There’s a guy at every concert whose job it is to put a papery wristband around your wrist. Universally, these guys are really bad at it.
There are only two things you have to do, as this guy, when you put on a wristband.
1. Do not make it too tight.
2. Line up the sticky part with the rest so that it doesn’t pull out my arm hair.
And it would seem that these guys cannot handle these simple duties.
Which is hilarious. Consider that you, as club owner, are making this person responsible for your liquor license, basically. You trust them to examine ID’s, do a little birthday math, and even be the first point of contact when someone enters your club.
So, today we will out-think them. We will beat their own stupidity with design!
To deal with part 1, the issue of tightness, I understand that they need to be a little tight. Otherwise I guess people will slip them off and then others will get drinks they shouldn’t. Legitimate concern. The problem here is that for many, the wrist is thick or the hand slender or a combination of both.
The solution, perforate the bracelet in several places all around. A deep perforation that will crack the bracelet under stress. Worst case, some people accidentally break theirs, have to show an ID and get a new one. Which is a lot better than the current worst (and very likely case) where the plastic-y paper stretches and allows an exchange.
Solution for part two, the part where the sticky part is on your arm hair, is fucking so simple it’s irritating.
This is not a weird dick, but a wrist band. The red part is the sticky, adhesive part. And it sticks to the rectangle, which is MUCH LARGER than the sticky part. That means you don’t even have to be terribly close to get it on, and you have to fuck it up pretty badly to have anything sticky outside the bounds of that big-ass rectangle.
There you go. Fix it.