Bartender/ club taking my credit card tips
So, I work for Deja Vu clubs.
VIP rooms are priced at $400/ hr (we keep $300), $250 1/2 hr (we keep $200), and $130/ 15 minutes (which I do not offer).
I upsell VIP from $400 to $500 (topless), $600 (topless, touching), and $700 (topless, touching, nude). When the customer went to pay for a $600 VIP the other day, he was charged the $400 for the room (they have to pay the bartender), and tipped $200 on top of that which the bartender assumed was for her (NO!!!!!). She kept the tip. So, I'm wondering how to charge for rooms when the guy pays with a card at the bar? How do I get my due, and even tips he wants to give ME when he pays with a card? Should I make him go to the ATM?
Deja Vu chains also take 10% of any tip money I am tipped in funny money, which is absolutely fucking terrible. How can I make sure that customers never pay with cards or that my dues go to ME and not the bartender?
Should I say it's $400 for the room and $200 for me or something? How do I make sure I get 100% of what I am owed, and the club doesn't take anything that's not in my contract for them to take (the only thing that's in my contract for them to take is House Fee, $2 for every $20 dance and the VIP room fees. Funny Money fees are NOT in there, and it says nothing about tips customers leave me on VIP credit card slips)?
Re: Bartender/ club taking my credit card tips
Do you have a contract? & if so, what does it say about that? Did you bring it to your mgt's attention?
Can you say which DV club (the state it's in?)
Re: Bartender/ club taking my credit card tips
Tips given on a credit card are not usually for the dancer, but for the VIP host. You have to tell customers to tip you in cash or get a card reader for your phone so they can tip you through it.
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I'd be fired if I complained about it and I'm not willing to do that as it's the only club w VIP rooms in my state. I'm just going to tell the guys that $400 goes to the club and I need the rest in cash. I will definitely invest in a card reader for my phone, but I feel like guys might get sketched out about that. I mean it's like $6 to take cash out of an ATM, if they are paying $700+ for a room, it should not be a big deal lol.
That just makes me mad that this bitch thought that money was for her!! Like as IF he would pay half the price of a room for you to swipe a fucking card!! Get real.