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EvilCyn
03-20-2004, 09:57 AM
I am so mad with all of this right now........
What kills me is I have certain customers who will only open a tab when I am working because they know I don' t drink and I am thee only one the trust to handle thier credit card...
They also will only spend money on girls I recomend, or send over to them....... Because of the fact that I don't drink, I have some high dollar spenders who come in only when I am there, and now I am a shitty bartender because, I am entertaining and sober GO FIGURE !!!!! LOL
Gotta take life with a few grains of salt I guess, and grin and bear till I make it through !!!


Licks Cyn

Lilith
03-20-2004, 02:07 PM
Friday

Bunch of teenagers in the club, nary a grey hair to be found. Italy Guy came in and I figured out why he went asshole-ish on me last week. He was hoping to make me jealous because he wants to date me. He's not thinking like a customer any more, he's gone over the edge to RIL who will no longer "settle" for club activities. *sigh* Which means I can't cultivate his buddy either. Damn. Italy Guy has reached the end of his shelf life.

Ah, well. It was a bit amusing; when he came in I told Velvet that I was going to ignore him. She laughed and said he'd find me eventually. He did, even going so far as to join me at a table with another guy. All right then, guys, tell me how to drop the hammer without being unnecessarily vicious about it. Scrupulously ignore him until he gets the point, or have one of those oh-so-fun "You're a fun customer whom I have enjoyed greatly... but just a customer" conversations?

FBR
03-20-2004, 02:23 PM
Lil, I think having the conversation with Italy guy would just increase the drama factor and could result in an ugly scene no matter how tactfully you tried to handle it. I doubt he would be in a listening mood anyway. You should just cool it with him and back way off...eventually he will get the message. And hell, you never know, he might come around mentally someday and realize he can have fun with you within the boundaries youre comfortable with.

Its too bad he turned out that way...he had great $$ potential (I know that makes your spreadsheet moist :P) and from what you said, you genuinely like him. A little piece of me feels empathy towards him but I think he went RIL too soon. At least I waited until after I got the cookie ::) :P

FBR

NVJosh
03-20-2004, 02:24 PM
I'd have the conversation...as a guy, nothing sucks more than wondering how a woman feels about you. That whole "ladder theory" thing from the pink site (which I believe has some validity). The quicker you tell him, the quicker he can get over you, find another gf, and then come back to you as a customer. :)

afxturnip
03-20-2004, 02:26 PM
All right then, guys, tell me how to drop the hammer without being unnecessarily vicious about it. Scrupulously ignore him until he gets the point, or have one of those oh-so-fun "You're a fun customer whom I have enjoyed greatly... but just a customer" conversations?


Well, speaking for me personally, I'd just want the conversation, no matter how "brutal" it is. I'd rather be told that's that than get the cold shoulder. Hell, if I got the cold shoulder, I'd probably try to force the issue anyway and that wouldn't be any fun either.

It's not going to be a comfortable thing any way you handle it; you might as well try for the shorter, more direct route. I was talking to a dancer who just did this for a regular who crossed into RIL territory and she basically called it quits. Takes a lot of guts and a lot of sense to pull it off; I admire her for being honest about it.

Anyway, you need to pull the plug. The guy's trying to play games with your head already, and that's not too cool.

-afx

FBR
03-20-2004, 02:39 PM
Who knows whats the best approach. Lil has a good head on her shoulders and Im sure will make the right decision.

Ive been RIL several times unfortunately. My reasons for suggesting no heart to heart are twofold. If shes sensitive, nice and maybe sugar coats the let down, he'll walk away still having hope that he has a chance. If shes direct and matter of fact (which Im sure she can be ::) ), in his emotional state, shes a heartless bitch who has totally rejected him. Either way, the drama continues. By backing way off (somehow never being available for dances with him, etc) he'll hopefully direct his attention elsewhere. At some point down the road he could come back..perhaps wiser and without a damaged ego. He could then start doing biz with Lil again on a more rational basis.

Josh and afx, I believe your suggestions make perfect sense in an outside the club male-female relationship but IMO different rules apply under the neon.

Just my 2 pennies worth..

FBR

Richard_Head
03-20-2004, 02:40 PM
All right then, guys, tell me how to drop the hammer without being unnecessarily vicious about it. Scrupulously ignore him until he gets the point, or have one of those oh-so-fun "You're a fun customer whom I have enjoyed greatly... but just a customer" conversations?

Maybe you could start discussing your wedding plans with him (isn't that coming up?), that should subtly send the "not available" message to him.

afxturnip
03-20-2004, 02:59 PM
Josh and afx, I believe your suggestions make perfect sense in an outside the club male-female relationship but IMO different rules apply under the neon.

Just my 2 pennies worth..

FBR


Well, right now I have less than 2 cents worth, but ...

I almost said something about opposing viewpoints, but I didn't want to be seen as slamming somebody; I'm still not looking to blast anybody.

That being said, I'm just not comfortable "playing the game" so I don't, at least not actively anyways. I suppose that some might advise fighting fire with fire, headgames with headgames. But as I said, I'm speaking personally when I say that I would rather hear it straight.

Whether it's appropriate or not for Lilith has to be her decision; I, too, am confident and assured that she'll handle it in the manner she deems best.

Of course, I think the guy showed some diminished intellectual capacity in trying to play the jealousy card. But infatuation makes us do some weird things, eh?

To each his own.

-afx

FBR
03-20-2004, 03:13 PM
I almost said something about opposing viewpoints, but I didn't want to be seen as slamming somebody; I'm still not looking to blast anybody.



Hell afx, disagreeing is not blasting. Your opinion is worth just as much as mine or anyone elses. Im sure when Lil tossed the question out there she knew she'd get diverse advise. She'll just crunch the numbers and do what she has to do. Thats why we love her ;D

And if, by directing part of my response to you and Josh I came across as overbearing, I apologize. I just get overprotective towards Lil and dont want her to screw up LMAO I know she will kick my ass for that one...as if she needs a bodyguard 8)

FBR

Bridgette
03-20-2004, 06:33 PM
Friday

Club wasn't quite as crazy as usual on a Friday, and we didn't have as many girls as usual either. When I commented on it in the dressing room somebody mentioned this is the first weekend of spring break and alot of people go out of town for that. That's a switch! I'm more used to being in spring break destinations....

I was feeling my oats and tore up the stage. Knocked a light loose on the ceiling while doing a pole trick. LOL First time I've done that - the poles on this stage are badly positioned, but oh well. I'm sure I'm not the first to knock a light loose at the Hi-Liter :biggrin: Got good tips on both rounds.

After the first set I walked out and saw Mike Tyson at a table near the DJ booth. Only spent a second verifying it was him by the facial tatoo. (UGH! Cute Redhead later told me he's kind of a regular and a real pain in the ass...once hit a dancer for giving him attitude because he was giving her a hard time about not wanting to go home with him.) Cruised on out and immediately ran into a guy I'd danced for last week, with a couple friends, one I remembered from last week plus another. They were all begging for dances. Nice kickoff.

As I danced there, several groups at surrounding tables were all cheering and loudly commenting how they were enjoying the show, and each quietly signalled me to come over when they thought no one else was looking. LOL! As if they weren't already completely obvious! After I'd done a few for each guy at that first table all those other dudes jumped up and started frantically trying to get me to their tables. I just went to the ones who'd signalled me first, and prioritized the rest accordingly. Heeehhee, get in line to take a ride on the BridgetteMobile! LOL

I only made it to three tables the whole night because I had to do several dances for each guy at those tables. Totally easy. The only problem was the damn DJ who works Friday nights sucks and has a bad habit of playing songs WAY over the time-limit, so I wound up making at least $100 less than I should have. Back in the dressing room at the end of the night the other girls were complaining about the same thing. Hell lots of girls complain about that same thing every night that asshole works. Dammit! One would think mgmt would do something about that, as we have to 'tip' a flat 10% of what we make at the end of the night, which is all recorded (who tips what) and all staffmembers divide the money. When this jerk overplays the songs, we girls can't do as many dances as we should, we make less money, we payout less......EVERYBODY in the club makes less money because of this one asshole. How the hell is his presence justified?

Heh, DJoser, if you're reading this, perhaps you should get thy ass down to Phoenix and apply for a job at Hi-Liter! Pleeeeeaaaasseee!

LapOfLuxury
03-20-2004, 08:01 PM
The only problem was the damn DJ who works Friday nights sucks and has a bad habit of playing songs WAY over the time-limit, so I wound up making at least $100 less than I should have.


On the flip side, customers like this kind of DJ! I will actually time some songs when I go to a strip club. Some clubs have lost business from me by cutting the songs too short.

SportsWriter2
03-21-2004, 05:57 PM
Continuing on the flip side, I'll comment to the dancer if it's a long uncut song. If she says something nice like, "That's GOOD cuz I like dancing for you," I'll spend an extra Benjamin on her.

Lilith
03-22-2004, 01:42 PM
Im sure when Lil tossed the question out there she knew she'd get diverse advise. She'll just crunch the numbers and do what she has to do. Thats why we love her ;D

You know me too well, by God.


Saturday
Wasn't worth my time. We expected golfers (a few earlies for the big TPC starting today) and got spring-breakers. Feh. I cleaned up on stage but found only a few one-dance wonders, no or small tips. Yawn.

Sunday
Friday and Saturday were so dismal that I decided to work Sunday to make up some of the slack. We had the perfect ratio of spending customers to dancers, and almost all of us stayed nicely busy for most of the shift. I had the top-ranked spot in the VIP room for most of the night, as the other girls were finding plenty of tablesides but no VIPs. One of my old customers from the sailor bar came in looking for me, which did help to keep me #1, but this club is a little rich for his blood. He'll be back. I absolutely owned the stage. Not many girls, so we had two-song sets and I could showboat to my heart's content. A few of the early golfers did finally come in very late; one of them tipped me a $50 on my final stage set but it was too late to take him to VIP.

Definitely decent for a Sunday, but I'm probably going in tonight as well.

Bridgette
03-23-2004, 02:52 AM
Guys I know customers like the songs to be as long as possible, however we are there to make money......
When it's club policy to play songs 3-3:30 minutes, there should never be any songs played longer than that! Besides, we ARE talking about cheapass $10 dances here. For $20 I have no problem with somewhat longer songs, but at $10, 3 minutes is plenty.

fishnet
03-23-2004, 12:43 PM
3-3:30 minutes is a bargain for $10. Our $10 dance nights have 2-2:30 minute songs. :P

doc-catfish
03-23-2004, 03:11 PM
Guys I know customers like the songs to be as long as possible, however we are there to make money......
When it's club policy to play songs 3-3:30 minutes, there should never be any songs played longer than that! Besides, we ARE talking about cheapass $10 dances here. For $20 I have no problem with somewhat longer songs, but at $10, 3 minutes is plenty.

$10 at 3 minutes is $3.33 a minute, so that is a decent deal. :yes:

Now, those two minute dances are a different story. :no: :gnasher:

I think what LoL was referring to was the practice some clubs have where they'll lure you into buying dances with some "discount" dance promotion ($10 night, 2 for 1's) only to find out the bargain isn't as good as advertised because they're cutting songs shorter than usual. I'd just as soon keep the song length consistent at a consistent price.

Bridgette
03-23-2004, 06:20 PM
Yeah I agree with the stupid 2for1 or discount dance thing being a bad deal. Most guys who've been in a club more than once or twice can figure out it's not really a great deal and most dancers tend to not like it either. Of course there are TONS of things club managers do that really don't benefit anyone....

anais
03-23-2004, 08:26 PM
OK. I had a couple stories to share. I've seen this thread on here before, but not takem the time to look or post. So tonight, I thought I'd read the thread, but when the first ten pages were just Lilith, I was thinking we should rename it Lilith's thread and would have felt silly posting. (I like reading her stories too!!) But I see some of the other ladies have posted, so I'll give it a try.

I was going to write about two nights, one in which I tried to deal with my drunken father being in the club and one in which I got to meet someone interesting, but I thik you're looking for stories more focused on SC activities rather than dysfunctional family stories, so I'll skip the dad night. :boggled:

Sunday night was pretty slow which was a big contrast too our busy weekend. It had been IHSA Basketball tounaments next door, our busiest weekend of the year. So having 10 customers for most of my shift was just killing me, it seemed so long and boring. :yawn:

A couple hours before my shift ended, I was on stage and look over at two guys who had just walked in and one of them was a Comedy Central comedian I like. :heartbeat: I walked over to the edge of the stage and smiled right at him and he smiled back. I thought it would be so cool to talk to him. After my stage, Iwanted to rush over to him before he was "taken". I thought he would immediately be approached by dancers because 1) It was dead and here were two handsome, well dressed guys and 2) He is a famous comedian, of course.

When I got off stage, my hair was a huge mess and I was sweaty and was nervous about speaking to him and was trying to decide if I should run downsatirs and freshen up or at least brush my hair. But I decided just to head right out to him.

I approached their table and asked if I could join them. Then I asked their names (to make sure it was really him). He said "first name". So I asked "First name, Last name?" And he said "yes". So I told them my name and asked him how his show went. (He had just done a show at the Civic Center next door.)

(I probably shouldn't post his name, so I think I'll call him Mr. Comedy Central.)

He bought me a drink and we started talking and I had the best time. But what was funny, is that NO ONE else knew who he was. :o Dancers had seen that I had been sitting there for awhile and would come up to say hi. I would be all excited and say "This is Mr. Comedy Central!!!" Dancer- "Oh, hi mr. comedy central, do you want a dance?" Mr. Comedy Central- "No, thank you." Dancer- "Nice meeting you, Mr. Comedy Central, bye."

We joked a lot about people not recognizing him or knowing who he is. At one point he complimented a dancer's music and I suggested tat he go up to the stage and tip her. He said "No, I really don't like drawing attention to myself, I don't want the attention." So I said, "haven't you noticed? No one here has a clue who you are." He laughed and went up to the stage and tipped her. I also suggested he go up and tip a dancer, Miss L who has been away for a couple of years and just returned, that is a great stage dancer (beautiful, great pole dancer, puts alot of personality into her shows). She came and joined us (also had never heard of him). She is hysterical too and we had such a fun time. He kept buying us drinks and talking and pretty soon my shift was over, but I was enjoying his company so much and thought it was such a unique opportunity to visit with this TV personality I watch I all the time, I called my hubby to tell him I was staying late talking to Mr. Comedy Central. :beer:

I was scared to ask him for a dance. Maybe afraid of rejection or ruining a good time by asking. Also, worrying about my appearance, like my stretch marks. But he finally asked me to dance for him. I told him I was nervous and scared that I'd be hearing him making fun of the stripper with the stretch marks on Comedy Central, but he assured me he would really like a dance. So he got two dances. And he did really like them! :wink:

Well, we visited some more and he asked me if I wanted him to sign anything. So I said, "I'll go get a book of matches." But he said his marker was too big. I went and got a family picture from the dressing room and he wrote across the front of it "To Mary and Lee, America's Favorite Couple- Mr. Comedy Central".
He finally left about 3 am. He had a flight to catch at 8.

His friend satyed though and got a couple double dances from me and Miss L and then a couple from me. Then I had to go on stage and he said he had to go to the ATM. After my stage, I went up to him and he said he had to put it on a credit card. Then he asked if I wanted to go back to his hotel with him. I said "No" and we said bye.

I guess I was surprised that I was so enamored by Mr. Comedy Central because I've never been really drawn to celebrities. But I thought it was cool to get to meet him because I respect his work and love his humor. He was actually more funny and handsome in person too! He didn't spend much money, but I really enjoyed the visit so i thought I'd share my story.

Happy_Camper
03-23-2004, 08:45 PM
Welcome to the thread Anais. I know who was in Peoria that night and would have like to see his show. He is funny as hell.

Dont be afraid to post here (unless it is something bad about when i come in).

HC

FBR
03-23-2004, 08:45 PM
Anais, that was a great story with an unusual twist. Thanks for posting ;D Hope you continue to share and dont worry about every report having to involve the unusual. We like to read about the every day stuff too!

All of us have celebrity-itis IMO so dont fret feeling a little star struck. I once ran into the mayor of Dayton at a restaurant (not a real celebrity but prominent here) and chatted with her for quite a while. I also met Martin Sheen (father of Emilio Estavez and Charlie Sheen) at the Dayton airport a few years ago and shot the shit with him. Its fun and makes you feel bigger than life for a few minutes.

FBR

Richard_Head
03-23-2004, 09:00 PM
Great story anais, thanks for sharing and like FBR said just the rountine stuff is fine by us also. I've actually met quite a few celebrities in my day (that's another story) and I agree that it is fun rubbing elbows with them, they always seem bigger than life but most are just normal people.

Bridgette
03-24-2004, 03:14 AM
Tuesday

Two not-so-great nights in a row, plus PMS coming on, and I was more than a little annoyed at having to work tonight. Also having to travel to NM at a very bad time (Wednesday), I hate that place, if my brother didn't live there I think I'd have a huge brick wall built around the whole state and burn it. :flamed: No I was not in a great mood going in to work. However I got myself in positive mode thinking the fave DJ would be working so I wouldn't be stuck doing 2for1s all night.

Traffic was bad, slowed me down, road construction screwed up my route in, I wound up arriving late and having to pay an extra $15 to work. Head back and see the asshole DJ in the booth. AARRGGHH!!!!! Steady......head back to the dressing room, it's packed, no spots available on any bench, U-turn and head right back up front. Manager was there when I paid in and was still there when I returned. I asked for a credit because I wasn't going to work. This being the first time I've done that (other girls do it regularly), he wanted to know why. I told him it's not worth my time to work with this DJ anymore, he overplays the songs making us do 2for1 dances all night, I lose money, for that I'd rather go home and come back another day. He says something about talking to the DJ. I say 'EVERYbody says something about it'. He says HE'll say something about it, would I please stay, and promptly trucks back to the booth and talks to asshole DJ. I don't listen to the conversation, as I'm sure that even if mgr actually does say something to asshole DJ, it won't do much (if any) good.

I go back and begin to get ready. Still in a crappy mood so take longer than usual eating and getting ready. Finally hit the floor at 11:30! Checkin with DJ, on the way to grab a soda Mr Looking grabs my arm. He's looking a might desperate and wants to know if I'm available. I tell him I'm next on stage and I'm just on my way for a soda, I'll come see him when I'm off stage. He points me to his table, and we're off.

Stage, tips, I danced with a vengeance because of my mood. A young rock singer guy I've danced for before sits at my stage, and I'd really prefer to dance for him but Mr Looking already held his spot in my lineup. Too bad. Finish up and head over to Mr Looking, thanking the $5 tipper on the way.

Mr Looking had brought two friends tonight, one was a major shithead and the other was totally immemorable. I ignored them for the most part, and concentrated on Mr Looking. He tells me how he wants me, he wants to 'get on top' for a change, he's going to 'get me back' - when I ask how he says 'by giving you the royal treatment'. When I ask what that is, 'for me to know and you to find out'. Uh oh. RIL already! Damn I'm gonna have to dump him. Meanwhile Rocker Boy has made his way to a table just behind Mr Looking and is clearly wanting my presence, but Mr Looking still wants more dances, and who am I to say no? LOL Shoulda gone to Rocker Boy though. He was a weirdo but fun and likes lots of dances. Ah well......

Finish up with Mr Looking, spot a youngish guy looking kinda tired and bored, go up behind him and play with his head and neck a little. He seemed to enjoy it, but I'm aware guys want to see the girls, so I moved up to talk to him shortly. He said the neck stuff was just what he'd needed after work. Bingo! Chat for the rest of the song, he wants a dance. Well of course he does! :biggrin: Stand up to give him a good look before starting the dance and he is duly impressed. (I wore the corset and shorts outfit again, it fit my mood, had also bought a rhinestone covered leather-vinyl wristband and studded choker to complete the look.) Do a few dances there, send him to the ATM, last call comes up. He is done, had a good time, tells me to 'suck em dry', I wish him a good night and I'm off. Spot a guy at a table with two others, one is getting a dance and the others look ready. Head to the one who was looking at me the hardest, yes he wants a dance. Get started when the song changes. This one had a rather large, uh, member....which I must admit I rather enjoyed provoking. His expressions were of shear pleasure and he was a moaner. YAY! Too bad it was so late, only 3 songs there. When closing was announced, he disappointedly asked if that's all he gets, if he couldn't get anymore. LOL poor boy! He said 'damn I have alot of money on me and I would've given it all to you, now I have to go to the casino'. He tipped nicely, and when I asked if he wanted change he just said 'no you're worth it.' On my way back to the dressing room some guy I hadn't seen comes up and shoves a $1 in the side of my g-string saying he'd been looking for me all night but I was too 'popular'. Nice ending to an otherwise blah night. Too bad I got started so late.

The songs were also played better. I guess the manager did say something to asshole DJ. Cool. We'll see how long that lasts......I'll be back in town on Friday so stay tuned for Friday's report!

:reporter:

anais
03-24-2004, 06:29 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome. I thought I'd comment about song length. In our club, the DJ only cuts song if it goes over 5 minutes. We are not allowed to play songs under 3 minutes. Sometimes there are exceptions when a song is popular, like Sublime's "What I Got" is about 2:40 I think. I always feel bad if I'm doing a dance and it's a short song. Usually the customer says, "Wow. That was a short song." And I have to say something like, "yeah, that went way too fast". If they are not getting another dance I'll give them a long naked hug and a kiss on the cheek and apologize that we got stuck with a short song. There's not much else you can do.

afxturnip
03-24-2004, 08:09 AM
If they are not getting another dance I'll give them a long naked hug and a kiss on the cheek and apologize that we got stuck with a short song. There's not much else you can do.


Sounds pretty good to me. It's no big deal really; sometimes you get the short song and other times the epic. And anyway, when the getting's good, they're all too short for us. ;D

What kind of lame-o isn't getting another dance anyways!

-afx

Brel
03-24-2004, 03:39 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome. I thought I'd comment about song length. In our club, the DJ only cuts song if it goes over 5 minutes. We are not allowed to play songs under 3 minutes. Sometimes there are exceptions when a song is popular, like Sublime's "What I Got" is about 2:40 I think. I always feel bad if I'm doing a dance and it's a short song. Usually the customer says, "Wow. That was a short song." And I have to say something like, "yeah, that went way too fast". If they are not getting another dance I'll give them a long naked hug and a kiss on the cheek and apologize that we got stuck with a short song. There's not much else you can do.


I prefer it when I'm getting a private dance and they play the full version of "Stairway to Heaven", or maybe "Kashmire". I figure I get my money's worth for those songs! :great:

NVJosh
03-24-2004, 05:12 PM
Once I was in Camelot (in DC), and the DJ put on the live version of Freebird...the poor girl was stuck up there for like 12 minutes on the one song...it was pretty comical. Thankfully, Camelot hires gorgeous dancers, and there's not laps there, so all tipping is at the stage, so she did well. :)

anais
03-25-2004, 12:14 PM
Richard Head said:

I've actually met quite a few celebrities in my day (that's another story) and I agree that it is fun rubbing elbows with them, they always seem bigger than life but most are just normal people.


Well, it was really fun rubbing more than "elbows" with him and I won't comment about what he was bigger than. :)

anais
04-02-2004, 07:55 PM
Today was so slow. At one point we had only 2 customers in the club and they decided to get dances from me and Miss B. So we were doing our dances and then the DJ called me to stage. There were no other customers in the club!!! The only 2 customers were up on the couches, obviously not watching the stage. I was just baffled. And so was my customer. So we had to interupt the couch dances so I could go dance on stage for no one and then head back to the couches. ??? Then a couple songs later, Miss B had to do the same thing and they were still the only 2 in the club. They were good sports about it though, but it was just ridiculous. Not much more eventful than that.

Happy_Camper
04-02-2004, 08:28 PM
Anais, Weren't you the one who told me they make you go on stage even if the club is empty?

Katrine
04-05-2004, 01:49 AM
Tues March 30 through Thurs April 1
So my friend told me he could hook me up with a gig at the St. James club, one of the top GC's in Houston. It is near Intercontinental Airport and many suburban golf communities, and there is always money. This place is considered the best after The Men's Club, by some people anyway.

Drove in from Austin on 3 hours of sleep. I was going to stay close to St. James with a friend of mine who was a manager at another club I used to dance in. Turns out he lives way north of Houston in some po-dunk town, still almost 45 minutes away from the St. James club. I could have stayed on the west side with my dad. PLUS, he gave me shitty directions and I am very anal about efficiency in driving and in giving solid directions, just one of those things I am a stickler about. so I got to the club at 6, much later than I hoped.

My friend, let's call him Mr. I, insisted upon dropping me off and picking me up. His friend Bob is one of the managers and greeted us at the door. I got a special favor for them to let me come early because audition are usually held after 8pm and I did not want to waste time. Bob said it would be no problem when I got out of the car.......

They made me audition anyway. Now, this may come as a shock but I have never had to audition for a stripclub gig. They pretty much look at me and hire me right away as soon as they know I have no tatoos. Soooo, I did not have a thong on for the thong test, this did not make the 3 managers very happy, so they barked at me to change into a thong and heels in 2 minutes, or I was out...I did this and had to parade around and bend over in front of 3 managers and 2 DJ's since it was shift change. My legs were wobbling if you can believe it, I was soooooo nervous. Ken, the day manager, yelled "you're hired" before I even stepped into the DJ booth for the audition but I think they enjoyed grilling me for their own sadistic amusement.

Then, dumbass Kat, so spoiled by being the queen of her previous club, did not bring cash for tipout. I can't believe my unprofessional mistake. I assumed, like every other club, that tipout was free on the first night. Ken was NOT amused. Again he barked, "you have 10 minutes to change and 20 minutes to make the tipout or YOU'RE FIRED!" Holy shit, I did not even have a ride until 2am! Well, I managed to get dressed in 5 minutes and made the money back pretty much the moment I stepped out onto the floor...which I then appropriately threw at Ken. Now that I proved myself to him as a serious hustler...it was all gravy from there. Later I found out he is a huge teddy bear and would never have fired me, he just has a gruff demeanor. Either way, I was up for the challenge and succeeded.

The St. James is a big club with 2 floors, very upscale, everything is classy. I never thought that suburbia clubs are this nice, I am such a central Houston, Galleria area girl. The dancers are REALLY good looking. I saw a couple of 10's, and copious amounts of 8's and 9's (hehehehe gotta love the word copious, even when innapropriately used.) This could be pretty intimidating for many girls, but I have been tired of dancing with dog faces and fatties, as they lower the bar on any club. The good amount of haute chiqs increases customers willingness to spend, or so it turns out in this club, among other factors.

There are definately a few average girls, but from what they told me, these are the girls that looked good when they were hired but have since gone to pot. I did not see a single fattie though, suprisingly, because there are usually a couple of clunkers. This is a good sign.

Management, DJs, and waitstaff are also very professional and easy to work with there. At Caligula, the waitresses are really ghetto. They do lovely things like walking up to customers while smoking a cig, ashing in the tray siting on their waitress tray, potentially into the customer's drinks. None of that here....

All the dances @ St. James are done in these private rooms. Bleh. Great place for hooking despite the class. Conversely, the privacy is very titillating to the customers and they are willing to spend to be left alone. My very first dance, in VIP, the guy immediately took out a dollar bill and a baggie. As he snorted, he started telling me about the cameras in the room. Well, Kat about jumped 10 feet in the air freaking out, guarding the door, trying to shadow this guy so that cops wouldn't barge in, but of course nothing happened.

Also, we can't dance for women at this place, which SUX ASS! 2 girls dances are supposed to get manager approval but I managed to break that rule pretty quickly, as time is money.

My second customer was an Armenian, so I got to hang out and speak Russian for a while. He offered me 1 large not to work the next night and to hang out with him instead, but I didn't want to. He was back the second night with $500 for me if I fucked him in the private room but I declined. He didn't get any dances after that. This situation arose many times over the 3 days.

My one very, very bad in-club Kat act was on the second night. I was keeping my stuff under the DJ booth with another girl, very skinny coke-head blonde, Miss A. Well, we started talking about Vegas, and she wanted to go travel and work there with me, something I am interested in. Well, later she introduced me to her customer and the three of us headed to VIP for a double dance and a couple of bumpies. Turns out the patron was enjoying my dancing more than hers, kept pulling me close to him, pushing her aside, taking me panties aside so he could stick his tongue in for a taste of kitty. Miss A started freaking a little bit. She kept asking, "can I dance, what about me, you like her more"etc, ad nauseum. It was more work for me, dammit, she could have just stood there and watched, she was getting paid. Then I knew she had major jealousy issues and I am NOT pursuing the Vegas thing with her. Luckily we finished around 1am, but I was all wazooed , and I think I could have used my last hour much more productively, but still managed to get the last several dances...

Overall, very pleased with the customers, despite many whip-outs and much maligning me for my digits and my pussoise. One guy has called my cell like 10x a day so far, trying to give me the password for his account to Adultfriendfinder.com so we can go "swinging" together. Many young and multi-ethnic guys are spenders there, which is great, because those guys are total cheap asses at Caligula.

My EBT for 3 days was $1800, not bad, considering I had to subtract a few unusual administrative expenses like the hotel room. I need to get used to that if I plan on travelling. There were a few times I could have put the hustle on a bit harder, and also regulars are really helpful at this club, so I project at least a 15-20% increase in future earnings. Plus, I will probably work more days, but I seem to hustle and then party so hard that it drains me. If I were to be giving HJ and BJ in those little rooms, my job would be sooooooooo much easier, as I'm sure at least 50% of the dancers are doing that. But dammit, my mileage is so good as is, and hell, a big spender might even be able to get a bit of mutual masterbation (ie I don't touch it) but no one guy spent enough for a show.....

So, the story does end well. I left Mr. I after the first night of him begging me to sleep in the bed with him, and slamming the door on me after my refusal. I had gotten a room at the closest motel to avoid a long expensive toll commute. Well, this place was totally cheeseball but still player....I got a free hardcore porn channel!! Yezzzzzzzzz!! There was also a sexy blacklight, fridge which was immediately stocked by me with beer, and CD player, so I could practice bellydance in the room. So, on my last night, I invited the very cute young local club, ummm, errrr, dealer, back to the room with me, where we had a great time, then went to a hotub after-party with dancers and some guys, then I checked out of the room and got to spend the day recovering at his place in a garden tub and didn't have to drive across town all hung over. Funny, this guy didn't spend a penny on me, other than sharing his many goods and just hanging. Sorry to all the PL's out there.....pimpin ain't easy, hehehe!

Thanks for listening!!! Meow!
:) :wide-eyed:

money
04-05-2004, 05:29 AM
So Katrina, let us get this straight, if we get dances from you, we get to taste your kittie? Hon, you can come up to NJ anytime my dear! I am always interested in some good cat food!

Katrine
04-05-2004, 01:52 PM
Hell no you don't get to taste the kittie asshat! The man was attempting to do this, I am not going to bother editing what I said above. If that's what you want to believe, go for it. Do you seriously think every shmoo who lays down $20 gets a lick?

Get thee back under your bridge!!!

Katrine
04-05-2004, 01:53 PM
Are these the responses I am going to get by being honest and genuine? If so, I have no problem censoring myself boys, its your loss.....

sander8son
04-05-2004, 02:10 PM
yah, i took that as meaning if he did get to lick. it was one guy over the corse of 3 days. and it was something special. im not gonna go back and read. dont care if you shoed him off, or if you slammed him right then and there. it makes no difference. just because one guy of like 40 might have got some, doesn't mean i automatically get the same level.

naturally i would, but thats just because im a total hottie. you'd also probably end up paying me for the dances too! LOL ;-)

money
04-05-2004, 03:49 PM
LOL good response Katrine! Just remember, I am a man, and men only see and hear what they want to! Out of a long story like you told, I only caught on to that one sentence!! LMAO!! Aren't men great!

money
04-05-2004, 03:58 PM
But you have to admit, you should have clarified what you said! Not that I am a horndog and only think the best! :P

FBR
04-05-2004, 04:08 PM
Kat that was a great TR(s). Dont worry, we dont think you would let someone lick the cookie for 20 bucks. But your typo did give us hope for a second :P

Sounds like the time spent with the young dealer was an adventure in itself. Maybe I should stop spending on strippers and shift to the pimpin mode like him. He gets accolades for not spending money LOL

FBR

fishnet
04-05-2004, 04:59 PM
Great report Kat!!! Lot's of detail and a good read. Keep on posting. ;)

Katrine
04-05-2004, 05:38 PM
Its all good money, or at least its all money. When doing a 2-girl dance, the rules sometimes change. I pretend that I lick the girl, and am on my knees while she is in a chair, ass up, leaving myself exposed for him to come from behind to try and get a lick....he might have gotten a swab or two in there before I stopped him, hehehehehe......

SportsWriter2
04-05-2004, 07:50 PM
That was a good read, Kat.... Yesterday a dancer comes over to me after a champagne room with a lawyer. He wants to have a drink with her but she turns her back on him to hug me. Turns out he tried to lick NOT her kitty, but the white anti-perspirant deodorant in her armpit.... Today I asked a dancer in a different club if this guy licks her deodorant. "Uh huh," she says, "that's his thing. I don't care as long as he pays me." I asked a dancer in a third club and she says he licks her armpit, too. Then she names a far more prominent lawyer who does the same thing.

Moneywise
04-05-2004, 09:36 PM
That was a good read, Kat.... Yesterday a dancer comes over to me after a champagne room with a lawyer. He wants to have a drink with her but she turns her back on him to hug me. Turns out he tried to lick NOT her kitty, but the white anti-perspirant deodorant in her armpit.... Today I asked a dancer in a different club if this guy licks her deodorant. "Uh huh," she says, "that's his thing. I don't care as long as he pays me." I asked a dancer in a third club and she says he licks her armpit, too. Then she names a far more prominent lawyer who does the same thing.


:on the floor lmao:

Katrine
04-06-2004, 06:53 AM
Armpit licking is a common fetish, although I have never had one of those. Anti-perspirant dries out your tongue, its nasty, if you have accidently gotten some on you.....

I only had one foot tickler fetishist once, wish there were more of them!!

Bridgette
04-07-2004, 04:04 AM
Alrighty, time for another TR.

Tuesday

I arrived at the normal time, good start to the night as the past couple weeks I've been in a bad habit of showing up later than I like. It was busy as usual. Eat my salad, get dressed, checkin with DJ, get water.

I played a song I haven't used in a while, and wore a new $8 outfit that was really cute, which I'd got at Wal-Mart the day before. Heh, I don't normally buy clothes at Wal-Mart and certainly not stripper outfits, but this was cute. As soon as I came out on stage some dude ran up and started dropping dollars on me. He stayed nearly my whole song and dropped like $40. Woohoo! 2-3 other dudes came to tip as well, one wanted a dance. Right on.

So I hit the floor ready to go, as usual my nearsightedness caused me to lose the guy who asked for the dance. Oh well, there were plenty of dudes ready for me to attack. I got my groove on, was in high spirits, dancing around the room. One guy was quite drunk when I got to him, he got a couple dances and I quit after the second because he made some stupid comment about him being 'a white boy' when I stuck my ass up. No time for racists. Moving along.

I decided to freshen up in the dressing room before hitting my next victim, but on the way some guy stopped me for a dance. Ok no prob. We were dancing, nearly done with the fourth song, when I caught sight of a scuffle out the corner of my eye, then suddenly people were scattering everywhere, and I heard someone yell "gun". This is something that has always bothered me as a dancer in the back of my mind - the possibility of a weapon being brought in and used in my workplace. As soon as I heard "gun" I went on autopilot, jumped up, grabbed my purse and customer and ran like hell to the dressing room. Wasn't even thinking, dragged the customer right in there with me LOL. Think I muttered something like "oh shit, let's go" along the way. I can only imagine what he was thinking. Heh, I'd left my clothes in the chair where we'd been dancing and didn't even realize it for a minute. This one old waitress was in there, along with most of the girls, and there was one other random customer back there looking both confused and pleased at the same time. The old waitress (uptight) started yelling that the guys couldn't be back there, and started shooing them out, saying they could go to the men's room. I still had my customer's arm and turned to him and said, "hey I guess you need to go out the door". Remembering he still owed me $40, I went with him and we stood just outside the door next to the men's room door. Dressing room and men's room doors are perpendicular. Hell I'd have gone IN the men's room with him at that point. He seemed rather calm, but my heart was beating 90 to nothing. We watched the commotion until it cleared up, people went back to seats and the DJ put on the next song, with nothing more than an "excuse that interruption". Girls started dancing again, and my customer and I went back to the table. Most of the chairs along that wall had been vacated, so he took the opportunity to get a better seat, I collected my clothes and we got situated again. This all happened in under 4 minutes, as it started near the end of a song and was over by the end of the next one.

The customer got all mushy then, gave me a big fat hug and exclaimed "boy that was some motherly instinct you had, trying to protect me like that - do you have kids?" LOL....."No it was just an automatic reaction." I was still kinda shaky though, and mouth was dry. Needed water. "I need water, be right back." On the way back from the bar I stopped at DJ to see if my turn was coming up, seemed like it should be. Yep I was next. Pick song, back to customer to collect the $40 and go on stage. He wanted me to come back, PLEASE. Ok sure.

Did the stage, there was water all over it ??? so I kept slipping, but oh well. Got several tips and compliments on the song anyway. Finished, before DJ could get the next girl up, got his attention from back of the stage and let him know there's water on it so he could get a bouncer to clean it up.

While in the dressing room fixing myself after stage I asked about the incident, only a couple girls were back there and none knew what was up yet. Back to customer. He just couldn't get over how I'd dragged him in the dressing room over the incident, and kept hugging me and thanking me for 'protecting him'. At one point he even thanked me for saving his life LOL! He kept me dancing til closing, which was 16 more songs, so I was happy.

At the end of the night I asked again in the dressing room what was the deal. Some of the girls laughed and teased me for dragging my customer back there, but they didn't mind. Only the waitress had gotten bent out of shape over it ::) Turns out there was a fight, some white guy called a black guy a nigger, and the black guy didn't take kindly to it. Thinking about it, the mayhem erupted from the same area where the drunk "white boy" I'd danced for earlier was sitting. Anyway, the club has 'undercover' security hired to hang out in the crowd, and they carry weapons. When the fight broke out and they didn't seem to get it under control fast enough, the security dude drew his weapon. Since he was 'undercover' (plainclothes), bystanders didn't know he was security so people started scrambling in a hurry. This club also has metal detector wands and they scan everybody before letting them in. I remember commenting with my customer at one point how strange it was there would be a gun in the building with them scanning everyone at the door.

I'm glad to know it was security who had the gun and not some punk who tipped a bouncer to turn off the metal detector. I guess I'm also glad to know there is 'undercover' security watching things on top of the regular bouncers. But damn that was some scary stuff! Of course alot of customers cleared out after the incident, and many girls complained about not making money after that. I guess I'm glad I 'saved' that guy LOL! Heh, I never would have dreamed I would ever let a customer in the dressing room, let alone drag him in there! I'm sure he didn't expect to get dragged back there either, hehe. One of the bouncers had heard I'd done that, and proceeded to laugh his ass off and tease me as he collected my tipouts.

Definitely one of the more memorable nights. I'm sure I'll remember this one long after I've forgotten most of my old stage names ;)

SportsWriter2
04-07-2004, 05:57 AM
Bridgette, that was a gem!... I sometimes hang out at a Cheers kind of club where blacks will say "yo niggah" to a white guy and everyone considers it a compliment.... I also go to a non-wand place where a sign says "No knives" and someone added "or guns."

mr_punk
04-07-2004, 06:01 PM
All the dances @ St. James are done in these private rooms. Bleh. Great place for hooking despite the class. you ain't just whistling dixie. i met a young and fresh looking, stripper who dances at the St. James, not too long ago. she had quite an array of impressive skills. which she probably picked up in the club. most importantly, she understood who was the customer. i love women from texas.


If I were to be giving HJ and BJ in those little rooms, my job would be sooooooooo much easier, as I'm sure at least 50% of the dancers are doing that.you're probably right on both counts.


So my friend told me he could hook me up with a gig at the St. James club, one of the top GC's in Houston.
My friend, let's call him Mr. I, insisted upon dropping me off and picking me up. His friend Bob is one of the managers and greeted us at the door.

So, the story does end well. I left Mr. I after the first night of him begging me to sleep in the bed with him, and slamming the door on me after my refusal. that's a shame. it really didn't have to be that way. this is why i go out of my way not to give strippers. the impression that i'm a buddy or friend who just wants to hang out. bzzzzt...sorry, do i look like an unemployed musician? if i'm interested in a stripper, she's going to know exactly what i want to avoid any misunderstandings later on.

Katrine
04-07-2004, 07:02 PM
Hallelujah Punky!!!! I knew what was up, I just wanted a free place to stay. I knew he would give me drama, I could handle it. I also knew I would be a bad girl if I took a hotel room by myself so close to the club with free porn.......

Anyway, just to note, me and the dealer guy did NOT have sex, unless you want to believe that. I stand by Mr. Clinton's definitions of what is and isn't sex....

meow!

Richard_Head
04-07-2004, 08:11 PM
Sounds like an interesting night Bridgette, I was also wondering how they would get a gun in there with the wand and everything. I don't think I've ever been to a SC where a fight amongst customers broke out. Anyhow, I might stop by later this week, hopefully I won't miss you again.

Bridgette
04-08-2004, 05:04 AM
Yeah I don't agree with the security guys having guns in the club either, but whaddayagonnado? As long as men go to bars, they will have fights in the bars. I am glad everything was calmed down with no one hurt. But really, I laughed all the way home, remembering how I dragged the guy in the dressing room without even thinking. LOL now people at work are still teasing me about it, I guess I won't live that one down for a while. haha But....a DJ with a seizure? Guess I missed that.

Richard, if you're coming on Thursday, I might be doing the preliminary Miss Hi-Liter contest. I'm doing it either this week or next. Have to place at least 3rd to get in the finals. Heh, maybe you could get to be a judge and cast your vote for me! :biggrin: hehehehe, nothing like a little vote-whoring

SportsWriter2
04-08-2004, 06:48 AM
Bridgette, what is the Miss Hi-Liter contest? I've done some Hi-Liter art in clubs that have black lights, but I've never heard of a contest before.

Richard_Head
04-08-2004, 03:42 PM
Bridgette, what is the Miss Hi-Liter contest? I've done some Hi-Liter art in clubs that have black lights, but I've never heard of a contest before.

She works at a club called the Hi-Liter.