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Originally Posted by livenudegirlsunite link=board=1;threadid=5725;start=msg62021#msg62021 date=1073770604
If you are cops I would assume that you would not allow hookers to work in your club. If a dancer interrupts another dancer while she is with a customer that dancer should be fired immediately.
Should a gal be "fired immediately" over what may be nothing more than a misunderstanding or a newbie mistake? Clubs don’t do a very good job of teaching their dancers proper etiquette, and not every gal who takes her clothes off for a living reads this website.
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I work in Vegas because we are allowed to do lap dances. I think that it is important to realize that there is nothing "dirty" about doing a lap dance. Lap dances are very different from any form of sexual penetration (oral, hand, genital). A dancer who engages in any form of sexual penetration should be fired immediately.
I agree with your premise that lap dances are not dirty, but not everyone is in agreement on that. Gals who worked as strippers back in the sixties probably are appalled at the sort of activities that modern day strippers do without consideration. Besides, whether a club can have lap dances or not, and to what degree is not really the club owners decision. The local authorities in most jurisdictions would not share your sentiment.
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Don't open your club before 4pm. Day shifts are a waste of time for everyone.
Mariah pretty much nailed this on the head, and I’m sure that some of the day shift girls on the site would like to add their input, considering that a lot of businessmen hit clubs during the daytime. May I also add since you work in Las Vegas where a lot of clubs are open 24/7, you have a very unique situation in which the peak crowds hit at a much later hour than most cities. In many places, clubs are closing about that same time, and can‘t open on Sundays at all. Staying up to 4 AM with your favorite dancer isn't an option.
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If a customer does not buy any dances or tries to ask one of the girls for "a date" or "extras" outside of the club have the dancers tell the bouncer and have the John kicked out immediately.
So customers who don’t buy dances (which would include those seated at the stage, even if they’re tipping), are essentially on the same par as those trying to score extras and after hours dinner, and should consequently be kicked out. Lovely. Around here, that would clear out half the patrons many of whom I‘m sure would never come back. The remaining half who are buying dances will then be over hustled to the point where they leave on their own.
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Do not charge the dancers up front flat fees. This creates an air of desparation and is very bad for business. Instead charge a percentage of dances sold. For example my club charges 15% at the end of the shift.
There do seem to be competing factions on this matter. The advantage of a percentage system is that a dancer can never go in the hole. The disadvantage is that is that she’s going to have a floor lurker tracking her around all night making sure that the house gets every cent. A percentage of every dance she sells, no matter how many, will go to the club. I’m sure that in a large club, or on slow nights, or for dancers who aren’t that motivated to hustle, a percentage system works great. For a motivated dancer, or on a busy night, that system will result in a lot of money going to the club that would otherwise go to the dancer under a flat fee system.
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Make sure the dancers and the customers know that they are not allowed to talk to a customer for more than 2 songs without getting paid. That will cut down on the bums and the Johns.
I disagree again. If customers, regardless of whether they’re “bums” or big spenders, constantly feel that they’re “on the meter” with regards to drinks or dances, they’re going to find the atmosphere more tedious and annoying than fun and will stop coming.
Furthermore, not all dancers work at the same pace. If a gal feels she needs an extra song or two to make her sales pitch, or wants to have a few songs of intermission before continuing a long session of dances, that should be at her discretion. Yes, time is money, but relaxed customers who don’t feel that they have to pay for every waking second of a dancers’ time are going to be a lot more condusive to parting with their cash. Irritated customers usually will point their feet towards the door and will walk accordingly. No bouncer needed.
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Have a stage money jar for the guys to fill up with dollar bills. No dancer will go on stage without getting paid for doing so. That is what they do in England. That will also cut down on the bums and help the dancer and the club to earn some decent money.
Well, this isn’t England, and most customers here loathe tip jar systems. Besides, regardless of whether the customers tip between the boobs, into a g-string, garter, or in a jar, how will this ensure the dancers and club make money? Oh, I forget, tipping is a requirement. Sorry, but if customers feel that their spending habits are being dictated, or feel that they are being mistreated, they simply will stop coming in. Clubs cannot make money off door cover or drinks to patrons who don’t show up.
I respect your opinions here LNGU, but your “one size fits all” vision of how a strip club should be ran is downright scary, because it takes discretion away from the customers, the dancers, the owners, well pretty much everybody. Its certainly not the type of club environment that I’d want to spend my money at, and I’m sure a lot of guys would agree with me.
I want to have a good time at a SC, and I'll gladly spend money on dances, but I'll buy them on my terms and when I can afford them. A strip club much like a Wal-Mart, a furniture store, or a car dealership, does not have an entitlement to me spending my money there just because I came in to browse. If I don't like the merchandise, or the price is too steep, I'm free to go somewhere else. Having any business dictate my spending habits will make that decision much easier.