Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Some time ago, Lizette, you posted how you encourage the guy you are sitting with to tip the girl on stage. I was sitting with a bunch of real cheapskates the other night, and I was thinking how nice it would be to see them tip ANYBODY. Then I thought of you, and for the life of me, I couldn't remember how you do it.
Would you mind sharing your secret with me? ANd anybody else who dies this, too!
Thanks!
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
I will ask the guys for money to let me go tip the girl on stage. Or I will say this is a great song come with me to go tip her. I also will point out anything she does very well. Getting a few dollars out of them can be tough, but once you establish a good flow, they will spend all night, they just need that push!:)
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Depends on the guy. In some places/some guys I will actually say something like "Go on, give her a dollar and let her shove it in your face." Gross, I know, but effecive.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
"Ooh, that girl is GORGEOUS. Look at that pretty ass. Hey, THAT was a neat trick! I KNOW you've got a dollar for that." Then the next guy: "Look at that pretty girl up there dancing for you. Go on, toss her a dollar." With a big smile, of course. If it's a dancer I like, I throw her a dollar too myself.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
I use the " god i love her boobs. Can i have a few bucks to see them closer "
Things of that nature always work.
Or i'll say " lets go to stage and get a three some from her "
anything sexual with two girls almost always works.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
^^^^^
What everyone else said.
Sample convo:
Cheap custy: I don't want any dances. I'm just here to hang out. Stay and stroke my ego. I really like having beautiful women lose money talking to me. It makes me feel important. I'm a loser with a small penis and I live in my mom's basement. I need to get my kicks somehow. You should feel priviledged to be sitting with me. Afterall, the club is slow and what else would you do?
Me: Gee, cheap custy. I don't know what I'd do without you. Thank god you're here! You're my hero. Do you know what would be fun?
Cheap custy: What?
Me: Sitting at the stage. I love playing with the other girls! Come on, let's
go! *takes his hand and deposits him at stage*
Once he's there, he's obligated to tip. If you and the other dancer "play," he has no way of getting out of tipping you both.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Really great advice so far.
The psychology of the willfully cheap customer totally baffles me, I swear. But if you treat them as slightly to moderately stupid (what other explanation is there?) you can make up a lot of ground. Suggestions:
1. It's always best to take a guy by the hand and lead him to stage. If a clueless moron hasn't yet figured out that he's supposed to be tipping the stage dancers, don't count on hints or suggestions. They bounce off dense heads.
2. "Let's both go tip her together, ok?" Say it before you stand up and walk to stage. That way you don't both end up at stage with him cashless, smiling goofily and annoying everybody.
3. This works best when the dancers all cooperate, of course, as everybody knows. So Colleen, when you're on stage, the dancer you helped out should be standing hand-in-hand with Mr. Clueless for your set. (I just say this because nobody's mentioned it yet.)
There is a proper high-end club etiquette for stage tipping. For me, that means taking at least two dancers I am sitting with to stage, handing each $20 bills, and then each of us tipping the dancer. If there are doubles at stage, you need to do a lot of fast cash distribution before you make it to stage. And pay attention to the rotation so that all six or eight dancers regularly sitting with you are tipped equally.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Sometimes I will take the customer by the hand and lead him up to the stage and say "let's go tip her- this girl is so fun" or something like that.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
I have been trying to get into the swing of doing this, and today I worked out a litle rhythem with it and got a LOT of guys up to the stage, and sometimes just delivered dollars myself. The cool thing was, once they guys had been intorduced to the concept of stage tipping (as if they had never been there before!) then they woudl come up to my stage and tip me, too! I probably made about $30 or so more than I would have otherwise. Also, once the other girls realized I was helping them, they started helping me, too, and we really got some money flowing around the club.
Thanks again everybody, for all the good advice!
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Here's one. I did this tonight. I was sitting with two guys who were making fun of a larger dancer on stage. One started out, and I said, "Oh, now you're gonna have to tip her, otherwise you're gonna get bad karma. You KNOW that's bad karma, dont you?" They were laughing and then the guy next to me started in on her. (And it really reeeeaaaallly bothers me when guys talk $hit about other dancers. THEY arent up there with their clothes off!!) So I told him too, that he'd have bad karma as a joke. They're like, you're right, you're right.... and they both got out their wallets and then they said please god go give this to her cause i'm not walking up there. So I did. And told her "it's from those bastards over there." No it wont work with every bastard, but it helps others get paid, while kinda putting the a-holes in their place.}:D
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
I will sometimes say, "Wanna see something hot? Give me a couple of dollars..."
Then I take the money and the guy, go to the stage and play with the girl a bit (almost like giving him an upclose, private show) and then give her the money. After watching that, the guy usually starts tipping both me and her more.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
Hey paintgoddess, that was very cool of you. Thank you, from a thick dancer.
Re: Encouraging them to tip on stage (Hello, Lizette!)
What I always say in a giggly voice,"You've gotta go tip her!" And if they are sitting away from the stage then I basically say the same thing and offer to take it up to the girl and say "I'll make it more fun!" Barely rarely will they say no. And if they do, you know they have absolutely no money and to move on!