Guilty of Accidental Undercut
Has anything like this ever happened to you?
You see a customer standing a little ways from VIP. He appears to be looking around. You strike a conversation with him, flirt, etc. He says he is waiting on someone. A girl comes up to him and whispers into his ear. He promptly invites you back. A different girl who you sort of respect walks back-turns out he was waiting on her. You are ready to leave, but she tells you to stay and have fun. He then gives you a sizeable amount.
My question is, if you were to accidently undercut a girl like that, how would you handle it? Give her a cut? Forget about it? Find another way to do her a favor?
I'm thinking about sending this girl an apology letter. I feel really bad.
:-[
Juliette de Sade
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Is that enough? Or should I give a gift certificate for a manicure or something??? I dunno. It really was an accident.
Juliette
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Mami,
The patron is the one who ultimately makes the decision. If you like the gal, approach her next time and offer to make a couple of rounds with her as a team. Maybe ya'll can get a sharp table of business travelers, party together, and encourage dances by working in numbers.
I usually try to avoid working with someone else, but once in a while is fun.
Is she mad at you about the situation? She might have forgotten..
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i think just an apology and offer of a drink would be enough. if you respect her surely she knows the game and that it wasnt your fault.
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I'd probably offer a drink or remember her for $$ opportunities that may arise, like batechelor on stage, group of guys who want a few girls together, etc. I would only do this one time and I would mention to her that I wanted to make up for the guy I snatched.
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True. It would be counterproductive to do anything else and seem like a pushover.
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I would just go to her and tell her I didn't know he was waiting on her, sorry, didn't mean to take her customer. Then offer to buy her a drink, and next time you have an opportunity to bring her to a table to make money, do it. It could turn out to be a good thing for both of you! I generally like to work alone, but if there's a girl I work well with I always do better that way. Sometimes I make money like that when I may not have made anything alone - I am damn good at 'organizing' like that and the guys are always more happy and spend easier that way! I see this as a possible $$ making opportunity for you...
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It was slightly a money-making opportunity after all. I followed your advice and bought her a drink. We scoped the bar together and found a table. We each made $60-not much, but more than I had when I walked it. Then we went our separate ways with no hard feelings. I knew there was a reason I respected her. :)
Juliette de Sade
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I had something like that happen to me once. The guy had been walking back and forth from the bar to the stage and back, and kept switching seats at the bar. When I had been on stage, he had asked me to come talk to him afterwards. When I came out, I saw he was sitting near a girl drink, and specifically asked him if he was sitting with someone. He said 'no'. So we talked for a cpl minutes and then went in the back..I come back into the dressing room to freshen up, and another girl is glaring at me. She said something like 'hope you enjoyed yourself'. Come to find out, he'd bought her a drink, and yet, since he said he wasn't waiting for someone, how could it be my fault? I asked and everything.