I had a very similar bad experience with the staff. I don't want to put down the entire staff because there were many decent people working there. However, I have been to the Warfield twice recently and BOTH times the same stringy haired, obviously-failed, wanna-be 70's rocker was there as "security." First, he walks around with his little flashlight and flashes it in people's faces, even if they aren't dong anything wrong. I watched him grab people and try to throw them out, even though they weren't being violent with him. I watched him take shots with kids under the table in exchange for looking the other way while those people did whatever they wanted. I listened to him brag to 16-year-olds about his supposed connections in the music business (right, and that's why he's working security at the Warfield) and how many women he could get because he is "usually" on stage picking and choosing the "hot chicks" that get to come up and dance with the band. Even 16-year-olds weren't impressed by that. Apparently if you hand a washed up idiot a flashlight, he thinks he owns the place. I'm not a kid. I don't drink and don't smoke. I go to enjoy the show. I don't need a security guard constantly flashing his light around and acting like everyone is breaking the rules. I will not be returning to the Warfield. That guy ruined my fun time two times now. And I'm not going to waste any more money on tickets in a venue where it is hard to enjoy the show because of some idiot who needs to power trip on paying customers.
Pros: Its a fairly small venue, so you can usually see the band from almost anywhere
Cons: Staff on a power trip
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