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Sin + Tax

Sunday, February 26th, 2017

Reviewed by Lee Smith

Rude, unpleasant experience! Catching on to the old tradition of amazing cities like New York and Melbourne - a hidden entrance and password one might expect to find a fun and pleasant experience. I am no stranger to these experiences throughout the world and when Johannesburg- a city I have recently returned to was doing something just as edgy - I thought wow - and round up a bunch of my friends to try it out. It was highly unpleasant and the rude wanna be cool door lady and her protector were as pretentious and rude as the seedier mainstream clubs which people who value themselves don't frequent. Remember the word pretentious comes from the word pretend. You don't have to pretend - you are. You have nothing to prove - you have done something cool - own it. But instead - your door girl played this down and let her little "power hungry access control" role get to her head instead - and then I realised all too quickly that Johannesburg is in it's infancy - it's still pretending. It isn't yet New York or Melbourne - it's still trying to prove its worthiness. And then I realised this bar was not my place. This was about ego, exclusivity, power, low vibration and just plain rudeness. If you really don't want to be the next fad - ensure that customer service is a top priority. People are fickle - the fad will fade - and you'll be left with nothing because you did not nurture your patrons, your regulars and those that truly believed in the beauty you were trying to create. And although I do - I will not subject myself to rude door ladies who don't. Do yourself a favour and hire people at the door who are already assured deep down of just how awesome and treat others with the same respect. We are nothing until we learn how to treat each other.
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