Bar Fighting Round Iii

InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Mutiny in the Alleyway!</div> Short story.

Happened about 5 hours ago.

It's quite a rare sight to see someone getting thrown out of a bar at 8pm, so rare in fact this was the first time I ever witnessed the event. Mongo was kindly explaining to the gentlemen he was off his face, and The Drunk was arguing back. The sheer futility of it all was rather amusing, I kept my business to myself and kept walking past the scene up to the entrance to Blocka (The other member of security on tonight) and asked him what the go was. "Just some idiot who's off his face, best just ignore it"
"Rightio then"

I expected that to be the last I saw of The Drunk, and quite literally almost was....

About 10 minutes into work the manager runs in "Adam get the medical kit quick! Someones tried to top themself in the alley!" Oh goody. So I stop pouring this drink, told the guy I was serving Sorry, he nodded and I raced down to get the medical kit and a few torches. I come down the alley, which just so happens to be pitch black, hand the torches around and give the medical kit to the manager. I shine a light on the guys face, it was The Drunk from before. "Guys more light" shouts the manager. I shine my torch down to where she's working on the guy. She was winding bandages around his wrists.

He had slit his wrists with broken glass.

What. A. freaking. Idiot.

So yeah, I'm standing there watching this guy almost bleed to death. The ambulance arrives 5 minutes later (We're down the round from the hospital) and I have to help security out by pushing the very large crowd back (Like the whole bar emptied. Slow night....) so the guy could be stretchered out.

And that's the most exciting thing that happened all night. We ushered all the patrons back in, then we locked the doors. Called last drinks at 8:30..... and closed the bar. So I got 30 minutes of 'work' done, called up some mates, went out for some drinks to forget the whole incident and then saw The Matrix Reloaded for my sixth time....

As I'm driving home I get an SMS from the manager "Idiot didn't want to live in a world without alcohol, so he smashed his bottle and slit his wrists. Do you need counseling?"
My reply "I think I'll live. Cya tomorrow"

What a night.....

Comments

  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    edited June 2003
    ohhh word replacement instead of ****
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    Thats very similar to something that happened to my grilfriend. She worked in a bar before going to uni jus for a bit of extra cash and one night some dude wandered in sat and had a drink. The guy finishes his drink a nips off to the bathroom for what you would expect people would do when they go to the bathroom. It was a pretty quiet night so I'm told so they noticed that the guy had been in the toilet for a while but they figured mayby he's doing a number two. Finnaly they come to the conclusion there is something up so one of the dudes behing the bar goes in to check on him.

    What my girlfriend told me next was pretty shocking. Turns out the guy had decided to kill himself in the toilets. He had slit his arms all the way up from his wrist to his elbow and ther was blood everwhere. Surprisingly enough he was still alive but speaking were incoherently so they patched him up as best the could untill the paramedics arrived. Apparently there was blood all over the place up the walls and everything and my girlfriend was given the job of cleaning it up <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> The even wierder thing about it is she tottaly wasn't phased by it at all I mean i probably would have flaked out.

    People do the wierdest things for attention!
  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    You'll be amazed how 4 buckets of hot water will get the blood off concrete.....
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    lol. moronic drunk people. You should start a dipsh_t of the week award. Post their pics up on a special area in the bar. So everyone can point to the pics and laugh and have fun over a cold one.
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    Remember kids, ones that aren't cold are hardly ones at all.

    I don't know what this guy was thinking, most likely he wasn't. It's kinda surprising to see last call at 8:30 though. Day off for Infi! w00t.
  • InfinitumInfinitum Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
    Not w00t. I don't get paid for that night now. I have expensive habits =/

    Closing the bar was the best thing, one of the barmaids couldn't handle it and broke down, other people were in similar situations after seeing this. It didn't affect me in the slightest. Too many violent video games I suppose.....

    Now this next statement is going to be overly morbid and make me out to be an insensitive ****, but I gotta get it off my chest.
    I frankly couldn't care LESS if he lived or died. He is just another faceless stranger in the crowded room, another cold statistic of alcohol abuse and I have come to realise how screwed up this world is when crap like this happens....

    blah... see what happens when I drown my sorrows? I make big philosphical statements I can't justify correctly because I'm drunk.....

    urgh. I'm going to bed.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    Funny thing about you saying that is thats pretty much what my girlfriend said at the time.
  • RenegadeRenegade Old school Join Date: 2002-03-29 Member: 361Members
    edited June 2003
    Drunk people are silly <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    POST 361 HUZZAH!!! (That's my member number, which is only in the triple digits, unlike most)
  • Speed_2_DaveSpeed_2_Dave Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8788Members
    FYI: torch means flashlight, kids. They may be Non-Americans, but they're not primitive!
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Geez.. If you're gonna kill yourself... don't do it in a public toilet.. your own toilet is much cleaner and you don't have strangers wandering in on you.

    silly drunks.
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    Around Fall finals somebody went in our dorm and went to the 7th floor kitchen. She opened the window and jumped out. She hit a tree branch outside my window and hit the ground. Didn't scream or anything. I think she died on impact. I was doing some work and just thought it was an animal like a big possum or raccoon.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    When will people learn. Alcohol = stupidity = idiocy = fun fun = DEATH.

    My friend nearly killed himself with alcohol poisoning.


    Man, Infinitum...I'd call you insensitive but i'm the guy who thinks certain people shouldn't be allowed to breed. and they should be killed to free up some resources.
  • UZiUZi Eight inches of C4 between the legs. Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13767Members
    What a dillhole...

    I should become a bouncer...its like free money...plus i get to kick the **** out of people <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    This whole story reminds me of several entertaining episodes at the hospital. Now if it weren't for that damned oath of discretion...
  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited June 2003
    Actually, I was under an oath of discretion while working for a lawyer. Your law might see it a little differently, but in essence, discretion is only to be paid to personally recognizeable data. If you 'sterilize' the story, i.e. remove anything that could make the persons concerned identifiable, you should be OK.

    As for the story at hand - it's sad, really. Imagine having so little to live for to make an earnest attempt on account of something as stupid as this. Before someone states that he could just have been too plastered - I've seen my share of really drunks. You don't get suicidal from it.
  • SpecterSpecter Join Date: 2003-02-05 Member: 13159Members
    bleeding to death is just one of the worst and painfull ways to die! an average adult got about 8 liters blood... guess how long it takes to get below the vital level...
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Specter+Jun 7 2003, 01:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Specter @ Jun 7 2003, 01:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> bleeding to death is just one of the worst and painfull ways to die! an average adult got about 8 liters blood... guess how long it takes to get below the vital level... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well considering you can only live on 6 pints of blood and depending on if you cut an artery or not then you've prolly only got about 15-20 mins to die.
  • SpecterSpecter Join Date: 2003-02-05 Member: 13159Members
    hmm id say u live about 40minutes, but even 20-25minutes full of pain suck...
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOHOHOHOHOHOHOH!!!

    Suicidal people are fun to laugh at(and insult)!
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jefe+Jun 6 2003, 02:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jefe @ Jun 6 2003, 02:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember kids, ones that aren't cold are hardly ones at all. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I believe that it's "A One that is not cold is scarcely a One at all."

    The ONEitude is directly proportional to the COLDitude of the ONE. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nemesis Zero+Jun 7 2003, 06:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Jun 7 2003, 06:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You don't get suicidal from it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Its being an alcoholic.
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--CForrester+Jun 7 2003, 12:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Jun 7 2003, 12:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Jefe+Jun 6 2003, 02:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jefe @ Jun 6 2003, 02:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Remember kids, ones that aren't cold are hardly ones at all. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I believe that it's "A One that is not cold is scarcely a One at all."

    The ONEitude is directly proportional to the COLDitude of the ONE. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    bleh, one word off.
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    What a very exciting job you have, Infinitum.
  • NeedDirectionsNeedDirections Join Date: 2003-03-29 Member: 15011Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Specter+Jun 7 2003, 03:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Specter @ Jun 7 2003, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->bleeding to death is just one of the worst and painfull ways to die! an average adult got about 8 liters blood... guess how long it takes to get below the vital level...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    an average adult has actually 4-6 liters blood (6-8% of the bodyweight) and up to 15ml bloodloss per kg bodyweight can be tolerated without loss of bloodpressure, after that the pressure will sink rapidly (i.e. you die).

    also, the bleeding itself doesn't hurt, it's the wound (duh), so it's not necessarily very painful if for example you lose blood through a cleanly inserted open cannula.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    If you nick a major artery, you got about enough blood to sustain your vital processes for about 5-10 minutes. After that, rapid death.

    Speaking of blood, I'm gonna go lose a pint on wednesday.
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    speaking of good ol mongo again...

    i was looking for a summer job (im 18 in july 18th)

    and they had an opening in a bar... but they didnt want me to be a bar staff they wanted me to be a bouncer they said i was bulky and looked tough... so i guess thats nice <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    but i turned it down cos i dont wanna do stuff like that..
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