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Control of Camera Phones in Clubs
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The issue of camera phones in clubs is a vexed one. We all agree (I am sure) that their use should be banned in a club environment (less restricted use in specific locations for chancing babysitters etc). However, people now use them for payment so much that by banning their use totally you create a problem or at least a difficulty.
Thinking about it, the best solution might be to cover the cameras with specialist anti-tamper stickers that don’t leave any residue on the lens.
If this were a mandatory policy, how would people feel if phones were allowed out in a bar area to allow drinks to be purchased etc? |
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I don’t think I would be able to relax and enjoy myself if I kept seeing phones everywhere.
We all know you can’t have them in a club so you bring cash or your actual card. Or use a watch or ring with card details on.
I’m sure that system would be open to abuse |
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If there is a requirement for a phone , ie babysitter then a £10 basic phone should be allowed , but inspected by club staff before entry ..
Anything else is open to abuse...there are very few places now you can relax and be yourself without worrying about a camera watching ..
And clubs could always offer a wrist band or prepaid card supplied by them so there's no need to have any electronics at all..
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Taking this away from a club situation, about 10 years ago a friend and me took our kids swimming left them too it while we had a catch up n coffee in the cafe, I got my phone out to show her something and got told off by the lifeguard for having it out, so to me if you can’t show someone a pic in a cafe or something on you’re phone then no change in a club!
Also North West clubs might be different to other but they have an element of trust in their customers where you settle the balance in you’re way out of the club so no need for card/cash or device |
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Having cash, using your watch or bringing your card isn't a problem. It is a minor inconvenience, that's all of any. You may have no intention of using it to take videos or photos, but other people at the club aren't going to know that. If you can't leave your phone alone at the club, it's probably best to go elsewhere. |
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To be honest not encouter a problem with people freely carrying phones for payment in clubs. Because either it's pay at checkout, cash only or at one place phones are allowed in the cafe/bar area which is next to the lookers. Any of the above eliminates this problem without any fancy work around.
As to camera phones in clubs as a wider subject is seems to be becoming a bit more of a problem. By the way I have no problem with people taking a phone in a bag to a private room for private content. However although rare I've seen more open carry of phones in clubs as time has gone on. I don't think you can blame the clubs so much because they haven't got eyes everywhere. I think it more comes down to none of the punters saying anything and letting it slide. However it's rare and as long as folk don't accept it we shouldn't have to go to the lengths of removing everyone's phones on entry, which is the form at one club we've been. It's a bit much for us yet I understand it. I makes people feel safer and less inhibited if you can guarantee no phones in a club. Which especially for people in the public eye or in sensitive careers must be a good reason to go to that club.
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I personally think that there is no need to have phones out in clubs, if you know you are going either take a card or go to a cash machine prior to attending. With regard to urgent phone calls, you can pop out to reception to check a phone or make any emergency calls. I have had to do this in the past, wasn't an issue. I would rather do this than worry about people secretly filming or taking photos that could end up all over the internet. This is a lifestyle where people are entitled to their privacy and protection. Everyone should be equally respected. All about a bit of fun, not drama. Keep on enjoying the sin guys & gals lol xx  |
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Cellular smart watch is the solution to both issues. We need to be immediately contactable in an emergency when out so purchased an Apple Watch for club visits. Likewise it can use Apple Pay.
Fairly certain Android phones have a multitude of similar options too. We do carry out phone in our bag in some clubs to make private in closed play rooms but wouldn’t dream of having phone out otherwise. |
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"Cellular smart watch is the solution to both issues. We need to be immediately contactable in an emergency when out so purchased an Apple Watch for club visits. Likewise it can use Apple Pay.
Fairly certain Android phones have a multitude of similar options too. We do carry out phone in our bag in some clubs to make private in closed play rooms but wouldn’t dream of having phone out otherwise."
Not all smart / sports watches are supported.
For us, zero phones is what we want otherwise we will not relax and play. Our phones go in the locker at the club, are used soley to pay any tab as we exit. If we want to record, then that's at home and in private |
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For us, phone use in clubs has been enough for us not to go back... we visit clubs where phones are allowed in the bar area, but after paying entry fee, most places we visit then have a table system and so payment is only needed when we are leaving.
If an emergency phone check is needed then an area to do that is great, but for us phones anywhere else is a real turn off. Xx |
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At Ignite Friday and Saturday nights, phones are locked away at reception.
During the day, phones should be in your locker and they have a little cubicle where you can use your phone to check messages. You can charge drinks to your locker key and pay at reception on the way out. |
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A club we used to had a booth to use your phone, that didn't stop people getting out their phone to use it. The most irritating one I saw was a guy using his hands free kit, this clearly meant he had his phone in his pocket.
There's little reason to carry your phone around with you, although I don't like the idea of leaving mine in my car and I use it for satnav to get to my location and back. |
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Yup, no further than the lockers.
Personally we find it nicely freeing not having the phones on us for an evening.
If either of us ever feel the need to check it, just go back to the locker room to do it. |
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"At Ignite Friday and Saturday nights, phones are locked away at reception.
During the day, phones should be in your locker and they have a little cubicle where you can use your phone to check messages. You can charge drinks to your locker key and pay at reception on the way out. "
Yes their system works well |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 1 week ago
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I wouldn't go to a club that confiscated my phone on entry, like wtf?
If it's not in my locker, my phone does not leave my side for a split second. There's no way I'm handing it to a stranger at reception. That's crazy.
Far too much sensitive information on people's phones these days for such a policy to be acceptable. |
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"I wouldn't go to a club that confiscated my phone on entry, like wtf?
If it's not in my locker, my phone does not leave my side for a split second. There's no way I'm handing it to a stranger at reception. That's crazy.
Far too much sensitive information on people's phones these days for such a policy to be acceptable."
A club could put phones in lockable pouches that you can carry. They only open pouches as you leave. They use this system in some gigs nowadays. |
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A club could put phones in lockable pouches that you can carry. They only open pouches as you leave. "
How much would it cost a club to buy 200 or 300 pouches ?
If you put your pouch down while playing, someone else could pick it up and take it. |
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We recently encountered this at ignite, I know a few comments was made about handing I er phones in entry on a weekend but this was bank holiday, on arrival the 2 young lads that work there or are directors was sat in reception on Thier phones so hardly setting an example of acceptability within the club, then in the bar people was freely using their phones in front of staff, when we said something to the staff they just laughed and ignored it as think they felt uncomfortable, we went and told the manager who dealt with it but I think the standard had been set on entry, clubs should be a safe space to do what you want without fear of others able to take pictures or videos, we decide what to share and with who not someone that has potentially taken images without our consent, the whole incident has put us off ever returning to ignite, whilst they can't be everywhere to control everything they can set the example and confront it when it's happening right in front of them |
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This is not the experience we have at Ignite. If it is an evening event, they are getting your phones at check-in and give you a tag which identifies your pouch.
If it is daytime, you leave your phone at your locker and if you are spotted while using your phone (even in the changing room where the lockers are) you are warned and if repeated, membership revoked.
I know people that they haven’t checked the rules about phones and left without payment methods to buy drinks at the bar because they had to leave their phones at check-in.
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By *aciamiCouple 3 days ago
Hertfordshire |
"We recently encountered this at ignite, I know a few comments was made about handing I er phones in entry on a weekend but this was bank holiday, on arrival the 2 young lads that work there or are directors was sat in reception on Thier phones so hardly setting an example of acceptability within the club, then in the bar people was freely using their phones in front of staff, when we said something to the staff they just laughed and ignored it as think they felt uncomfortable, we went and told the manager who dealt with it but I think the standard had been set on entry, clubs should be a safe space to do what you want without fear of others able to take pictures or videos, we decide what to share and with who not someone that has potentially taken images without our consent, the whole incident has put us off ever returning to ignite, whilst they can't be everywhere to control everything they can set the example and confront it when it's happening right in front of them "
On Friday and Saturday party nights phones must be handed into reception on arrival at Ignite. On spa days and evenings you are expected to keep it in your locker and use the phone booth in the changing rooms if you want to use it.
We have spotted a woman using a phone in the bar area recently and reported it to staff who dealt with it immediately.
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By *G74Woman 23 hours ago
Blackburn |
"Chams run a tab based on your locker number and you pay at the reception desk when you leave. Solves the problem."
Club No3 in Chorley does this. Works perfectly. Get key for locker on entry, dress down in locker room and phone goes in the locker, at the bar they they ask locker number and tab there all night. Can go to locker room and check phone if need to with baby sitters and so on but never bring phone out past the locker room door. End of the night pay your tab and all good. Don't know why that wouldn't be the rule everywhere. 🤷♀️ |
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