Bouncer job3/19/2023 ![]() ![]() We stop them and make them adjust the mask. Visitors to the markets are taken aback when stopped at the gates by these bouncers. ![]() In this job, we have to depend on the salary which is not very high but enough to meet our expenses,” said Ishtiaque Khan, a resident of Mechua and a bouncer for over eight years. In bars and pubs, our main income was from tips by generous guests. Working as a bouncer in a market not only means taking a substantial pay cut, there is also no scope for tips. Many who work as bouncers have had to set up gyms at home because staying brawny means staying in business. With no word on the reopening of bars and pubs amid mounting cases, the future of thousands of bouncers and other support staff was uncertain. I am doing just the opposite now, sleeping early at night and waking up by 6 am because my new job demands this,” said Mohammad Saddam Hussain, a resident of Eden Hospital Road who has been working as a bouncer for over four years. “In my previous job as a bouncer at a Camac Street Pub, I would work till 3 am and sleep the whole day. For the bouncers, this is not only a new job but also a lifestyle change. We were compelled to hire bouncers because nobody wears masks and many people have taken ill already,” said Govardhan Saraf, president of the Tiretta Market Shopowners’ Welfare Association, located opposite Poddar Court. “But most people, including those who work in the markets, were not listening to them. Almost all markets hire private security guards for security and safety purposes. They check the temperature of people at the gate and ensure that they enter in an orderly manner,” said Chandresh Ramani, joint secretary of the Central Kolkata Electrical Goods Association. They have been instructed to tell every visitor to wear masks. “Ten of them arrive before the market opens and take up position in front of the different gates. At least six wholesale and retail markets and one community market in central Kolkata have hired the services of safari-clad bouncers. The job description has changed from chasing away rowdies at night clubs and taking care of drunk revellers to doing temperature checks at entrance of markets, regulating the crowd, enforcing social distancing and - in some instances - prevailing on stubborn people “politely” for wearing masks. ![]()
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