Behaviour, Drinks, Alcohol.

[Excalibur]

Last night was a pretty good night in most ways, but one aspect nearly ruined it for me. Drinks on the dancefloor. What is it with taking your drinks onto the floor with you, and treating everbody in a five metre radius to a Beer/Cider/Lager/Alcopop shampoo?

Most of the punters were very well behaved and nice, but there4 were a huge number of drinks in hands. And on the floor. And on the punters. And worst of all, at one point on my gear. Fortunately, not a lot, and not on sensitive kit, but good heavens, it's a nightmare.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Had the same thing last night at a really good wedding I did. No spillage on my equipment though but lots of guys with pints of lager on the dancefloor.

[StarZSoundS]

Last night was a pretty good night in most ways, but one aspect nearly ruined it for me. Drinks on the dancefloor. What is it with taking your drinks onto the floor with you, and treating everbody in a five metre radius to a Beer/Cider/Lager/Alcopop shampoo?

Most of the punters were very well behaved and nice, but there4 were a huge number of drinks in hands. And on the floor. And on the punters. And worst of all, at one point on my gear. Fortunately, not a lot, and not on sensitive kit, but good heavens, it's a nightmare.

I had this regular venue.A lovely older lady used to attend.She thought it was a great laugh to bring along one of those huge water pistol Supersoakers to the evenings and soak everyone.

I was a nervous wreck.....I had to have a word!!!

[Excalibur]

I had this regular venue.A lovely older lady used to attend.She thought it was a great laugh to bring along one of those huge water pistol Supersoakers to the evenings and soak everyone.

I was a nervous wreck.....I had to have a word!!!

Right, that does it. James H are you listening? One DSB with 1200Visqueen covering, and perspex roof please, fast as you like.

[discomobiledj]

I thought this was going to be some maths equation when I read the title.

Behaviour = drink + alcohol = panic

[Excalibur]

I thought this was going to be some maths equation when I read the title.

Behaviour = drink + alcohol

Ah, you want the Advanced version then.
Punters + Alcohol = DJ- Equanimity

[rob1963]

Drinks on the dance floor is one of my pet hates, but something we don't seem to be able to do much about, because whenever I've made announcements about this, I've been pretty much ignored.

The worst I've known was a big wedding at a racecourse a few years back when I was working with the Counterfeit Stones. The dance floor became more like a pond than a dance floor. After my announcements were ignored, the staff made me stop the music & clear the dance floor while they got the mops out to dry it.

A few weeks back, I had a similar problem with drinks on the dance floor, and about once every 30 minutes someone would drop their pint glass, so not only was the dance floor wet, but kept getting covered in broken glass too...lovely! The bride came up & asked me to finish 30 minutes early, and I'm sure this was the reason, because apart from that the gig was going very well.

[STEVE HANLEY]

Did a wedding in Newcastle last night which was a really good night apart from about 10 mins where we deliberatley put a track on we knew would kill the dancefloor.

Just so we could get the drunken nut jobs off the floor as we had to keep pushing them away to stop them crashing straight into the decks

[Penfold42]

Don't like it....but what can you do.
Make a fuss and you are the party pooper......as long as it's not near me.

[Spirits High]

Had the same thing last night at a really good wedding I did. No spillage on my equipment though but lots of guys with pints of lager on the dancefloor.

Right, that does it. James H are you listening? One DSB with 1200Visqueen covering, and perspex roof please, fast as you like.

Slightly off topic but hey ho.

I will say since having the DSB I've been alot better protected, no one trying to lean over, no attempting to put thier drinks on the booth and I've really noticed that they come around the sides to make requests now

The only person to spill anything on my kit last night was one of the bar staff collecting glasses at the end of the night and that was only on an empty gig bag. I did have the last laugh though as he dropped most of them before he made it back to the bar