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Lysondra
12-29-2006, 06:53 PM
...man, do I feel terrible. :(
GoldCoastGirl
12-29-2006, 07:24 PM
Okay here is what I sent in an email to ALL the agents I work for/with ---
It has come to my attention that alot of agents and/or agencies seem to have the wrong impression about me.
I asked for everyone's feedback about my website ( www.goldcoastgirl.info ) quite awhile ago now so that it was generic enough so as to be accepted by all agents and agencies (and it was as I have kept all emails that say so)....... and thus I am able to promote it at any and all bookings I attend with your blessings (ie write the web address on your business cards).
The part that I have overhead (stripper grape-vine isn't it wonderful? lol) that all agents and agencies seem to have gotten wrong is in regards to my business cards. If you have forgotten what they look like please click on http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/GoldCoastGirl/BusinessCardsETC/85536e5f.jpg to preview an image of the cards that I hand out.
As you can see, they are very generic. It has my name, what I do, my website and email address (so I can invite them to be a myspace "friend" and thus stay up2date as to my availability and where as only my "friends" can access certain things on that profile) ...............and some white space above the "what I do" bit where I write YOUR phone number. I never use my phone number on these business cards unless it is a booking that I have organised myself outside of the Gold Coast (a good example: anyone in Darwin that wants to book me for their private party/function since no one really represents me in re: private parties in Darwin).
I will be more than happy to send you the image attached to an email if you cannot access the image that I linked to within this email @ http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/GoldCoastGirl/BusinessCardsETC/85536e5f.jpg
Oh by the way, I only ever hand out my business cards when I have run out of YOUR particular agencie's business cards. That's the truth of the matter. If you want to make sure I don't use my business cards (even tho' I put the phone number of the respective agent/agency who booked me the show on my business cards) then please feel free to send me as many as you can to
PO Box 3014
Southport Business Centre
QLD 4215
I will always use an agent's business card over my own (it saves me having to invest in purchasing more of my own cards!). I only ever purchased my own as there were alot of agents who I worked for/with who havn't provided me with any of their business cards after I had been asking multiple times for some.....
The only time I will promote one agency over another is if it comes to a point where 70% or more of my bookings and thus income comes from one particular agent when I am home. Since no one can give me consistent work each week I am home and/or promote me as one of their top girls.... everything stays generic.
Thank you for reading. Please feel free to reply if you so desire.
Is it clear enough now that I'm trying to do best by everyone? *sigh*
GoldCoastGirl
12-29-2006, 07:33 PM
...man, do I feel terrible. :(
Don't feel awful... you are just opening my eyes to the fact that whilst I try to do right by everyone because no one has said to me that they can guarantee me work each and every week I am home and therefore for me to put them at the top of my list (top priority) for bookings... it seems I am not... it seems the politics aka "the game" is being played ON me as such. I'm feeling shitty because I have ONLY EVER tried to do right by everyone.
Ah well. I have sent the email off and hopefully that will help show them that I am endeavouring to do right by them. As for my reliability, I am reliable.
Yet they can't expect me to not have a life outside of Thur-Sat so I am not necessarily available on those nights as much as I am Thur-Sat for last minute bookings.... it isn't like the deal Indulgence Entertainment has set up for their girls. Indulgence contracts you to work exclusivelly for them and pay you a base wage/fee each week so as you are available 24/7 when you are home. Since no one does this for me... since no one has said to me "Hey Vanessa. I really value you and want to get as much work as possible for you so could you please allow yourself to be available 24/7 when you are home for any work I send your way" ...... they have to expect that outside Thru-Fri-Sat that I may make other plans... I may not be as available.
Plus midnight is my cut off for last minute calls. Just through my own personal experience that anything offered to me last minute around mid-night is a waste of energy.
My hours are 2pm until mid-night as I found from my experience most of my bookings was between those hours.
Ah well. I do the best I can. Yet it isn't good enough for them. *sigh*
Lysondra
12-29-2006, 07:35 PM
I think you can do it... besides, I only heard from one source... I don't know about the others. I'm sure you do well with other agencies... you try your best, I know you do. :/
GoldCoastGirl
12-29-2006, 07:40 PM
Thanks M ;D I really do try to do best by everyone as no one has said to me that they want me to be one of their top girls and thus I can't really prioritise any one agent or agencies above anyone else.
(just a side note: i kinda gave everyone a chance when I was hunting around for a sponsor for my month in the exotic angels calendar... if someone had sponsored me they can be more than assurred I would put them up there as the one agent/agency I work for above all others .. yet no one did... I sponsored myself... my website is on my month in the calendar)
Plus the running late thing is due to traffic and getting lost. They can't tell me they havn't gotten lost or had traffic hassles between bookings esp. fri/sat nights..... getting in/out of surfers paradise is stressful!
......no wonder i am thinking of moving to the sunshine coast... traffic isn't as bad up there supposedly and the competition for private parties is also not as competative as it is here in s.e.qld !! *sigh*
Lysondra
12-29-2006, 07:41 PM
Thanks M ;D I really do try to do best by everyone as no one has said to me that they want me to be one of their top girls and thus I can't really prioritise any one agent or agencies above anyone else.
Plus I really really have to watch out for how I drive these-days as I am very very close to loosing my license and if I loose my license that means I can't drive as I don't know anyone else who can be a driver for me right now.
Red Hot has a drivers agency if you need one. They're very reliable. :)
GoldCoastGirl
12-29-2006, 07:46 PM
Red Hot has a drivers agency if you need one. They're very reliable. :)
My only question because Red Hot has not said to me in any way that they want me to be available for work from them mainly is.... do they allow their drivers to drive me to other bookings made by other agents/agencies ?
Lysondra
12-29-2006, 07:48 PM
My only question because Red Hot has not said to me in any way that they want me to be available for work from them mainly is.... do they allow their drivers to drive me to other bookings made by other agents/agencies ?
Ahhhrr... I wouldn't know. When I use their drivers, I'm normally booked with them the entire day.. I've never had another agent that same day. Oops. :/
GoldCoastGirl
12-29-2006, 08:41 PM
Anyone got any bookings for NYE ??
Lysondra
12-29-2006, 08:42 PM
I don't... I was told there was no work for it... but I'm always suspicious.
Darcy Foxx
12-29-2006, 09:04 PM
i was asked to work new years eve, apparently there's quite a few shows on. surprising, because in past years it's been dead. but yeah, retired, so i declined. working at the club instead.
GoldCoastGirl
01-05-2007, 07:33 AM
I ended up getting two shows on NYE and one show on NYD (you know about that one Morr! hehehe) .... one show Thursday past which was a for a group of guys still celebrating New Years (lol) and one pre-booked for tomorrow... otherwise... SLOOOOW !!!
That's my rant. This is the reason I travel and the reason I'm taking up working at Players Showgirls (amongst other reasons) .... I need more than two shows per week to sustain me! ARGH! I don't have an expensive lifestyle just that I am planning to move out of home in February.... that will be expensive! Plus the fact that I really want to get some of my costumes repaired and new costumes made... and all this costs money! ARGH!
GoldCoastGirl
01-05-2007, 10:27 PM
*blush* I get waxed on Monday so you can guess that I'm a little furry right now. I am not going to shave when I set up this appointment for monday ages ago. I can't ring the waxer and change it as she re-opens for business on monday... she's been on holiday over xmas and new years as she does every year. Oh man.. next year.. remind me to NOT work until my beautician (waxer) is open ! :laughing:
Why is this a problem? Well it hasn't been so much of a problem this week for the few shows that I have had.. okay.. one other show that I have had.. however... tonight.. my 6pm show... my agent will be there.. he'll most likely stick around to watch... I really hope he doesn't.. I really hope he has to give a lift to one of the waitresses at this party... I don't want him to see that I'm a little hairy ATM... I'm already embarressed by my hairy-ness (I'm not talking full on bush here.. just enough hair to be noticeable in daylight when one is naked).... ah well... see if my fretting is over nothing. Oh btw... the hairy-ness is not limited to just down there... my legs need doing and so does my underarms however thanks to the many many many years of waxing the growth is light yet still there....... ARGH!
Lola Rose
01-05-2007, 11:16 PM
GCG- A heavy comcealer applied liberally and loose powder will cover the growth up somewhat, pretty well, I think.
(I can't shave daily, so I do this)!
bleaching the hair could work too.
Lysondra
01-11-2007, 04:23 PM
I pluck my hairs... hahaha... then when the wax comes, some is already gone!
Either way, super slow on this end, too. I rejected two NYE shows... I had the one with V... and I only have one shift today but am on the top for new calls in... I really need the work bad as I've paid for my wedding dress deposit and ran out of cash-on-hand because of it...
Lysondra
01-11-2007, 05:51 PM
..I hate agency drama and politics... they've made me face a hard decision I don't want to talk about here... :(
mild2wild
01-11-2007, 09:10 PM
is that by chance going 'exclusive'?
Lysondra
01-11-2007, 09:12 PM
No not at all, actually... lol... you're not the first to ask that!!
It's about other things... :/
GoldCoastGirl
01-12-2007, 04:33 PM
My rant: I'm f-ing lucky that I worked two nights in a strip club locally and made some decent money there this week otherwise I would be starving! If I was rely-ing purely upon shows, I would be making $200 this week as I have one show pre-booked for tonight................and that has been it for the week.
I am hoping, at the very least, to have one more show tonight or at least on Sunday. Damn! I'm going to actually have to work at the strip club now!!! Did I mention that I dispise the politics ? Who knows what people are saying about me and if it is right or is it because I am Gold Coast based that I miss out on alot (as it is all in Brisbane or Sunshine Coast which is a fair drive for me).
Whatever. I'm home. I'm available Fri, Sat and Sunday. Is it really that slow ???
Lysondra
01-12-2007, 06:17 PM
It -is- slow... but probably not that slow. I have been picking up waitressing, but because I do - I always get shows. I picked up four hours yesterday and got a couple... but they were pretty last minute. I have some for tonight, as well.. again, last minute... and duo - because Dee's partner has been 'sick' a lot and now she wants a new reliable girl to be her partner... so Alicia recommended me.
I wish there was something I could do, Vee, they kinda just said, "You're doing a duo... with Dee." :/
GoldCoastGirl
01-12-2007, 07:08 PM
and duo - because Dee's partner has been 'sick' a lot and now she wants a new reliable girl to be her partner... so Alicia recommended me.
I wish there was something I could do, Vee, they kinda just said, "You're doing a duo... with Dee." :/
You can say that you don't feel comfortable doing duo shows with someone you are unfamiliar with ... and that you prefer to do shows with me if at all possible. Remember the last time you did a duo show without me... ??? You felt totally out of place and didn't like the other girl in the end. Are you familiar with Dee and her "style" of show?
Why are they ignoring me ? I am here! HELLO!!!!! I have a car. I travel.
Is it because I don't do waitressing? *sigh* They shouldn't discriminate against me because I won't do something I know I'm not good at (i really don't have the patience or personality ot whatever is needed to do waitressing for longer than two hours at a time)... and instead prefer to stick with something that I am good at... gosh!! :'(>:(
Due to all your waitressing being last minute... it IS because I'm on the Gold Coast huh? Have you got any last minute work on the Gold Coast? It looks as if I may need to move "up the coast" or at least closer to Brisbane later this year if I want to get more work huh ? *sigh*
Lysondra
01-12-2007, 07:32 PM
You can say that you don't feel comfortable doing duo shows with someone you are unfamiliar with ... and that you prefer to do shows with me if at all possible. Remember the last time you did a duo show without me... ??? You felt totally out of place and didn't like the other girl in the end. Are you familiar with Dee and her "style" of show?
Why are they ignoring me ? I am here! HELLO!!!!! I have a car. I travel.
Is it because I don't do waitressing? *sigh* They shouldn't discriminate against me because I won't do something I know I'm not good at (i really don't have the patience or personality ot whatever is needed to do waitressing for longer than two hours at a time)... and instead prefer to stick with something that I am good at... gosh!! :'(>:(
Due to all your waitressing being last minute... it IS because I'm on the Gold Coast huh? Have you got any last minute work on the Gold Coast? It looks as if I may need to move "up the coast" or at least closer to Brisbane later this year if I want to get more work huh ? *sigh*
Yes, yes it is, actually. Sorry to be harsh... but it's really not helping you. Even Fox, even Dee, even Tori, even... well, everyone else.. they all HATE waitressing and they still do it. I waitressed WITH Alicia one day! They all hate it.. they all don't like it.. they are all decent and not good at it because they hate it so much... but they do it. It's the thing you have to do, no matter how far you are... even if I become exclusive number 1 with Red Hot, I'll still be waitressing.. just less often. Honestly? You're really honestly truly just going to have to suck it up and do it... and it's worthwhile! I did it in Sunny one day and made $750 in four hours.. waitressing topless + nude extension + show extension + tips. It's just something you -have- to do.
I have gotten Gold Coast work. Again, probably not what you want to hear. I was there last night. I also went to Sunnie right afterwards and did Sunshine work. I travel too, but yes, I don't have a car (buying it Tuesday)... but they're willing to compromise with me... I get a driver I have to pay... and they give me more work so that it's more 'worthwhile' for me to have that driver... however I still lose on shows without a car.
Not much more I can say really.. I don't know what else to say... :/
Darcy Foxx
01-12-2007, 07:44 PM
i had to literally work my ass off as a damn good waitress for risque before i ever got any show work. i was a waitress for aaaaages, and i hated it, absolutely fucking HATED it. but i still put in the absolute best effort i possibly could, and covered last minute shifts for girls who cancelled, and worked overtime when girls didn't show, and worked at pubs and venues where i did not feel comfortable. but i had to do it to prove myself as a worker. gradually i started picking up the occasional show at waitressing gigs (since i was already stripping in a club, i knew how to dance), and my agent started getting good feedback about my reliability and my show performance, and when one of their showgirls quit, i suddenly graduated from waitress to showgirl.
some of the most lucrative jobs i've done have been waitressing gigs. i did a sunday afternoon show once, and they upgraded my 4 hours topless to 1 hour gstring 3 hours nude, and got me to do two shows, and bought lapdances. i made almost $1000.
GoldCoastGirl
01-13-2007, 12:46 AM
I didn't get into this industry to do work that I dispise (hate is too strong a word tho' it does come close) doing. I got into this industry to get out of an industry I dispised already (hospitality - actual waitressing). I continued on in this industry after my first indy back in 2001 because i enjoyed it so much. I also continued on because I enjoyed BEING MY OWN BOSS and the FREEDOM that it also afforded me to be able to work where I wanted, when I wanted to a certain degree.
Why is it I am feeling so much like an employee instead of an independant contractor right now? Why must I do something that is soul-destroying (and it was for me I am NOT being dramatic)?
When I was doing alot of waitressing shifts and basically booked out each weekend (fri-sat).... it got so bad for me that I started to drink for fucks sake. I do not drink unless I am despressed or trying to escape a problem. I don't want to do something that will most likely kill me because I am my own driver.... and therefore driving drunk.
I did that once. I drove home intoxicated from a waitress booking (or at least with enough to have a breathaliser get a reading) up in Brisbane. It was a HUGE wake up call. This happened in September last year if I recall correctly. I am not in this life to stress the fuck out and be depressed and frustrated! Life is too fucking short for that...
Darcy and Jessica (mermaidnz) ...... I can see why now you quit. It is alot of bullshit. I am so damn close to semi-quitting even trying to work the "private party scene" locally and just stick with whatever I can get alongside the two nights per week club-work I am currently doing.
Why can't someone enter the private party scene as a showgirl and showgirl only ..........and be accepted as that?
There is also the main difference between you and me morr (even you Darcy) too.... my age.
I don't have time to fuck around having to "prove myself" so in a year's time I will be considered a showgirl. I will be one more year closer (and one year off) 30 years of age this year. I don't have the convienance of time...
I'm not just saying this because it is slow either. I bet you this same problem has been plague-ing me throught my whole time.. I bet if you go back near the start of this thread... you'll see that I have the same frustrations.
*sigh*
ignore me. i'm just ranting, raving, and venting. the frustration of all this is starting to get to me .... why can't i be accepted for what I feel I am good at instead of having to be something I am not ???
edit to add: wow... now I have a strange feeling of peace/calm thanks to this rant/rave/vent. i really did need to get this off my chest.
mild2wild
01-13-2007, 05:38 AM
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT is all I am saying :(
GoldCoastGirl
01-13-2007, 07:55 AM
Gosh. Isn't it interesting how the Universe works. My usually very reliable car. I love her to pieces as she is very hardy and has gone through alot with me. She started to act 'funny' as such on the way to my one and only booking this week. As much as I thought my heart was "in it" tonight to do this booking as there was good music playing on the radio and so forth.............. I really wasn't "in it" in the end I realise now (granted the car gave me a fright when it did act 'funny').
Thankfully it won't cost me an arm and a leg to get what I need fixed with the car. In the end, it was something to do with my gears and how I really can't drive manual all that well (I am harsh on the gear changing) and the mechanic (RACQ) also said that the car also needed a maintenance service ... so that is why it starting acting funny. When one is going 100 kph, when a car acts funny you pull over and call the RACQ (or similiar).
Unfortunately, it sounded like a good party that I was meant to do the show at... the lady who was the contact was pleasant and understanding.
So for whatever reason the Universe deemed necessarily I wasn't meant to do my one and only private party show this week. It prevented me by scaring me that something major was up with the car when I was driving.
Thankfully I was able to drive the car in the end back home however by that time I would've been very very late to the booking if I had continued to it so I went home. Getting the car serviced this week most definately. Not having THAT happen to me again. It did truely scare me.
I'm also seriously thinking about moving up the coast to the Sunshine Coast. The drive back gave me plenty of "thinking" time. As much as my heart is here on the Gold Coast... as much as I love to live here.... I tried. I really did. I am seriously thinking a move might be in order. A change.
I'm always hearing how there is work up that way and lack of quality girls. I would even be willing to be exclusive to one agency (Indulgence Entertainment) as I was told by a reliable source (one of their girls I'm on decent terms with) that they pay a base wage each week to ensure that you are available for them and them only. I was also told by the same girl that they are in desparate need of xxx showgirls..... and in 6 months time it will be 'busy' season again.
For now I won't abandon my agencies. I will just keep to my two nights per week at Players and whatever is thrown my way Fri/Sat/Sun.
Nothing is set in stone yet Saturday has given me some food for thought.
ps i'm not even worried right now about the $200 in income i just lost. i truely do trust the universe will look after me and knows what it is doing. it always does.
Lysondra
01-16-2007, 07:18 PM
My new car works beautifully now.. except it fricken stalls when stopped unless I put it in park within about 6 seconds... mother f***... at least it's insured... and at least it always starts back up.... and I've only had it a day, so mother f***ing dealership can fix it! (thank goddess I got from a dealership).
Work is going great except for one nagging thing bothering me... but there's nothing I can do to stop/save/fix anything at all!! :( I know things I really -really- don't want to know and I'm not sure if I should speak up or if I should shut up and not continue the rumours along the chain.
I worked with Indulgence last night and was tipped enough to double my earnings, that was nice...
... but I got huge cramps from my ovarian cysts because this was a pole-dance-in-a-pub job... and I just remembered why I quit that - It harms my cysts and makes me vomit and start hurting. :( :(
I'm so sad... I love the pole so much. But it hurts me.
Go figure.
GoldCoastGirl
01-17-2007, 01:34 AM
I know things I really -really- don't want to know and I'm not sure if I should speak up or if I should shut up and not continue the rumours along the chain.
Best not to get involved as much as possible so it is best to just shut up about it. Take it from me, do not continue the rumour. BTW, I am always here if you want to rant/rave/vent since I'm such an outsider in this industry whatever you say stays with me and doesn't go anywhere.
I was already frustrated with the whole private party thing prior to this month. This month just has made my frustrations more concrete as such.
I'm not moving to the S.Coast next month as I had hoped (Bibs is the main reason and just that I don't know much about Sunshine Coast so I'm going to give myself six months from Feb to gather all that information so I can make a proper good move up there)... I will stay here... work at Players two nights a week... work in Darwin approx. every third month.... and maybe do other contracts here and there since no one back home here can support me.
I have come to terms that I have to travel and make my money in the club when I am home over the private party work here. Whatever.
My rant is in there somewhere. lol.
Lysondra
01-17-2007, 05:44 PM
(*&^%&^&*$^%$^%
I was just nominated StripTease Artist of the Year in London.... which means I'd have to fund my own trip to London and come back for this competition.
I've gotten donations for it and everything!! People really want to send me to London to compete.
... and I just remembered I can't leave the country because of immigration.
Lysondra
01-17-2007, 05:56 PM
Oh thank GOD... I just called Immigration and they'll let me travel to England for this and come back as long as I change to Bridging Visa B... instead of A.
Lysondra
01-18-2007, 06:49 PM
Mother fucker!!!
I get a call to pick up a shift Tori couldn't make in the Gold Coast. I drive ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SURFERS... get there, ask if it's alright I fill in for Tori, they say yes, they let me in, I get dressed.. and then they say they don't want a show if Tori won't be doing it!
W...T...F...
they wouldn't even reimburse me for my petrol.
Thanks assholes... you cost me 2 1/2 hours driving AND $15 in petrol (god I love the mileage on my car, though) and wasted my time IN THE HOUSE ITSELF because you couldn't make up your damn mind.
Agent said she'd make it up to me.
I got no further calls.
:(
GoldCoastGirl
01-19-2007, 04:32 AM
Okay. I consulted a mental health professional. I don't want to give up working private parties 100% so I am going to now do it one day/night per week on a Saturday and work 2-3 nights in a strip club each week.
This is what will work best for me and thus (i hope) the agents IMO.
I will then be okay with accepting waitressing work as I realise now (after speaking with someone not related to this industry) that my main problem was when it was all I was doing and I relied upon the private party work as my sole/primary source of income.
It used to be alot of fun for me. I used to not be too bothered by whatever I was given. Then again I worked at a strip club still and did it "on the side" for quite awhile so I am going to re-vert back to what seemed to work for me in the first place.... private party work as supplimental income not primarly/sole income.
I'm hoping that this will go over okay with all the agents now. As I am under the distinct impression that all they wanted was for me to accept whatever I was given even if it is only one day/night per week..... yes ? Thus this makes it easier for them to give me work .... yes??
GoldCoastGirl
01-19-2007, 03:02 PM
I deleted my rant and Darcy's replies as they were in reply to my rant. I don't feel my rant is relevant anymore (thus the reason I deleted it) and I have had time to think everything over not to mention able to speak to some people.
Hence the reason why my post above this post has been re-edited.
Lysondra
01-19-2007, 04:24 PM
You changed your mind? Damnit I came all the way here to see this rant you told me about. I need to move the computer over!!!
Anyway... I know I'm not as experienced as you, but I seem to have done something right in the eyes of the agents, so I know what needs to be done if you don't mind my advice... I have been on the receiving end of the rumour mill lately.
Just promise you won't e-mail a rant to the agents this time?
GoldCoastGirl
01-19-2007, 07:13 PM
It isn't a rant that I email-ed them. I pretty much sent to them via email what I typed out in post #134 and yes both yourself, darcy and mild2wild plus a few other people managed to help me make the decision that it would be best if I didn't pursue private party work as my primary and/or sole source of income..... I'm hoping even being available for whatever they send my way (yes even the shit jobs) even one night a week will be acceptable.
I have consulted a mental health care professional in regards to my mental health issue concerning topless waitressing (the original reason why I quit it back in September (when I was at my busiest and had been doing it for awhile) and was refusing to do it since then) and he said I should be okay (and I agree) if I only do it one night per week whilst I am home. My problem was when it was all I was doing and it was my main/sole source of income that it affected me so negatively.
I am trying to make this easy (workable) for you as an agent. You want someone who is open to all work then I will be open to all work --- one day/night per week --- Saturday only.
Due to working in a club locally two - three nights per week currently, classes I shall be undertaking on Friday nights in Brisbane next month as well as needing time to find a new place to live esp. next month I have to cut back on the private party work.
I am not willing to quit private party work locally 100% just doing it one night per week as a secondary source of income instead of primary source of income. Bringing the "fun" back to it as it so used to be so much fun for me (and this reflected back into my work naturally).
This ONLY applies for when I am home on the Gold Coast.
If this doesn't "work" for you, then that is okay. I am willing to accept that not everyone is going to be "okay" with this new arrangement (as you require someone to generally be available through-out the week) tho' I was under the impression that having someone who is now ready and willing to take on all bookings including waitressing even if it is one night per week would be wanted thus the reason I am doing so one day/night per week.
I can assure you that this won't change. Saturday only. All bookings - including waitressing. The only time it will change is when I am, naturally, not home (ie in Darwin or Mackay).
;D I can be reasonable now that the pressure is off me as such (or I feel it is) and thus, like I said in the email above, I can bring the fun back into it as it used to be so enjoyable for me. It was only when I started to make it or try to make it my only and primary source of income that the troubles started - honest.
Now I won't be any trouble. One day/night per week I will readily accept whatever is given to me.
Lysondra
01-19-2007, 07:18 PM
It sounded like a huge rant. Instead of stopping what pissed off multiple agents, you e-mail them all to tell them why you'd continue to do it... and it got me in some serious heat.
In reality, it would've been best if you had either just stopped passing them out, or emailed the agents saying you were sorry and would not pass them out any further...
Edit:: gah, are you referring to the mental health? That one was fine.. I was referring to the business card one.
GoldCoastGirl
01-20-2007, 12:14 AM
I did email them to all and say sorry that I mis-understood in re the business cards ages ago now. I havn't ordered nor used any of my business cards for like ages now (besides, even if I did they are kinda out of date since I am now using my www.VanessaStacy.com these-days and not my MySpace profile which is www.GoldCoastGirl.info). So what is their problem now? Please tell them I do not have any of my own business cards and only use their cards and if I do not have any of their cards ... well... I don't use anything.
Besides, I'm too busy trying to pack up to worry about handing out business cards of my own. Actually, as a matter of fact, I always forget to even hand out the agent's business cards if they have supplied me with some for the booking! (Something I'm trying to make a habit - handing out business cards when I am given them by an agent.)
Do I really need to re-email them all to rectify this issue (i thought it was rectified)? I didn't realise it was such an issue. I havn't any left over so how can I use them ?
Lysondra
01-20-2007, 12:33 AM
I did email them to all and say sorry that I mis-understood in re the business cards ages ago now. I havn't ordered nor used any of my business cards for like ages now (besides, even if I did they are kinda out of date since I am now using my www.VanessaStacy.com these-days and not my MySpace profile which is www.GoldCoastGirl.info). So what is their problem now? Please tell them I do not have any of my own business cards and only use their cards and if I do not have any of their cards ... well... I don't use anything.
Besides, I'm too busy trying to pack up to worry about handing out business cards of my own. Actually, as a matter of fact, I always forget to even hand out the agent's business cards if they have supplied me with some for the booking! (Something I'm trying to make a habit - handing out business cards when I am given them by an agent.)
Do I really need to re-email them all to rectify this issue (i thought it was rectified)? I didn't realise it was such an issue. I havn't any left over so how can I use them ?
Oh god, Vee, listen! I said you can't email them like you did that time because I got in serious trouble for telling you what I did. The issue HAS been rectified (although a month isn't ages) but my point was if I tell you anything more, you can't e-mail them like last time. I almost lost my job.
Oh forget it... it's not my place.
Just.. don't tell anyone I ever said anything.
GoldCoastGirl
01-20-2007, 02:30 AM
:-[ :-[ :-[ you have permission to slap me next time !
Cross my fingers and hope to die, poke a needle in my eye I will no longer say anything that hasn't been mentioned on this board (as then it becomes public fact since it is a public forum). Besides, I'm not concerned anymore as I'm mainly a strip club girl now and do the private party thing Saturday only. Much much easier and better for me to deal with ;D
Lysondra
01-21-2007, 06:16 AM
ha. Thanks girl. On my phone, can't say much. Was just frustrated, sorry. :)
Lysondra
01-26-2007, 06:12 PM
AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!
:(
I drove to the hospital last night to admit myself for having a nervous breakdown because of shit that's been going down... realizing I had work the next day, I broke down in my car and slept in it last night for a few hours...
... before someone tapped on my glass and told me it was illegal.
*sigh*
Lysondra
02-01-2007, 06:11 PM
I KNEW IT!
The thing-I-haven't-been-saying-here reason why I haven't gotten work was TRUE! I was thinking 'maybe it's slow'... or, perhaps I'm just being silly.
Nope. I sent a letter to all agents involved in the scandal (ooOoo) apologizing for what I hadn't intended to happen (nor knew happened - yay) and within TEN MINUTES I got $750 worth of work for the next week.
Then I got phone calls from Catherine's saying they loved (and passed around) my photos...
And another call asking for a huge job I couldn't do...
And another call for a last-minute job where I was called a 'saint', a 'doll' and a 'lifesaver'.
.... fucking politics.
Oh well, I'm really happy I'm back on their side again... but shit, that was a close call. D:
mild2wild
02-01-2007, 09:17 PM
Hey Lilth
Why can't you mention it on here?
Lysondra
02-02-2007, 01:44 AM
Mild - I can send you the letter I sent to the other agents and you'll know why. It's a strict agent-and-me only thing, though.
mild2wild
02-02-2007, 05:55 PM
thanks Lilth!!
GoldCoastGirl
02-03-2007, 02:55 AM
I've lost my phone! I can't find it ANYWHERE! I even went all the way back to the spot on the Pacific Highway where I left "Bunny" overnight (last night) to see if I had dropped it around that spot. NOTHING! It's not in my car. It isn't in my house. I've phoned it multiple times and it is ringing however nothing!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have possibly lost out on work because of this. Why now. Why?!?!
Plus it has soooooooooo many numbers on it that I don't have on my other phone. Boo!!! It just HAS to turn up. I'm going to search the house again. I've searched the car twice. I don't know where else it can be... I only lost it a couple of hours ago.... and if it isn't in the house/unit or the car then I don't know WHERE it could be....?????
edit to add: i know i am about to miss a booking tonight because the information is on that phone and the agent's current number is on that phone as well not my back up one. this is fucked. all i can do is go to bed as i will get up and head back to the spot on the pac. h'way again to see if it is there (search a longer stretch of road).
Lysondra
02-03-2007, 07:50 AM
it would probably be best to visit the agent's website and call so you don't leave them gaming without a girl at the party.
Lysondra
02-03-2007, 07:51 AM
hanging
GoldCoastGirl
02-03-2007, 06:03 PM
I found my phone! I found my phone and pissed off one agent. I indeed did miss a booking because of the lost phone. I didn't loose it intentionally and I did damn try to find it! I specifically drove back out to the highway.. to the exit.. and searched there... it wasn't there.
I don't think logically or properly when I'm in a state of panic and exhaustion (due to being stressed out at loosing the phone)........... who does????
I'm cursed and blessed at the same time.
I was cursed in that I lost my phone when I couldn't afford to loose my phone and thus it has cost me $140 as well as pissing off an agent. I'm blessed in that my phone was still there where I left it and still works however the costing me $140 and pissing off the agent has tarnished my little happiness over getting the phone back.
What can I do to make it up to this agent? He reckons there was no excuse for me to not be able to contact him when there is: I didn't have my phone!!! I didn't have his number on me. I was too emotional, panic-ed etc to think "right"! *sigh*
I didn't miss the booking on purpose. I never ever miss any bookings on purpose. I have a very legitmate reason! I had stressed myself out to the point of exhaustion on Saturday due to being panic-ed about loosing my phone.
:'( :'(
This is just totally royally fucked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I can do is just pay the money and let it go. Learn from my lesson. Write down all your agents numbers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lysondra
02-04-2007, 05:31 PM
You probably can't make it up to him - nor would you want to!! He's notorious for being a wanker. He got another girl accused of drug smuggling because he used her name on his drugs!
Either way, you REALLY should have used the Internet (which you were on) to look up his number and get the details.
You said yourself you took a nap instead....
Yeah, you were stressed - but you need to tie up lose ends before you fall asleep during a job you agreed to do!