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Visiting
Halifax
this
summer.
Heard
for
years
stories
about
the
Halifax
"Roadhouse".
Many
colleagues
and
acquaintances
have
gone
to
either
visit
one
of
the
oldest
pubs
in
Canada
(built
1893),
or
to
see
if
the
stories
are
true.
Loving
old
pubs
myself,
I
was
greatly
intrigued
and
will
be
staying
nearby.
However,
alas
all
the
rumours
and
stories
I've
heard
turns
out
to
be
frighteningly
true.
A
few
years
back
I
heard
during
a
comic
convention,
whereby
a
group
decided
to
go
the
Halifax
Alehouse,
although
it
started
pleasant
in
the
early-evening,
that
changed
quickly
by
10:30PM
apparently,
not
only
were
they
given
attitude,
poor
service,
billed
for
items
they
did
not
order
after
dinner,
but
security
was
inappropriate
and
intimidating
towards
the
patrons.
None
of
my
associates
felt
safe.
When
attempting
to
leave
and
settle
the
bill,
one
bouncer
told
them
to
tip
well
but
they
wanted
to
tip
the
server
directly
who
helped
them
all
evening,
and
not
the
new
one
who
simply
delivered
the
bill.
One
of
my
colleagues
assumed
this
staff
was
involved
with
the
bouncer,
as
he
was
taunted
outside
the
toilet
by
the
same
bouncer,
outside
having
a
cigarette,
both
times
with
the
bill
server
(not
the
one
who
actually
attended
to
their
orders),
and
was
followed
a
few
yards
outside
by
two
others
which
they
stopped
as
the
group
walked
towards
a
patrolman.
Now,
Pubs
in
any
downtown
core
will
have
issues
like
these
weekly.
I
myself,
have
worked
the
door
in
college.
However,
I
recognize
the
tribal
mentality
that
lingers
within
those
circles
and
once
a
"death"
is
involved,
and
no
disciplinary
action
is
followed,
they'll
be
escalation.
I've
seen
establishments
"run"
by
Security
and
that
can
lead
towards
other
worse
kinds
of
shadow
"management".
In
this
case,
I
have
no
interest
to
ever
visit
this
long
standing
institution
as
it
no
longer
appears
safe
when
the
greatest
threat
(with
no
bragging
or
reason
to
gloat)
is
the
Security
Staff.
Now
with
a
plethora
of
negative,
yet
consistent
and
trending
behaviour,
we
can
get
our
standard
pub
grub
and
Guinness
pints
elsewhere
without
the
risk
of
intimidation,
harassments,
alpha
maleness,
bullying,
and
potential
assault.
Now
we
can
say
it's
a
case
of
bad
apples,
sadly
there's
always
the
main
bear,
and
the
others
are
just
windup
grumps.
having
worked
pubs,
bars,
events
as
security
in
my
youth,
there
is
always
the
few
that
just
wants
to
start
$#!T
for
no
reason,
and
will
continue
to
milk
their
bad
habits
either
due
to
nepotism,
transactions,
exchanges
or
ego.
Worst
part
is
how
they
groom
both
their
fellow
bouncers
and
serving
staff.
Nothing
but
horror
stories
about
this
place.
Was
curious
but
have
absolutely
no
interest
ever
to
visit
and
my
colleagues
share
the
same
sentiment.
That's
why
it's
nicknamed
"Halifax
Roadhouse",
because
it's
like
that
Patrick
Swayze
movie,
accept...
the
bouncers...
are
not
"nice,
until
it's
time
to
not
be
nice",
they're
just
not
nice.
Just
not
a
safe
place
to
be
it
seems.
Visit
at
your
own
discretion
I
was
told.
Pity.
So
close
to
the
Scotiabank
convention
centre
too.
:-(
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