The Coming home Negative $$$$$ after working RANT
Have you ever had a night that you come home negative? Perhaps even stayed an hour late in hope that your luck would change, but still ultimately failed? Well that was tonight for me. Let me elaborate. Tonight I felt that I had the worst timing. There were very few customers that did walk through the door. It seemed when I was on stage a custie would come in and immediately get swooped into VIP before I even had a chance. Or the second the man came into the club you approached and got the "oh I just got here blah blah.." and tried to talk him into, but failed only to have some other girl get him to magically spend money on her seconds later. :-[ I work at a nude club and perhaps these people could some how tell that I had my period despite my expert tampon string cutting strategy and fake I'm so horny and bubbly attitude. Whatever the case I ended up staying an hour late and coming home with 60 bucks after 100 dollar tip out and stewing on it the 45 minute drive home while questioning my stripping career choice. I've always liked dancing and I still do, but lately I just feel like I'm getting a good ol' ass whoppin' from above! From ABC busting me at my beloved home based club forcing me into exile...to customers stealing back their own money on a garter.... :( I've been dancing for over a decade and by now I swear I should have a damn Phd in this shit! Yet it just always throws curve balls out of no where just when I think I've got it all figured out. }:D Whine whine. Share some stories and insight ladies.
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It sucks ass but it happens. I've totally had that scenario happen. Sometimes it's just for a couple hours and then I'll catch a good customer, sometimes it's all night. You just get bad nights sometimes where every customer likes thicker hispanic girls and you're a tiny white girl, ya know? It's not you, just the crowd.
I feel like bad stripper luck seems to come in waves... like, I rarely have ONE bad night, I have several in a row. My club goes through phases of garbage clientele unfortunately, which contributes heavily. I now have a rule where I'll stay ONCE past my 5 hour shift, until I make my minimum, but if I have another 2 bad shifts in a row, I take off several days. Sometimes you have a mini-burnout you aren't aware of (but that customers can smell) and sometimes you just have to wait out the ebb and flow of crap customers that week.
If you have some savings, I highly suggest a 4-5 day break with a nice massage or pedicure, and a dinner with your non-stripper friends :)
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I totally agree that bad days come in waves. When I get a couple bad nights in a row, I try to take time off and work shifts that I know will be busy, such as nights/weekends/after football games/when a regular comes in (my club has an open schedule). Then I'm less likely to be wasting time. Also, right now it's the end of the month, which is usually bad news for my club... too many girls, not enough guys spending. If I'm aware in advance that it might be a bad shift, that eases the blow a little.
I don't think I've ever come home in the negatives, but there was one night I only made about $10 after payout. All the girls were in the dressing room and there were like 2 non-spending customers for most of the night. I remember one guy was folding paper cranes out of dollar bills, giving them to the girls, and not buying dances. lmao
Dancing is such a weirdly unpredictable job. I've always liked it best when I had other income sources, like a vanilla part-time job or camming, because then a slow shift at the club was not a huge deal.
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I hear ya!! When I get in a bad wave I buy a new outfit (of course I'm broke at that point so its like money for food or money to possibly make money lol) and take a couple days off. That's what I'm doing now and of course for the first time I order clothes offline and they don't fit :'( damn big ass and no boobs...
Anyways do something small to pamper yourself that you dont do when your stressed. It kinda reminds you hey you are stressed here's your break now go kill em lol. Good luck!!
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Yep I remember them nights it was the worst feeling ever, I would even wake up the next day feeling annoyed, you learn to deal with it though as long as its not a regular thing.
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OP, you are not alone. I worked last Saturday (not yesterday, the past one) and left negative. The lovely and beautiful WOC ladies were in high demand, and the white (and in my case, Asian) ladies were SOL. It shattered my self-confidence because I am very sensitive to rejection. I know you have to have thick skin to be in this industry, but sometimes...man...it just gets to me. I took a full week off despite being broke AF, but I am trying to find another club to work at while also balancing a vanilla job. I am just trying to stay optimistic and be grateful for anything I make. That usually helps me make money, lol.
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I do not know what it is with clubs always demanding house now when girls have a shitty night. I guess it has been awhile since I have been out of the game but if I had a bad night I would never pay house. Also, a little off topic but Strippers actually generally make more money when they are ovulating so maybe the customers' lizard brains knew you were on the rag somehow.
I agree with Selina that you should take a few nights off
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Gia2608
I do not know what it is with clubs always demanding house now when girls have a shitty night. I guess it has been awhile since I have been out of the game but if I had a bad night I would never pay house
Me either. My friend was saying the last time she danced, she was negative and they told her to use the ATM to pay house!
Honestly when I have a really bad night though, I either 1) tell the manager I'm gonna owe him (and then never pay it) 2) just walk out without paying house.
The manager is so unorganized he's only noticed once in 2.5 years and I just played dumb; "Oh my God i'm so sorry! I totally forgot!"
At other more organized clubs, I would just flat say "I'm not paying house because I didn't make shit and it's not my fault there's no customers here" and they were generally at a loss for words and didn't press the issue. YMMV though.
Some management will negotiate fees though, so OP, if that happens again you should ask them to give you a break. If you're not a troublemaker or anything, they will often cut you a discount at the least.
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The club I was at didn't back rent girls, but if I didn't make anything over at least $110, I was pretty much working for free because house + Uber home. It usually didn't happen because I usually only worked weekends, but once in a while on a slow weekday+bad timing it can get to you unless you remind yourself of all the good nights you have and the few deserving customers you've met.
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Balletpolegirl
The club I was at didn't back rent girls
LOOOOVE clubs that don't back rent. I've worked at 2 clubs where 1, would hold you responsible for every goddamn fee in the book, even if nobody came in that night. Some girls had over 1k in backbalances, and they would literally TAKE your VIP money. So, for many girls, they were working for free until they got "caught up". This is also the same club that would charge you $50 for no schedule that week, demand 4-5 nights out of you, and if you didn't, your house was higher than everyone else. TIPOUT was INSANE, and it's ON TOP OF what a custy would pay (in tip) when he bought the room that the bouncer monitored. While I get it, but it's a $200 room before tip and no bottle, this place robbed ya blind.
Where I'm at now, tipout only goes to house mom and DJ, and you can take care of your CR, LD guy if you so choose on top of what they take (about %10 of each dance, except on tuesdays, because the rates/dance are discounted) and they only take a percentage of your earnings. make less than $150? only thing you have to pay is DJ/HM and your LD's. "Get out of here, little lady!" and they send you on your way. LOVE working there. Lots of girls, and tons of custys. only had ONE slow night and I've been there since July, and they don't badger your ass for a schedule! The good clubs are out there!