Safest Way to Monitor Money in the Club
Hi beauties! When I start dancing (around this time next year), I'm going to invest in platforms that have tips compartments since I have read how girls get their clutches stolen and other terrible mishaps.
Is this the safest method to toting my money around?
About how much money can be held in the tips compartment of the shoe? (Also, where to keep accumulating stage tips throughout the night?)
Do you ladies have any recommended methods of keeping your money on you (i.e., clutches, purses.....) to prevent theft?
I can see the shoes holding the night's customer sales but where should I keep stage tips throughout the night? I'm sure the shoes can only hold so much....
My goal is to keep every dollar I earn untouched by hands besides my own to avoid feeling insecure about my club and to be able to slide through virtually unnoticed (except for by customers).
Thanks for your help, delightful dancers! Mwah! ^_^
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Personally, I think tip jar shoes are pretty tacky. You also won't be able to store a lot of money in there - certainly not an entire night's earnings, I don't think. Not to mention money in your shoes will not go unnoticed once you hit the stage. Honestly, you're being pretty paranoid about something you're not even going to have to begin to worry about for a year. Once you actually start (and really, just dive in now, no sense in waiting an entire year), you'll quickly learn what works in your club. Maybe all the girls wear garters or all the girls carry around little purses. Maybe most even wear a little money pouch around their ankles. Then just pick one. Whatever is safest depends on the club and on you.
I've never had money stolen and I either carry a purse or put money in my knee highs before tossing it in my locker. I have no qualms about leaving my locker unlocked during my shift either. At other clubs, I've still tossed money in my locker but kept it locked up. At others, I've carried around a purse with everything. I get lazy carrying around a purse though, and then I keep my phone in it and that keeps me distracted, so I like to just dump money in my locker. Gives me a little bit of a break from the floor after making money too. Again, depends on the club.
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Thank you! I suppose I've been reading too many horror stories and paranoia has set in haha! I think I'll more realistically opt for a tiny purse.
Would a fanny pack be tacky as well? Maybe bedazzled to look cute?
I'd LOVEEE to start immediately but I'm still with my mother and I won't be able to leave until next summer, so I don't have a choice but to wait. She really looks down on this kind of thing because she takes all of the stigma and fiction for reality. :-( I love her too much, so I'd rather wait until I'm on my own feet and do it "behind her back" and away from her. I just turned 18 in April but it'll take me some time before I can get a place, live alone, etc. I'm also a Florida girl and I've found some nice looking clubs that seem to suit my personal, minimal mileage so once I go and get some gear and a place, I'll be on that floor lickity split!
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Uhhhhh a fanny back is never a good idea. They look lame in literally every context. Just get a little purse, an ankle wallet, or a garter and stop overthinking this. Don't bother getting anything now though - wait til you've started dancing, have decided it's for you, and have seen what the norm is at your club.
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If you think you'll misplace a clutch, then don't carry one around. Work at a club that has lockers and get a padlock and periodically put your money in your locker and lock it. Don't give anyone your combination/key, and you'll be fine. You are definitely overthinking this! And NOOOOO fanny pack under any circumstances lol!!!!! Maybe you could try visiting a club with a friend and seeing how things work there so that you can relax a little bit. Also, the sooner you start dancing, the sooner you can be out of your mom's house and on your own, but if it won't work for you then I guess you can't do that!
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Haha, thanks ladies! You two are right. I am overthinking it. Super perfectionist when it comes to money-making opportunities, lol. Fannypack.....gawd, what was I thinking? XD
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A garter would work that way its on you all the time.
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I happened to research a little and came across a way to secure money onto the garter. I had always been confused about how it would work but now it makes so much sense! Depending on the club norms, as Shanna mentioned, I may just stock up on some cutesy garters once I start. ^_^
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I actually have a dance store near me that sells garters with a band attached, so I never have to worry about having a rubber band or it breaking. I also keep my bills from smallest on the outside to largest on the inside. Wearing it aroun my ankle makes it pretty freaking obvious of someone is trying to mess with it and helps keep my heels on tight too.
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Sweet! It sounds like the garter is the best way to go. I'm not forgetful but a clutch seems a bit too vulnerable for me, especially if someone were truly malicious.
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I carry around a big metal star wars lunchpail.
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^ I carried a metal peanuts lunch box for the longest time! lol
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I carry around a Michael kours clutch but alot of clubs dont allow this so I just stuff the $$ in my tight ankle boots till it gets to be too much then I will put it in a guarder secured with 2 rubber bands. I like the purse thing alot better tho because it doesnt take much time to just throw $$ in there and keep on hustling but with the guarder you have to undo your $&2 rubber bands then add your new $$ then secure it back with the 2 bands, it just seems to take too long and I feel like pple are eyeing my $ while doing this, I hate that. Whether its a girl trynna count my shit or a custy trynna see what im making or whatever, I just dont like it.
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Sweet, these are really helpful, for sure. Where do you keep your purse when giving a customer a dance to make sure other customers or dancers won't snatch anything?
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Up until the point when I saw a girl's purse get stolen by a custy, I'd just put it near me: On the couch behind my customer's head, between his feet, next to our side of the couch....Now, if it's not strapped to my ankle yet, I put it underneath the couch while we're doing the LD.
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Sweet, very smart of you! Thanks for the help! ^_^