Questions about tipping out...
I know tip rates are different in different clubs but tonight I felt like I was being "hustled" by the DJ. There are the standard rates and any extra tips on top of that are OPTIONAL. I was so used to my last club... no one hustled me or asked me how I did that night. I actually tipped as I wanted to.
NOW however I dread talking to the staff (especially) this DJ at the end of the night. It makes me SO MAD. I'm not a greedy person but hell, some people can make you feel that way. Just tonight I wish he could've left me alone...PLEASE! I already had to deal with a guy who told me he wanted to cum in his pants in the VIP. UGH. I couldn't help but cry out of frustration when I got home. I literary thought of the nice girls on this forum... or just someone to hear me out I guess.
//rant (sorry)
So my question is: how do I nicely tell the DJ to fuck off? LOL I mean appreciate tips when I give them. He seems so greedy...
Most importantly, I'm curious to know if any of you have / had the same issue with staff. How did / do you deal with it?
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When faced with similar situations, I have always reminded the DJ that if he helps me earn more money, I'm definitely willing to share a portion of those extra earnings !!! When greed rears it's ugly head, I've found that the best way to deal with it is to appeal to that very greed for my own benefit !
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I hate this. I always choose avoidance if someone is irritating me. If I'm in the DJ booth and all that garbage is in my ear while I'm tipping out I will just stare blankly and then walk off. The worst he could do is play you a bad song. That's about the extent of his powers.
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i give the dj as little as possible. $15-20 per dancer when there are 40 dancers? and then he wants more on top of that to ensure i get the song i like? get the fuck out.
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Well ... at a couple places , they expect us to tip out 10%. I do closer to 5-6% . If I make $400 for example, I do $20-$22. I just don't think it's fair at all ( I have gas money / hotel / bouncers / club fee to pay out already) . This seems to work out ok. I do this is part too because I asked this guy for ONE song in FOUR month ( just anything to go along with my new cop outfit for my first set when I got it ). He didn't even bother to find a song for me. I told him 30 mintues before I got on stage about my new outfit . That's his job. He couldn't even do his JOB . I'd worked there all summer without a single request ( I really don't care about the music like some people ) .... but I wanted something for that outfit.
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yeah, carmen, i've worked places with the 10% thing and i hate it. at one club, the dj would be watching the dances like a hawk to make sure that we gave him 10%. that shit was a nightmare. can you imagine a dj expecting $100 at the end of a good night? and throwing a hissy fit when he didn't get it?
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Tip out for the DJ is $10.
The manager, sometimes also the bartender $5-10.
The bouncer $5. That night there was two of them so $10.
The door girl $3.
The house fee $26 but using the VIP for the night is another $10 = $36
So yeah I'm not that inclined to tip on top of the $10 ESPECIALLY if I'm being hassled / reminded for it ahead of time. He also persuaded me to tip the manager/bartender more. But I also tipped one of the waitresses and bouncer more as well. So I'm not greedy bah..
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i don't feel like you're paying a whole ton in tip-out. at my old club, it was a $35 house fee, $10 each to mgmt, the house mom, the dj and the floor guys. the club, however, took $2/girl out of the dj and the house mom's tips at the end of the night, so i would always tip $2 extra to them to make sure they got what they deserved.
however, go with what melonie said. i always tip more when i ask for something or when he helps me make money, and he KNOWS that, so he always tries his best to help me out.
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^ I totally agree with you. But it's not so much the amount of money that's to be tipped out, it was how I was being asked about / hassled for "the extra amount" on top of the normal fees. The kind of behavior (though he DOES help me out) does not entice me to tip him more. The tactic can very well be manipulative rather then helpful...
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there's actually worse than playing a bad song. He can skip you if he's a real a-hole and at least where I work stage makes me a lot of money. Some DJs are just greedy, I always think to myself that I should become one cause at places with the 10% and a lot of girls, they sure do make more than I do without doing a lot..
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Meh, I tip 20 to the DJ at my home club unless I made less than 400. Stage nets me dances, and all the DJs at that club make sure the girls are dancing to good music that they choose.