Covid passports have received a mixed reaction amongst Nottingham club-goers and door staff as they were enforced for the first time at a weekend.
When entering certain venues on Friday, December 17, revellers were required to show proof of double vaccination or proof of a negative lateral flow test.
Throughout the night the demand produced an array of reactions from punters.
Earlier in the night, whilst Bodega hosted a gig, one member of staff revealed that they had been forced to turn away 59 people.
This equated to 25% of the 229 who had attempted to get in at that point.
"A lot of people need help when they come," said Shirley Hocking, a bouncer at the club.
"They haven't downloaded the pass, or they can't find the QR code. I've had some abuse from people who think it's all rubbish.
"Boris is killing us. I just don't see how the passes make a difference at this point."
She then proceeded to deal with an influx of customers, many displayed their passes without a problem, although some not so much.
One young woman was left on the verge of tears as her pass failed to load, whilst unvaccinated customers had difficulty in finding their lateral flow results. One man simply tried to hand a bouncer his physical negative test.
Two men who were attempting to use their passports were Jack Morris and Callum Lowes from Derby.
Jack said: "I've been trying to sort it but I've been locked out of my phone, I can't download it now. I do see the logic behind it though."
His friend Callum managed to download it on his phone for him.
At Rock City, entering seemed to be straight forward. Door staff sifted through the queues, checking for both ID and a Covid passport. Everyone - including myself - were able to flash the documents and enter with relative ease.
One clubber, Frances Chaplin, said the passports were a "good idea".
"If you can show you're ID then you can show a Covid pass - it's not much more of a hassle," said the 20-year-old.
At Pryzm, from my experience the process seemed similarly streamlined. This may have been partly due to to its quietness.
Popworld also seemed to be diligent with their policing of Covid passes.
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