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Encouragement
Holy Shit. I have been in a state of shocked euphoria all night. And now, of course, at 5:13 a.m. there is no one to share it with- so I'm sharing it here! I did wake my boyfriend who passively nodded and congratulated my happiness & luck before reminding me he too has to work and needs sleep to do it. I FOUND A CLEAN CLUB! This is my seventh club in my hometown. Tonight was my first night...and I can hardly believe all the shit I've put up with for the past 3 years! This place is the chuck-e-cheese of adult entertainment! The whole night felt like a goofy semi-nude wedding reception. The audition was tedious, pleasant, nerve wracking, a lot of paper work....on stage there wasn't much of a crowd yet to coax encouragement from, but one of the dancers brought her custy up to tip me. This form of simple kindness would never happen at other clubs I've worked at. The entire staff- from management, to security to Dj to dancers to waitressess were pleasant & FUNCTIONAL. When I filled out paper work the manager said I could leave my bag in the dressing room table because there are cameras everywhere and they don't accept people stealing! I didn't see one girl stumbling through the place with Xanax eyes asking me if I had any more! I heard customers commenting on a friend in VIP & insinuating what his 'extra' time was getting him, and watched the customer come out disappointed, because girls are not selling $50 hand jobs! During all my dances customers were respectful & hardly even tried to grab my tits & ass & if they did a bouncer was always walking the floors looking out for me. Strange to say - but I am actually shell-shocked at feeling SAFE. I didn't have to watch my ass (literally) from customers and thieves & junkies & extra girls trying to do rooms with me and all the crap I have become numbly accustomed to. It was easy to stay in a good mood & hang with customers & do dances and the night really flew by. The money was nothing to rave about...so-so but nothing to complain about for for a weekday this season. I know I'm in a honeymoon phase right now- but damnit, I'm gonna enjoy it! I'm not gonna be stupid & let my guard down, but it really is amazing to be in an environment I jive with. The dj even knew the literary reference of my stage name! I have worked in a few other clean clubs before but they all felt pretty uptight & I found it hard to relax and it affected my $. I've been making $ being clean at dirty clubs...but..wow....just want to put this out there for other girls who may be in similar situations-- if you are not really happy at your club and with the way they do things--Try to find a different one!! I know this is really obvious, but like I'm saying...this took me 7 clubs and 3 years to find what feels like a good fit. If you go from a dirty club (where you're making $) to a clean one (if it's at all possible)I even think it's worth a cut in $ (Granted, it's gotta have potential) I would gladly take a 100/$200 cut in pay to continue working in an environment with so much less stress. It's hard to see how much bullshit you're dealing with until you don't have to anymore.
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I am totally jealous. I hope the "honeymoon" never ends! Comparably, I sometimes get customers who just behave beautifully, and it makes me realize men can enjoy themselves at strip clubs without sexually assaulting dancers. (It's sad that that's a revelation.) In fact, I'd say the customers who mind their manners end up having better times, because I don't cut the dances short, I am more comfortable being/staying close (my boobs are going nowhere near your face if you can't even obey my hand-related rules!), and I am not giving them distracting death stares the entire time. I totally agree that a slight pay cut is worth the improved "quality of life" while in the club.
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Yay! :) Working for a clean club is the best. It trickles down, from management to staff to girls to (most) customers - and suddenly, the girls are nice to each other, the staff makes you feel safe, and one bad customer is out the door. I had a bouncer stop a dance for me on my last shift with an Indian guy who grabbed my boob after I told him not to, and the bouncer stood there until he paid me. Just for a 2nd offense boob grab. After almost a full year at my club, stuff like that is still surreal, after the years of much worse shit I put up with from customers, staff and evil strippers.
As for the pay cut, I've noticed that my overall average is lower than it was in other clubs, but my other clubs I also did $30, $40, sometimes as much as $50 dances because they let us charge whatever we wanted, and it wasn't that hard to keep guys for 5-10 songs because the lapdance area was extremely private. If your club has a good VIP/CR structure, I'd recommend pushing that more and pushing dances less. It's almost impossible for me to sell more than 1-3 lap dances to a single customer with pasties and low contact, so selling blocks of time is absolutely crucial for my good money nights, because I'm terrible at lap-hopping.
Congrats on finally finding a good fit! :)
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Yeah congrats. Lucky you!