One of the assignments I worked was from 9 PM to 5AM at the Holiday Inn in West Mifflin across from the old Allegheny county airport for CPP from 8 PM-2AM I was the door guy at the lounge making sure people had proper ID before they entered the lounge. Then from 2-5 AM I would check the floors and if a driver came in down at Nichols Trucking run down with the hotels suburban and bring them to the hotel. Not a bad job and I got to meet all kind of interesting people .
with more bullshit story's than one ever needs to hear.
Checking ID's was always fun back then people had either a state drivers license with Picture or at one time the Pa. Liquor Control Board actually issued photo id's for those over 21 with out a license they have been done away with now that state issues non drivers license ID . At one time everyone over 21 who wanted to drink needed the LCB card as drivers liscense dd not have pictures neither did gun carry permits .
Of course even back in 70's there where fake Ids some good most not too god and always some guy or gal trying to sneak in . Some times when busy a girl would show me a fake ID to get in bar but then the bartenders who where more experienced at checking them out would have me show them the door. Now remember I was not 21 at the time I was doing this I was 19 .
Then you always had the older guys in business suits trying to get lucky some times I would deliberately stop them for there ID so they could flirt with a good looking girl It was a fun game and some girls would fall for it lets face it we all know why young single women came to this lounge it was no neighborhood dive bar. All as groups like Sebastian 79 played in the lounge
One night while working the door the 2 principals from Connely Skill Center show up at the door . Bellioti and Giovanni Little old for the bar scene are you not ? They said they where there on business to see another person about a criminal matter at the school but did not elaborate asked me to keep it quiet which I did. They where in the lounge about 20 minutes and I had to remove a guest the hard way. that shook them up when they saw that and after talking to a couple of younger ladys they left. Never did ever find out what that was about.
Then you had to love all the story's guys gave girls when they asked what thy did for a living .
I knew a couple where cops and gave phony story's for a reason but the other guys wearing suits where all steel workers or worked at the fisher body plant but up there they where salesman and business owners .
One night late a couple drunk guys walked into lobby looking for an individual he told them they where closed for evening and to check an after hours joint down the street as I see them walking away one had a set of brass knuckles we quickly called west mifflin police who apprehended them and took them for questioning.
Other than that incident it was quiet and shortly there after it closed when the mills went down and trucking company went out of business as well it was several things including a personnel care home but has now been remodeled and turned back into a Holiday in Express.
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