The legendary first Post.

Being charged with writing the first post of a new website…… An honour? A job nobody else wanted to? Probably both, if not more so the latter.

Out of all the countless subjects and topics that are directly connected to late night industry that I could of chosen, I am going to answer the one question that I get asked by all of my mate outside of trade, a question that I am sure you have all been asked by either parents or girlfriends/boyfriends….

“Why do you do it? Why do you work all those unsocial-able hours?”

So why do we do it? We do work all the key nights of the year, the New Years Eve parties,  Christmas Eve, the World Cup finals and any other night that people may want to celebrate. Below is a list of disadvantages and advantages to working in the industry.

Disadvantages -

• Working every Friday & Saturday night
• Missing the big celebrations i.e. New Years Eve etc
• AFD’s (All Fu*king Day) a shift that no other industry would ask of.
• Dealing with the drunken general public, to be fair the general public are a pain in the ass at the best of times but after we have stuck 8 pints and 6 shooters in them, they don’t reach the top of the Christmas card list!
• Mates who ring and ask if you fancy going out on a Friday night, and then getting stroppy as they are not aware that this is like asking them to go out on the piss on a Monday morning. Its the business end of the week!!!!
• Labour controls (A subject sore for all staff in this industry)
• Money – A friend found out my wages once and said that I earned at least 50% more than him, which pissed him off, until I asked him if my 85 hour week had equated to 50% more than his working week!

Advantages -

• Its a Tuesday and whilst everybody else is working I am not, meaning that the golf course is quiet, the shops arent heaving and everybody else is at work.
• I never pay for a drink!
• I am a fat 27 year old with a fiance well out of my league.
• I have worked with thousands of people all of over the country, meaning I could probably get a free beer in a number of towns up and down the country.
• Where everybody goes to have fun is my place of work, outside of the staff for Alton Towers I am not sure how many people can say that.
• I am protected by doorstaff for 40 hours of the week, that’s in the same area as Roman Abromavich!

Both of the lists above are by no means exhaustive but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for me anyway.

So that is the first post, a little uncertain to whether it lives up to the title but it is complete. I know that there are interviews and product reviews coming in the next couple of days, so pop back have a read and post a comment or two.

Cheers