this is a fucking nightmare.
So my friend and i took a booking at a club in the boonies. Great club, with base pay, loved by all i know who've been there(SWers included)
A month before, we fax them our ID's. I speak to TWO DIFFERENT MANAGERS during planning, about how i'm 20 an i want ot make SURE i can work there. They both say "yes, girls your age have been here before"
So now we're out here, i do my first nigt, have my temporary liscence, and all that jazzz..... ande we get a ccall today from one of the managers saying the sheriff says I'M took young to work. fucking unbelievable...but since that's not MY oversight, they NEED to pay me for my entire booking. I gave up schedules in pdx for this, in addition to travel expenses... ad i did not breache contract in any way, this truly was THEIR RESPONSIBILITY to have this sorted outbefore!
Now i'm trapped in buttfuck nowhere, my friend is at work, talking to the manager as well, and they're trying to tell me its rectifying the situation to get me a booking elsewhere that may or may not have the same base pay, expenses, and tha i have no CLUE OF THE SAFETY OR MONEY POTENTIAL of new place. i hat egetting cought in local politics... we think itsw just the local police tryig to strongarm th club..... neither me or my roommie can find A NY info showing in the law saying i'm NOt ALLOWED to work... nd the clubsays they didnt know either.... but i'm soooo scared... and worried that if we try insisting to the sherrif to SHOW us the law sayin i can't work, that he'll try pinning a violation on me instead, like saying i solicited a vice officer... since who'll believe a dumb stripper and then they don't have to back down. I hope that thought is just me being paranoid, and angry, because i SHOULD be working, and making money onight, not sitting aroundn worrying and checking the low numbers in my bank accound and sorting reciepts for the train ride, the hotel bills, teh latex pasties....
AQRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHH
and my roomie says she won't seperate from jme...Either the club will give me my base pay, and i'll stay here and take care o her, or we'll both go to a new booking, or home together.... Se really doesnt want to be alone for it, and neither do i. Paricularl since i'm on HER laptop, and my phone doesnt even have aq signal. I'm trapped.
and scared.
and lonely.
Shoot me now.
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Would you be comfortable telling where exactly you are so people could suggest a better club for your age?
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and worried that if we try insisting to the sherrif to SHOW us the law sayin i can't work, that he'll try pinning a violation on me instead, like saying i solicited a vice officer... since who'll believe a dumb stripper and then they don't have to back down.
One lesson that I learned the hard way is that it is far easier and less expensive to 'write off' a low / zero earnings road trip rather than risk having to deal with a bust ... bogus or not. If you do wind up being bogusly busted, it will probably mean pleading guilty to some sort of a sex crime charge (which will haunt you when trying to obtain future dancer's licenses in other cities / states), or giving up future work and paying your own expenses to return to this city in the future to plead your innocence in a local court (with absolutely no guarantee that the locals will find an out-of-town professional 'stripper' innocent of the bogus charges).
Also from a standpoint of civil liability, the club can easily make the case that a recent 'change' in local laws prevented them from living up to their contractual obligations. At any rate, if the club takes the position that they aren't going to help you out voluntarily, there's not much that you can do to twist their arm ... without getting into the same scenario of giving up future work and paying your own expenses to return to this city in the future to plead your case in small claims court with no guarantee of success.
I don't want to discourage you needlessly, but this brings up two other points from my road trip days.
#1 be very wary of traveling to 'butt-f$# nowhere' bookings where there is only the ONE club to work at ... such that if the original booking goes to hell for whatever reason you will have wasted your time and travel expenses with no alternative of working in a different club.
#2 be wary of traveling with a 'fellow dancer'. If problems should develop on 'your end', this limits your ability to simply pack up / change club bookings / travel on to a different city etc. If problems should develop on 'her end', this creates pressure for you to leave a potentially lucrative booking early (which could affect your professional rep), creates pressure for you to loan the other girl money to cover her share of expenses (that will probably never be paid back), etc.
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Dont' have any advice, but damn I'm sorry sweetie. That really sucks. You did all the preparation on your end and now you're getting screwed. I really hope it somehow works out. At least you have a travel buddy.
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That blows but at least your friend is nice and will leave if they don't pay u.
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Give me a call. If you need to get out of there asap, I have enough frequent flyer miles to get you out of there, as long as you can do it through Alaska/Horizon (I'm assuming you're in the midwest-ish area). I'm trying to call you, but it's not going through.
Much love. Call me if you need to.
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^^^ shit... that's a good friend. anomar... you rock! needtodance, i hope you can get this resolved!!! i'm sorry your booking turned out so crappy!
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Just go home. Sounds scary. The club is at fault for letting you work when they were not supposed too but its probably going to be a big dramatic hassle getting paid.
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Too bad Buffalo Station closed. :-(
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Aw that really sucks needtodance...in another thread about going to Loyly I was thinking where is needtodance? She should come too!
I hope that things work out for your trip and you can somehow recoup your losses.
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Ugh well I tried to help her get into another club in the area but its just not happening so far :(
This is shitty.... and need2 you should mention the club name so no one else has this problem.
Seriously a shitty move on the clubs behalf. Then for them to try and say its her fault... well thats just pathetic.
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Cally, thanks, you were great! So far, it looks like there wont be any viable bookkings... THe club said they had an opeing with a place several hours away, ut i can't find even ONE PERSON, not even dancers in that town, who say anything about it Other than "prostitution and drug infested shithole with an abusive manager". so I am NOT doing tha one..
I may call the club out later, ut for the moment my roomie is there and i dont want to jeopardize her standing, plus i'm trying to get as much as they'l reimbburse me for, so i can recoup some of my losses.
Sunchild where's loyly? I haven't seen that thread!
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Loyly's website It's a sauna steam massage place.
The thread
Fuckin' A it pisses me off that they're not going to at least pay you your booking fee! It seems like this whole week was 100% their fault. I am interested in knowing where this happened if you would like to share privately.
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oooh... loyly sounds great.... i have a feelig i WILL want to go there when i get back.... two days now i've been sooooo tense i've been throwing up and completely sick.... just gotta make the money to survive this month before i can think about pamperin myself...
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Of course yeah. It really sucks when you travel somewhere (like driving ten hours to Reno grrr) and things don't work out. I wish they could just let you work! This whole thing is just dumb on their part.
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ok, well things are sorta worked out now... ggot an agreement from them to pay me travel expenses, and a weeks base pay... and got a hopefullyb etter booking for next week.. but they've been so hard to deal with and are mking it hard for my travel companion, so i dont kjnow whether or not shes going to stay with them, or take the booking with me.... oh well
I'm just kicking myself... she's earned SOOOOOOOOOOO fucking much in the time ive beenn trapped in the hotel, its downright painful to see her BANKING, while i'm pretty much tied in place.
Ugh... at least i have three weeks to make a good amount of money to make up, but i'm still going to be a couple thousand behind....
I truly hate feeling helpless.
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I felt the same way You feel right now like 3 weeks ago. Its a differnt situation but I felt STUCK and LONLEY....
I wen't to Niagara Falls to go dance with a girl I knew from Montreal who was My friend at a clean club we both worked at.
So I go to Niagara Falls to go to this club called Seductions and work there and make "good money" because thats why I was told it would be there. And was I fucking wrong!! I go out there with $50, I go to this club and dont make ANY money because all the girls at the club were doing extras!! EVERY GIRL! IT WAS A COMPLET EXTRAS CLUB! No wayyyyy was I doing nasty shit! for 20 bucks! So I stayed there for a week tryed to make money anyway, I was so upset I only made $100 the week I was there and I had no money to get home or pay for My bills that month and I was in a differnt town and I never knew anyone only that one girl who told Me to work at the club and I felt so scared and so alone and worried!! So I broke down and called my dad crying asking him to get me THE FUCK OUTTA THERE!! And he put $500 in My bank account.
But I'm just telling You girl! You'r not alone in having this happen .. Like going to a club in a differnt town with like only one person You know... and not being able to make money and being really REALLY worried about getting money to pay You'r bill or to even be able to get the fuck out of there.. But hang in there hun! I've been there ..I'm so sorry to hear this happened to You but I wish You all the best! :hug:
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I know I've said this before, but I think it bears repeating:
Never go on the road with out the ability to come back home. This means, book a round trip ticket or have enough money to get home if the booking blows.
I've only once had to call home for a plane ticket, and that was enough. Always have a 'plan b' when traveling to club you've never been to before.
Needtodance, I'm glad to hear that the club finally did right by you. That is rare and you should keep them in mind when you are over 21. This place sounds like it cares about it's girls.
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I go out there with $50,
/:O WHY?!?!?!?!?!!??!?
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AudreyLeigh
/:O WHY?!?!?!?!?!!??!?
I was in a desperate time.. I had NO MONEY at all.. I was having alot of family issues with My husban and we were left with no money. Its not My fault I only had $50 thats all I had PERIOD.. I was broke.. I try to make it threw and survive.. At least I tryed
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_Ariel_
I was in a desperate time.. I had NO MONEY at all.. I was having alot of family issues with My husban and we were left with no money. Its not My fault I only had $50 thats all I had PERIOD.. I was broke.. I try to make it threw and survive.. At least I tryed
I guess it makes sense if at your home club is not doing well and youre promised the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Ive been there where I only have $50. Actually, I currently have $0.14 in my checking account. Oh God I miss dancing.......
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Not to thread jack (that sucks, n2d!)...but Ariel, Seductions *is* a known nightmare, but Sundowner is supposed to be okay. Still extras, but you can make clean money alongside the screwing...if you can stomach that.