I'm only 22 years old and I think I'm over the "going out/clubbin" phase. Sad right? It's not that I just don't want to anymore, it's the people I've encountered the past few times I've been out. Let me tell you what happened last night.
Me and two of my friends went to Fibbers with only the intentions of having a good time. We arrived around 12:30 and had to wait in what seemed like a never ending line. About mid-way, these girls, who had friends already in line behind us, walked up. They decide instead of waiting, like everyone else is doing, to attempt to jump ahead of us. Uhm no, that's not going to happen on my watch. So, I stepped right back ahead of them! Then of course, like many people do when they are surrounded by a number of their friends, one of the girls starts talking loud and rambunctiously about me to her friends (she's standing right behind me and hear what she's saying). Here's side note you should know about me...I'm an easy going, laid back, like to have a good time type of person. However, do not disrespect me,especially if I have done nothing to warrant that behavior. As much as I wanted to turn around and ask the girl if she had anything she needed to say to me directly... I ignore it and go inside.
I brush what just happened off my shoulders and proceed to the bar with my friends to get a drink. The club is jammed packed with people and I being careful as to not step on anyones toes. We finally make it to the bar and as we're waiting to order drinks, a random (drunk) girl walks up, starts waving her arms everywhere and spills some of her beer on me! I was ready to lose it. She apologized over and over handed me napkins to dry myself. I brushed the beer off my shoulders, sipped my sex on the beach and walked towards the dancefloor, determined to have a fun filled night with my friends.
We're dancing for a few minutes; everything seems cool and dandy until we become bombarded with drunken girls all around us. It only begins to bother me when they start to invade our personal space. It's already tight, with little space and me and friends are trying to stick as close as we can together and yet people still are waving their arms here and there hitting us in the back, face and arms-- not caring or paying attention to others around them (like myself).
I can't take this anymore. I love to dance and have fun but I have found myself frequently more iritated and annoyed with how people act when out at these bars and clubs, than I am having fun. If only certain people knew how to handle themselves better, the whole atmosphere would be a lot more easy going. Such a shame...
Good for you for standing your ground! I agree, I would definitely be getting tired of the "club scene" if things like that happened on a regular basis. Just like you, I hate drama and when I go out I want to have fun, not have drinks spilled all over me! A relaxed night out with a couple of friends is much more appealing to me anyways :)
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ReplyDeleteI love reading your posts every week! I am also 22 and over the club stage. I cannot sympathize with you more over the irritation I experience practically every time I go out. Your story reminded me of when I last went to Banks Channel down by the beach. I am also a pretty laidback and patient individual. However, I was waiting at the crowded bar to order some drinks and the bartender made eye contact with me and continued to ignore me as her guy friends walked up and cut everyone else at the bar. After she took their orders, I was about to ask for mine when ANOTHER guy who she knew cut in front of me. I quickly jumped in and said, "Excuse me, I have been waiting and before you take their drink orders, can you please get mine because I have been waiting?" She looked at me with this deer-in-the-headlights face and held up one finger and said, "Just a sec." I was so angry! I mean I understand she wants to socialize with her friends but she also has a job to do! I was so appalled by her poor customer service, I spoke to a manager and have not been back to that bar since. I feel like so many places now are allowing under aged individuals into bars with their fake ID's. It's annoying and almost impossible to have a good night out with friends.
So sorry you didn't have a good night at fibbers, I was there that night too and chose not to dance because of all the drunk idiots. Maybe you should try to go to over 21 places I know there are still dumb drunk people but I would assume that they're not all plastered. I find that people under 21 that drink can be way more obnoxious. But I understand completely I'm not even 21 and I try to stay from downtown or any sort of club. Oh well it's not for everyone right?
ReplyDeleteI have never really been a club kind of girl and I don't drink either (only 20) so it has never really been my scene. It really is sad that those girls don't have more respect for themselves and other people that they have to run around acting ridiculous. That kind of stuff even happens at concerts I have been to. I went to see Ke$ha last July and there were tons of drunk girls dressed in the most, for lack of a better word, "skanky" outfits with the same snobby attitudes trying to break in line. It is just way too hard to have a good time when you have all of those crazy people around you with no respect. As I've never been to a club before, I can only imagine how wild it can get and I get very claustrophobic! However, like Kelly said, it might be better if you go to some place where there are some older people instead of a bunch of underage immature college kids. I'm sorry you had a horrible night!
ReplyDeleteThis is funny. I can imagine how annoyed you must've been, but still tried to have a good time. I rarely venture towards the beach for nightlife, mainly for that reason. The beach seems like an easy place to use a fake ID, with all the 19 year olds that kind of creep me out. The main thing is that you shouldn't let this one place, or two, or three places ruin you going out to have fun with your friends. YOU'RE 22. This is when partying gets the most fun (supposedly).
ReplyDeleteJazmyn--I know what you mean. I was at fibbers that night around the exact time too and was miserable. I feel like at our age it is perfectly fine if we're over that scene and don't want to be around it. I like the beach bars a lot because they're more laid back and mellow. I refuse to go downtown not because of the underagers but because of the type of crowds/drama that are normally there. I didn't like fibbers that night either because there were a lot of shady 30 something year olds trying to get with girls who looked like they were barely 18. It was pretty disgusting and I'd honestly rather just have a glass of wine on my big porch and drink with a few close friends.=)
ReplyDeleteJazmyn..I feel ya girl! Honestly I think everyone is slowly coming out of the "club phase". Some girls just don't know how to control their drunkness when they have a couple of drinks. And I think it is sad because I feel like sometimes certain girls just act like they are drunk to get attention. Those girls are the worst. I haven't been to the club in awhile now, even though I love gettting down on the dance floor :) I much rather stay at home and chill with my friends with some drinks!
ReplyDeleteWell, personally I don't find clubbing any fun, so I avoid all the drama completely. It seems like you enjoy drama because I think every post has been about it. I like being surrounded by friends in a chill environment where I can sit down. Oh yeah, and I'm cursed with profusely sweating, so the hot clubs are not very conducive. Alcohol makes people aggressive..fact..can't fight that..so it naturally starts drama. If you don't enjoy the drama, don't go places where drunk people are looking for any kind of entertainment..especially a fight.
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