More HIDDEN fees....WTF!!!!!
Another strip club "surprise fee". >:(
Yesterday when I walk in, the hostess tells me I have a $36.00 balance. It is most likely 2 house fees of $10.00, my "locker rent", and God knows what else. Fine. No sense in getting my panties in a wad about the fees, right? Everyone has them, and they aren't ridiculous or anything....
I only have $10.00 cash in my wallet , so I hand it to her to put towards the balance, and plan to pay the rest on my way out.
When I looked at the receipt last night, I noticed something:
Fwd Balance: $36.00
Paid: $10.00
House Keeps: $5.00
New Balance: $31.00
:O You've gotta be f'ing kidding.
Basically, when I put money towards my balance, only 1/2 of it actually goes to my balance. The other 1/2 just gets pocketed by the club. Nice of them to TELL ME ABOUT THIS LITTLE SYSTEM.
Yet another great way to get money from new dancers, who don't know about it (and why would we, no one tells us!).
Have you ever heard about anything like this???
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I wouldn't just keep quiet about that. I'd ask why the house gets half of the money. That's just insane. I know all clubs have fees but come on!
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you're getting ripped off...every club i worked at had the list of fees in the contract i signed and verbally explained them to me before i went on the floor
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Ahhh I remember when you first started you were bragging about how you didn't have house etc. Looks like the warm welcome is over. Welcome to the dark side (ck in her scary voice) lol
I agree with everyone else, I'd discuss this with management.
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You seriously need to ask what it is for. Don't just give it to them without knowing. Welcome to world of stripping when everyone in this industry wants a cut from our money.
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that really sucks... I've never even heard of something like this...
doesn't surprise me tho... we hustle the customers and the club tries to hustle us.
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That sounds ridiculous. Maybe if you paid all of your fees in full every day that you worked they wouldn't do that?
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virgoamm
That sounds ridiculous. Maybe if you paid all of your fees in full every day that you worked they wouldn't do that?
I was thinking that too. Sort of like interest maybe?
Either way, ask management ASAP. That sounds a bit outrageous.
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You probably already know this ( now ) , but you need to ask them to fully explain all fee's . Ask questions and make sure they take the time to explain things fully. It's shady what they are doing ....
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Originally Posted by
cinammonkisses
Ahhh I remember when you first started you were bragging about how you didn't have house etc. Looks like the warm welcome is over. Welcome to the dark side (ck in her scary voice) lol
I agree with everyone else, I'd discuss this with management.
LOL yeah there is no secret garden, they all get you somehow.
But yeah that is totally messed up, have a word.
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I'm suprised they let you carry a balance, most clubs want their $$ up front or you can't work. Sounds like they are charging you to carry a balance. Definately find out what the fees are for.
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Originally Posted by
cinammonkisses
Ahhh I remember when you first started you were bragging about how you didn't have house etc. Looks like the warm welcome is over. Welcome to the dark side (ck in her scary voice) lol
I agree with everyone else, I'd discuss this with management.
I don't know about "bragging" (lol), but yeah - I was like, "this is cool....no house fees for me". NOT! Starting my 2nd week, they started charging. I knew it was too good to be true! /:O
Anyhow, I found out today that the reason only $5 of my $10 went to my balance, was that they kept the other $5 for THAT shift's house fee (it was only $5 that day).
Sooo..that explains it all. I was pissed off for no reason. :O You can carry a balance - but I went ahead and just paid it all off today.
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I'm glad you got the situation handled. At my new club I would work swing shifts. The set up is you pay $8 to the day bouncers the $12 to the night bouncers to equal $20 a shift. I would just give the day bouncers the $20 and they were supposed to tell the door girl when she came in. For some reason Jordyn sounds like Sharron and I had been paying another girls tip out. The first time it happened the door girl wouldn't call the bouncers and verify that I'd paid so I just gave her the money and left. The second time I was pissed so I made her call the bouncer. I haven't been back to that club since the mix-up.