I’m a Black Bouncer. This Is What Nightlife Security Is Really Like.
PUNCH
JULY 1, 2025
Tracy Miller is a Portland, Oregon–based writer who has worked as a bouncer at dive bars, live music venues, and upscale lounges for nearly a decade.
PUNCH
JULY 1, 2025
Tracy Miller is a Portland, Oregon–based writer who has worked as a bouncer at dive bars, live music venues, and upscale lounges for nearly a decade.
VinePair
MAY 26, 2025
In 2023, a popular Paris bar made waves when it hired a bouncer to control the crowds swarming its doors. Owners Jessica Yang and Robert Compagnon implemented multiple measures to attenuate the mob, hanging a sign that read no TikTok, restricting the outdoor seating, and, yes, hiring a bouncer.
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Chilled Magazine
JULY 5, 2025
The IUL: Double-Duty Money Indexed Universal Life Insurance (IUL) is like having a bouncer who’s also your accountant. No company required—just you taking control like the independent contractor you are. Open one through Fidelity, Vanguard, or Charles Schwab with just $50-100.
PubClub
MAY 24, 2025
Security Staff Depending on the type of establishment you run, it might be necessary and appropriate to hire security staff and bouncers. Bouncers have a few different purposes, and a lot of it comes down to making sure that your business, your employees, and your customers are safe.
PubClub
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Instruct the staff, including the bouncers, to be friendly and to smile. A lot of times, a person will make an impression of a bar based on how it handles busy times, and even local patrons won’t go back to a place if they are treated poorly on such occasions.
Imbibe Magazine
JUNE 16, 2025
One of my friends was a bouncer at the Ninth Circle, and he asked me to cover for him on Mondays and Tuesdays because he hadn’t had a day off in months. But I didn’t call myself a bouncer—I called myself an attitude adjuster. Sometimes we’d go to my house and play charades, but mostly we’d hang out at the bars.
PUNCH
JANUARY 8, 2024
In Melbourne, Australia, bouncers at some of the city's best bars, from a nightclub to a dive, share what a night out looks like.
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