I know a whole bunch of people that have bounced at multiple clubs in Chicago

that used to love chasing people down

Did you ask them if they got fired for being a liability nightmare? Or for driving customers away?

Cuz, I don’t know any corporate LP that would tolerate that behavior, neither do I know any owners/managers of bars, strip clubs or whatever, that would tolerate aggressive behavior.

Liability is a bitch, and the cost of one fuck up getting someone hurt is way more expensive than the loss due to shoplifting.

In a bar, you’re interacting with patrons, people you want to come back, and spend loads of money. Fights breaking out is not conducive to that; and one of the great ways to lose your liquor license is to have too many calls to police. And yes, they will be calling the police any time they have to go hands on- otherwise the subject could come back and ding your staff for assault. Remember, liability is a bitch.

Oh. By the way, this is my job. I’m a manager for contract security.

Tell yourself that if you want to, but the truth is that bouncers are going to have to know how to fight to at least some degree, because they're going to end up in fights.

Knowing how to fight is one thing. And you’re right, it’s almost inevitable, at least across a long career.

Doesn’t change the fact that when a fight breaks out it’s almost always avoidable, and in every single interaction I’ve studied (over thousands, this is my job.) there were critical points where things could have been done differently, where a fight could have been averted.

It’s not easy and people make mistakes, but the kinds of guys that go looking for fights? Yeah. Liability is a bitch and even if the manager likes it, their insurance company will drop them like a sack of rancid potatoes.

The managers almost certainly don’t like it, though, because usually they’re interacting with paying customers, and ruining other customer’s nights. Everyone is better off handling the situation through soft skills rather than hard skills.