Video cameras in bahama hut toilets

from the xtra news website...

any-one else with toilet cameras you think?

The owner of a Hamilton nightclub is defending the use of video cameras in toilets to stop vandalism.

Waikato student Sam Hulton was horrified to discover he had been filmed in the men's toilet of the Bahama Hut bar on Friday night, The Dominion Post reported.

The 21-year-old had been captured pulling down a poster and putting it in the urinal.

Mr Hulton admitted he was drunk and that what he did "wasn't the best", but said he was shocked when two security staff came in to the toilet and dragged him to a back room.

He was then shown footage of himself urinating in the toilet and was asked to identify himself.

"I had no idea I was being filmed," Mr Hulton, a screen and media student, said.

"I pointed out (it) is illegal due to the fact I was urinating in the urinal at the time."

Bahama Hut general manager Simon Batters said the bar had at least four video cameras set up, including one in each of the men's and women's toilets.

He said staff used footage as proof of vandalism.

Warning signs were unnecessary because they did not film patrons actually going to the toilet, he said.

Mr Hulton said he had complained to police in the hope that the incident would not be repeated with other customers.

Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff said personal information, such as video, should be collected only in a way that was open and transparent.

"It would rarely, if ever, be acceptable for CCTV to be in places such as washrooms and locker rooms, where individuals can fairly expect to have privacy," she said.

BACK ROOM......VIP entry thru Urnation Identification?

I wanna go piss all over the place just to get into the Dodgy VIP room..

That prolly smells like the rest of the place.....(piss)


And RTD's....

And Impulse

And Lynx

And Hair Gel

And B.O

And Saugesiz from the Outback being spued all through...Around the toilets









And used condoms.

YEAH, BROZ MY MATE SAID SHE KNEW BOUT IT THROUGH
STAFF, DODGY IS ALL I CAN SAY, AND GLAD THAT I HAVE NO
DESIRE TO GO THERE <END OF STORY>

FRANKLY,

I HAVE SEEN SOME PRETTY SHITTY CHANGES IN TOWN,MORE
ALONG THE LINES OF UGLY AND DISSAPOINTING.

1 TEAM POLICING ON HOOD ST EVERY WEEKEND ARRESTING
ANYONE THEY CAN. ????

2 GOODLUCK WALKING THE STREETS AS A GUY AFTER 3PM WHEN
HUNDREDS OF WASTED DRUNK PEOPLE SPEW ONTO THE STREET

3 DONT KNOW WHERE THIS CULTURE OF GETTING WRECKED THEN
GOING TO TOWN CAME FROM BUT, YOU WOULDNT BE DOING THAT IN ANY OTHER CITY IN NZ.

4 DOES ANY OF THE HOSPO PEOPLE REALLY CARE?

5 I DARE ANYONE TO GO TO MANUKAU AND GET COMPLETELY
RIPPED AND TRY AND DO WHAT THEY WOULD DO IN HAM
WITHOUT BEING SMASHED//RAPED//ASSAULTED//ROBED

THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE GO OUT BUT
GET HOME SAFE.

NO MORE TO SAY<<>>

i think the guy was a twit.

young idiots like this dude have no respect when it comes to bars, Hence why id never endevour to provide a service for them

bahama hut isn't my cup of tea but then if it wasn't there their cliental would be infecting the bars we prefer, so really they do serve their purpose as a filtration system

As for the cameras at bahama hut..big deal they dont show into the cubicles and if they stop damages then obviously theyre worth having.

Most people dont understand how much money gets wasted on young idiots who decide to kick holes in walls pull down display cabinets etc..

thats my 2 cents...

Yeah, fair call to Sean.

Someone above mentioned "the state of H" binge drinking etc....

Shut the outback.
End of discussion.

or theres that ......Get some community radio happening (that actually reaches hamiltonians not just a suburb) Shut out the syndicated station's ie. KFM,GEORGE FM,CLASSIC HIT's, THE EDGE etc....and get back to a community like every other city in town has a b net, or there version of a community station made for todays youth in terms of music not personal & hidden political agendas.

Whats going on with Backbeat? is it still 89.0?

Does anyone in Hamilton support local dance music?