View Full Version : You know you have stripper burn out when...
creolekitty
08-13-2011, 10:05 AM
When a guy at the tip rail isn't tipping and you stop and point at him and yell ARE YOU GONNA TIP ME!!!??? to make him feel uncomfortable.
Dakotadancer
08-13-2011, 01:03 PM
When you tell the DJ repeatly you may endanger the customers if you have to utter one more syllable to them.
He refuses to let you go home so you spend your next stage in a t-shirt, jeans, and stripper heels smiling sweetly at the owner who shows up twice a year and it happens to be on your night to throw a stripper tantrum.
Damn, they didn't even talk about firing me. I want to go home.
The Woman King
08-13-2011, 02:10 PM
You know you have stripper burn-out when...
...the sale is practically closing itself and instead of seeing it through, you excuse yourself to go "mingle for a bit". -And by "mingle", you really mean "sit in the bathroom for the next half hour, counting down the minutes on your cellphone".
...you start asking the DJ on a regular basis how much money it would take to get him to skip you on rotation. When he does, you don't use the extra floor time to your advantage. You just take longer breaks.
Damn. I'm really fucking burnt out. :guilty:
goddesskali
08-13-2011, 04:01 PM
...When slapping the crap out customers who grope/rip u off you becomes commonplace.
That was something i became known for at the end of my dancing career, lol.
azaleanola
08-15-2011, 05:15 AM
When you find yourself telling customers the truth about your real life for no apparent reason. Because making small talk within the confines of your awesome stripper persona that you've perfected over the years is just too much work.
chanzep
08-15-2011, 05:26 AM
Wow all of thesse I am feeling right now, my stupid full of whores club won't give me a week holiday even tho they have been letting new girls time off, im fed up of working 4 days and only making money 2 or even 1 day!, im going back to my dive 2 days a week fuck this shit!
mediocrity
08-15-2011, 09:05 AM
When you hit a dude in the face with your shoe. Or shake him until his teeth rattle. Or drag him across the floor in his chair by his collar.
When you look at yourself in the dressing room mirror and think "what am I doing here?"
When you start going to work just to see your girls essentially for social hour.
Guilty as charged.
JayATee
08-15-2011, 09:52 PM
When you hit a dude in the face with your shoe.
I was just going to say this lol.
When you haul off and break someones nose.... and are honestly proud of yourself for the blood drawn.
xGigi
08-16-2011, 09:20 AM
when you go off at a guy for not wanting a dance after a 5 minute conversation and just generally act like a total psycho
Ali Chin Chin
08-16-2011, 07:04 PM
-When you go to work in your pajamas. You also leave work in same pajamas and go right to bed.
-When you get on stage, lay down on it and do a whole stage set with lay-down dance moves. (but no hands and knees moves because your knees are so bruised from doing knee moves on the stage)
-When your eyes have eyeliner on them around the clock
-When you pull into your home parking spot and sleep in your car because you are too tired to walk to your house and into your bed.
Paris
08-16-2011, 09:07 PM
When you tell the manager to take you off the schedule "for a few weeks" and then realize that a year has gone by.
papillonluvr
08-17-2011, 07:15 PM
When you tell the manager to take you off the schedule "for a few weeks" and then realize that a year has gone by.
Idk why, but this made me lmfao
sunny,*
08-17-2011, 11:21 PM
Is any of this fixable? :( I love dancing on stage and dancing for a guy, but everything in between is so hard to deal with lately. I don't want to feel bitter and jaded, and it's just getting worse. :( I know I should be in control of these emotions... But god damn :(
ZePeanut
08-18-2011, 12:09 AM
When you tell the manager to take you off the schedule "for a few weeks" and then realize that a year has gone by.
lmfao;D
When you try to call in sick to work with a 'bruised ego'.
xGigi
08-18-2011, 09:40 AM
Is any of this fixable? :( I love dancing on stage and dancing for a guy, but everything in between is so hard to deal with lately. I don't want to feel bitter and jaded, and it's just getting worse. :( I know I should be in control of these emotions... But god damn :(
yes you just have to change your attitude. we get burnt out because we LET ourselves get burnt out. if you convince yourself you love your job and you love money and you go into work everyday determined and upbeat you'll feel less burnt out. also, when you figure out a good hustling strategy that works consistently for you, you'll never feel burnt out. you'll rarely see a top earner experiencing burnout. all the top earners I've ever met come to work consistently in a cheerful mood and can keep their emotions in check.
Laurisa
08-18-2011, 09:47 AM
You know you have stripper burnout when...
...You start convincing yourself that the money you'd make that night (hopefully $400+) isn't worth getting dressed and talking to customers.
goddesskali
08-18-2011, 01:48 PM
yes you just have to change your attitude. we get burnt out because we LET ourselves get burnt out. if you convince yourself you love your job and you love money and you go into work everyday determined and upbeat you'll feel less burnt out. also, when you figure out a good hustling strategy that works consistently for you, you'll never feel burnt out. you'll rarely see a top earner experiencing burnout. all the top earners I've ever met come to work consistently in a cheerful mood and can keep their emotions in check.
No amount of "i love my job" mantra stuff prevents burnout. You have to schedule vacations at least twice a year...and perhaps weekly shrink appointments. :D
Jay12
08-18-2011, 03:23 PM
...when you've lost a bunch of weight due to working nine days in a row.
I've lost almost ten pounds, and almost two bra sizes! :'(
4everresolutions
08-19-2011, 01:54 AM
...when you've lost a bunch of weight due to working nine days in a row.
I've lost almost ten pounds, and almost two bra sizes! :'(
Really? I gain when I work a lot, because I can't cook for myself properly. Boo for Boob deflation....
Yasmina
08-20-2011, 09:41 AM
When you find more interest in how cute your DJ is and start fretting over him seeing you topless...
When your sitting there shaking your leg incessantly mind going crazy over your not making money, then thinking about people whos seeing you in a tiz and stressing they won't want to talk to you because of this, thus creating a vicious cycle - I do this every shift.. Need to get in the zone!
bluexxxtasy
08-20-2011, 02:17 PM
When you realize slowly but surely you are losing pretty much every 1 or your regular guests to a particular person that does otc things with guys
when you are hugely annoyed by just by your not so regular guests soon as they walk thru the door because they just want to take up your time "chatting"
when your whore radar is constantly on.. no longer do u see extras go on in the dance area... its chicks sitting across guys laps at bar letting them finger them on main floor in hopes of getting a dance... or your friends admit the chick that was just over practically tried to masturbate their dicks under the table as they talked....smh...
wait...i think thats just club burnout...lol
TurboHips
08-21-2011, 09:53 PM
See, I took a month off to be with my boyfriend in Boston. I managed to make over 1400 in a week and a half or two week period to live off of. It was a rare lucky week for me, summertime wise
I get frustrated so easily at work that when I get the surge of determination i'm like a sales beast. I could travel but that doesn't sound appealing to me at the moment. I MIGHT try Rhode Island.
Burnout sucks
wednesday86
11-07-2015, 07:47 AM
When you go on stage and HOPE no one tips you because you don't want to talk to them. When someone does come to your tip rail, you're like "uugghhh" and do the bare minimum and don't talk to them at all.
When you stop trying to sell VIPs because you don't want to spend that much time with one customer.
When you're more excited about customers buying you drinks than dances.
When you're sober you sit with a customer and just stare at them
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Selina M
11-07-2015, 10:31 AM
^ I was about to bump this too! Ahahaha
When you hope nobody comes in, or that those who do are someone's regular, bc you can't be arsed to hustle them
When you don't drink at work, but the idea of drinking with your favorite regular all afternoon becomes appealing, because you don't intend to leave and hustle "the common folk" as he calls them
You take absurd amounts of breaks, with rules like "After every $30 I make, I can sit in the back for 10 minutes."
You're aware of your higher octave 'stripper voice' and how silly it sounds to be saying the same "Hi, how are you, need some company?" 20x a shift, and as you're making small talk all you can think about it how asinine and stupid it is.
You lie about everything, or else give super sassy responses to questions. I am 22, 26 and 18, I normally work in Vegas but sometimes work here, I'm from New Orleans, "That's a rude question, don't ask a lady how old she is", etc etc etc.
When lying gets boring, you drop the stripper voice and answer their questions with one word, and they don't pursue the subject bc you're so disinterested.
wednesday86
11-07-2015, 02:37 PM
When a regular comes in towards the end of your shift, and you leave anyway (especially if they're the type that wants a conversation before VIP)
When you bring extra money to buy drinks at the beginning of your shift.
When you would rather talk to the other dancers/bouncers/bartender than customers..and start treating the club as your neighborhood bar. You also get annoyed if a customer approaches and interrupts your "social time."
When you stop putting any effort into lap dances...no smiling, no talking, no upselling. You get irritated if they want more than one dance or a VIP. It just feels like too much work. haha
Selina M
04-01-2016, 02:15 PM
When you've figured out exactly how often you can skip out on paying house without getting in trouble, because you can't stand to be in the club 15 mins longer to make that $40.
You stop caring about pissing off staff since you "won't be here much longer anyway"
CanadaGirlq
04-01-2016, 04:32 PM
when you're sitting on the couch playing a particularly difficult level of candy crush and guys are staring pointedly at you - and you just feel annoyed because they're being distracting on purpose and you hope some other girl goes and talks to them soon.
kassie
04-10-2016, 10:06 AM
When your love and passion for stage dancing is gone. My current club requires us to dance every hour. 15 minutes on stage and 15 minutes off behind the bar; which equals to 30 minutes total. 30 minutes doing my stage duties working a a six hour shift = 3 hours that I could be selling lap dances but instead have to entertain guys who aren't buying. Too much time spent on stage and behind the bar for dollars makes it really hard to reach my potential. Oh I'm so quitting.
BabyWillow
04-12-2016, 09:58 PM
You don't bother to shave your legs and you hope it keeps customers away.
SweetJulia
04-13-2016, 10:05 PM
I used to cover that up with fishnets that had really small holes.
culitos
04-17-2016, 07:52 AM
When there are better money making clubs about an hr away from you but stay at the club closest to you because it's the only club you know of that'll let you leave early no problem.
SweetJulia
04-17-2016, 08:12 AM
When just reading about extras makes you sick to your stomach.
charlie61
04-17-2016, 12:01 PM
When you start avoiding eye contact with customers.
charlie61
04-17-2016, 02:21 PM
When you find yourself hustling customers without caring if they buy a dance (or, even worse, hoping they don't). If I'm hustling a customer and my energy isn't genuine, I have basically no chance of making the sale.
charlie61
04-22-2016, 01:29 PM
When the thought of spending 2+ hours getting ready for work starts to become unbearable to you.
charlie61
04-26-2016, 09:11 AM
When you're normally a cutthroat hustler, but you start spending unpaid time with your nice regulars just to avoid having to go back onto the floor and talk to people.
rareaspasia
04-29-2016, 11:51 AM
You don't bother to shave your legs and you hope it keeps customers away.
I once went a month without shaving my legs. I don't really grow hair above the knees so I covered it with leg warmers and no one even noticed.
arielbriel
04-29-2016, 09:34 PM
You start to hate certain words.
The word "tempting" right now is driving me crazy.. As in
"Let's go to the vip"
"That sounds tempting but..."
KILL ME NOW.
BabyWillow
04-30-2016, 12:46 AM
You don't even hide the fact you're only talking to guys for the money. This has been working in my favor and I wish I would have gave up on pretending to be interested in lame conversations a lot sooner!