>>>I doubt you could come up with anything that would have any effect
>>> at all on him - he's probably heard just about everything

>>
>> Right.
>>
>> Aaah, I don't like doormen... Most of them around here are just
>> assholes. But a verbal fight (I've even seen some guys fighting with
>> the doorman because he wouldn't let them in... stupid...) won't get
>> you far. So if he doesn't let me in (and it's not too crowded) I
>> would just ask him with a friendly tone voice why he wouldn't let me
>> in. Sometimes he says that this is a special event. Then I ask him a
>> question about this event, wish him a good night and walk off. I'm
>> always trying to be friendly (of course I'm not freindly if he's
>> not), and I'm trying to not look like I really want to get in. Works
>> for me. One of those doormen I met was real cool. Almost the same
>> story as yours. I talked to him for about 1 or 2 minutes and left.
>> One week later I was waiting in the row, he saw me, remembered me and
>> let me walk by the line, said hi, and let me in. Damn good social
>> proof.

>
> Who the hell wants to socialize with people who are impressed that you
> know the guy at the front door of a nightclub, other than perhaps some
> underaged hotties who want to get in?