Comments on: What’s Going On, Tiger Tiger? http://www.shaunoakes.com/2008/09/whats-going-on-tiger-tiger/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: circlingthesun http://www.shaunoakes.com/2008/09/whats-going-on-tiger-tiger/comment-page-1/#comment-44206 circlingthesun Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:53:49 +0000 http://www.shaunoakes.com/blogtest/?p=106#comment-44206 Its related to psychological phenomenon called cognitive dissonance. When people have to wait in a queue for a long period of time they expect that the experience they have inside will justify the wait. However if they get inside and it does not quite live up to their expectations they experience cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is when a person hold two conflicting ideas at the same time. In this case the person expected to have a good time but was let down. So the person can either conclude that he or she was an idiot for queuing that long. Or the person can to lie to him or herself and pretend to have enjoyed it more. This way these clubs are perceived to be better than they would have been perceived if they had short queues. Its related to psychological phenomenon called cognitive dissonance.
When people have to wait in a queue for a long period of time they expect that the experience they have inside will justify the wait. However if they get inside and it does not quite live up to their expectations they experience cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is when a person hold two conflicting ideas at the same time.
In this case the person expected to have a good time but was let down. So the person can either conclude that he or she was an idiot for queuing that long. Or the person can to lie to him or herself and pretend to have enjoyed it more.
This way these clubs are perceived to be better than they would have been perceived if they had short queues.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.shaunoakes.com/2008/09/whats-going-on-tiger-tiger/comment-page-1/#comment-37220 Michelle Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:06:45 +0000 http://www.shaunoakes.com/blogtest/?p=106#comment-37220 At Tiger Tiger, we don't slow queues down to allow for less people so we can give away less booze for free between 8 and 10pm. unfortunately the door lady is only one person and can only get so many people thru the door at once. I’ve worked the door; there are a lot of very slow people out there. (you know your coming to club, where you have to pay an entrance free, but now this person has asked that person to hold they wallet and then when at the door, only after being asked for their cash do they realize they still need to pay. Then there are those girls who have bags, big enough to fit a human in - you can imagine how long that takes to find they wallet. There are hundreds of chancers every night as well, they will stand there holding the queue up trying in every possible way to get in for free... Blame the people in front of you in the queue, not the club. Then what may not seem full to you is unfortunately our fire limit. Tiger may not put more than a curtain amount of people in the club at once, we would love to get more people in. a queue is not only frustrating for you guys. Everyone knows a queue upsets a lot of people and an upset person is not exactly going to come spend millions. Things are also very unpleasant if the club is too packed. Ive been to Tiger on some of the nights where there have been too many people let in the club. not only does one wait in a queue to get in the club, now you have to wait to get drinks, which takes you half an hour to fight for a spot at the bar. More queues to get into the bathrooms. I think you can see where I’m going with this. I hope this can give you a little more understanding form an insider’s point of view. Thank you. At Tiger Tiger, we don’t slow queues down to allow for less people so we can give away less booze for free between 8 and 10pm. unfortunately the door lady is only one person and can only get so many people thru the door at once. I’ve worked the door; there are a lot of very slow people out there. (you know your coming to club, where you have to pay an entrance free, but now this person has asked that person to hold they wallet and then when at the door, only after being asked for their cash do they realize they still need to pay. Then there are those girls who have bags, big enough to fit a human in – you can imagine how long that takes to find they wallet. There are hundreds of chancers every night as well, they will stand there holding the queue up trying in every possible way to get in for free… Blame the people in front of you in the queue, not the club.

Then what may not seem full to you is unfortunately our fire limit. Tiger may not put more than a curtain amount of people in the club at once, we would love to get more people in. a queue is not only frustrating for you guys. Everyone knows a queue upsets a lot of people and an upset person is not exactly going to come spend millions. Things are also very unpleasant if the club is too packed. Ive been to Tiger on some of the nights where there have been too many people let in the club. not only does one wait in a queue to get in the club, now you have to wait to get drinks, which takes you half an hour to fight for a spot at the bar. More queues to get into the bathrooms. I think you can see where I’m going with this.

I hope this can give you a little more understanding form an insider’s point of view.
Thank you.

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