up for a challenge. I get there 11:15 to beat the 12:00 cover charge curfew. Still concerned I might have to pay to get in, I started chatting with the girls in front of me who were obviously celebrating a party of some kind (turned out to be a birthday). They invited me to join them and enter free with their group - something I hoped would happen. They turned out to be very nice. Another reason I wanted to befriend them was not to be in there completely on my own. I had a sense this would be helpful.
When time came to use the rest room, they asked me to join them. I love that girls use the rest room together. I so understand it now. As reference, there is a law in NYC that you may use the bathroom of the gender you present as. I never have trouble in clubs so I don't even think about it.
For whatever reason the door was propped open to the laidies room. As I stood there waiting my turn, a bouncer called me out and pointed me where the mens room was. I simply said "Are you serious? This is NYC" - not even mentioning the law. He had no comment and seemed ambivilent. Another bounecer snickered and walked away. It seemed they just wanted a closer look at me. I turned and went back to the ladies room. He didn't stop me or say anything more.
5 min later I am in the stall and I hear a bouncer asking (into the ladies room) where did that tall dude go? All the girls came to my aid and said they didn't know. When I went back to the club, nothing more came of the incident. It just left me feeling uncomfortable. The whole place was not my scene and the music (to this point) was not my type. I was there for my new friends who had still not arrived.
Had I not met the girls on the line outside, I would have left already. This was not a place to enter alone. They were definately my saviors. My other friends finally arrived at 12:40 and had to pay to get in. By 1:30 they were ready to leave because the drinks were too expensive and they had no money. As I was getting my coat, a new dj started playing great music. I was ready to dance. 3 great songs in a row. I was ready to take the place on and shake it but it was too late. I was there to hang with my new freinds and we were moving on. Oh well.
Gen
When time came to use the rest room, they asked me to join them. I love that girls use the rest room together. I so understand it now. As reference, there is a law in NYC that you may use the bathroom of the gender you present as. I never have trouble in clubs so I don't even think about it.
For whatever reason the door was propped open to the laidies room. As I stood there waiting my turn, a bouncer called me out and pointed me where the mens room was. I simply said "Are you serious? This is NYC" - not even mentioning the law. He had no comment and seemed ambivilent. Another bounecer snickered and walked away. It seemed they just wanted a closer look at me. I turned and went back to the ladies room. He didn't stop me or say anything more.
5 min later I am in the stall and I hear a bouncer asking (into the ladies room) where did that tall dude go? All the girls came to my aid and said they didn't know. When I went back to the club, nothing more came of the incident. It just left me feeling uncomfortable. The whole place was not my scene and the music (to this point) was not my type. I was there for my new friends who had still not arrived.
Had I not met the girls on the line outside, I would have left already. This was not a place to enter alone. They were definately my saviors. My other friends finally arrived at 12:40 and had to pay to get in. By 1:30 they were ready to leave because the drinks were too expensive and they had no money. As I was getting my coat, a new dj started playing great music. I was ready to dance. 3 great songs in a row. I was ready to take the place on and shake it but it was too late. I was there to hang with my new freinds and we were moving on. Oh well.
Gen