TL;DR Bouncers broke my ID and tried to coerce my girlfriend in by herself.
Me and my girlfriend walked to the door and asked to come in, bouncers asked for ID and £100 from me for entry "haha" bouncer humour we just handed over our ID's. They accept my girlfriends no problem and she goes ahead but for mine they both look it over and say "it's fake or not you in the photo" which makes no sense as it's either fake or not regardless of who's in the photo but they couldn't even tell me which it was and just fully declined me entry.
Assuming at this point it might still be a "give us £100 for entry" type joke as it would be crazy idiotic to not know if something is fake or it's somebody else I ask if they're being serious to which they say they are and they threw my ID on the floor which cracked the corner and agreesively invaded my personal space in an attempt to Intimidate me.
These two bouncers were gigantic oak trees of men and they were being confrontational and agressive to me whilst trying to get my girlfriend in alone and were visabiliy unhappy that she followed me away from the pub. This behavior is completely unacceptable and is just straight...
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