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Death Threats:
You Gonna Kill Me Now?
By Ari Bolden
www.veritas-services.com
You’ve been working the
door for over a year and are feeling pretty secure in your job. The
boys like you, the rest of the staff thinks you are great, and the
patrons say you are the golden child. You think to yourself: “I get
paid for this? Pretty sweet gig.”
Then one night you kick out a guy for fighting. You’ve done it
dozens of times before and this one goes off without a hitch.
Almost. The guy gets outside and turns to face you. In a calm and
deliberate voice he says: ”That was a mistake. You’re fucking dead.
I’m gonna kill you. I’ll remember you. I’ll remember your face. You
have no idea who you are messing with. I’ll find where you live.
Trust me.”
The first time you get a death threat, your stomach will drop. I
don’t care how tough you are. A death threat is a serious thing and
a gun will quickly even the odds in any fight. Was the guy serious?
Who is he? Does he have connections? All of these thoughts will run
through your head.
I’d like to say after a few years working the door, you get to know
who walks the walk and who talks the talk. But you never can be too
sure. Anyone could be a potential murderer now a days. You have to
be guarded.
Come backs, as they are called in the business, do happen from time
to time. You will piss off some half crazed drug dealer who has no
respect for you or anyone around you. They’ll want to kill you (or
hurt you REAL bad) just because you tossed them out one night.
Out of every 100 death threats your get, 99.8% of them are empty.
But when your well being is on the line, is it worth gambling that
.2%? If you get a death threat you must evaluate the situation
first.
1) Who is the person? Do you know them? Are they a regular?
2) Most people who want to REALLY kill or injure you won’t tell you.
3) Drunk people say the stupidest things. Are they just wasted?
4) How old are they? Do they seen to have anything to loose?
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You must gage these factors when the death threat comes your
way. Your gut will be your greatest ally here. If you can’t read
it, ask a fellow doorman for his opinion (if you trust it).
Next, you have
to deal with the threat itself. Here are some of the options
available to you.
1) Repeat the threat out loud so other people can here it. “You
are going to kill me?” Point at the guy, and have your dozen
witnesses stare at him. Point to the camera that has him on tape
now. “Anything happens to me, you’ll be the first guy the police
go after.”
2) Uttering threats is an offense and someone can be arrested
for it. Just grabbing the guy, calling the cops and having it on
record, will prevent the asshole from further actions.
3) Volley a threat back. “I can assure you the people I know in
this business (nightclub) that are unimaginably more dangerous
than you. Don’t open a can of worms here , junior.”
4) “Well, since I am dead, I guess my entire door staff will
have to break you in half (cripple, stomp, kill, destroy, wreck)
so you don’t get that chance. You have to kill everyone then.”
Death threats are par for the course in this business. I am not
saying that they are right, only that they are a fact of (night)
life.
Be Safe
Ari Bolden
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