"Tipping" to get past the lines

[WarreN]

I've done the same thing to bypass the line @ XS. Had to tip the (insert job title here) $20 a person, except we had to pay for our girls as well on top of cover. That was kind of unfortunate but hey, we bypassed the 2mi line @ 11:30.

Kind of a long story, but also a short one hah...another time it was about 12:30 on a Saturday night and my guy friend and I had just left JET and wanted to try our luck and meet friends @ XS so we went and got in the back of the line. A hostess was walking the line finding women to let in and these two girls in front of us weren't chosen for whatever reason each time. We were talking a little bit with said girls and when the hostess passed us again I asked her "why are you letting all of these girls in but skipping these two beautiful women" to which she asked "are you with them?" and I said "no I was just being a gentleman" and she confirmed with the girls that we werent a part of their party and proceeded to let them skip the line. She then asked how many I was with and it was just me and my friend so she let us in too =). Sorry...long post thought it might be interesting.

A better response would've been, "Hopefully, after I buy these girls a drink."

smooth operator

[BCBunni]

I've only had to do this at XS, because the line was ridiculously long. It was a fight weekend, so we basically tipped one of the doormen, $30 a person (ladies included) and then paid the $40 (guys) cover.


The $30 was well worth skipping the 2 hour wait, IMO. But the place was overpacked, and you couldn't move at all, so we ended up leaving 5 minutes after we arrived. It was November, and the outside area at XS was freezing cold. No bueno.

SO TRUE! We were sooo excited to go to XS and we were sooo dissapointed when we walked out of there. It was too packed, I barely remember anything except for the bar by all the tables outside We'll try again next trip - hopefully it won't be too cold!