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House mom how to
If you could have the ideal house mom, what would she be like?
I wish to become one for the club i'm working at and i would like as much info and experience you gals have on the subject.
I'm young, only 20, but the dancers need a house mom at my club.
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wow, that's pretty young. A lot of times, when the housemom is one of the club's former dancers and/or is young, a lot of the girls don't respect her as much. At least that's what I have seen. Kinda have to earn their respect as a responsible housemom i guess. My club hired one of the dancers as housemom. One night she was dancing and the next, she was housemom and making 10 bucks an hour plus tips. that pissed a lot of the dancers off. Nobody would listen to her or tip her for a long time.
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oh, and MY ideal housemom is one that doesn't hound the dancers for her tip. It's an option to tip the housemom at my club (which most girls do now). A good housemom stays out of the drama, avoids taking sides and keeps order in the dressing room.
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Thanks for replying. I have been talking to the dancers on the shifts i usually work to see if they were interested and they have been telling that they would come to me if i sell the necessities cheaper than the club does.
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I think a housemum should sell services, but not expect a tip from everyone at the end of the night.
Like, each time a girl asks you to watch her stuff, or get her this or whatever, she of course tips you. You should also have costumes for sale, which you get for wholesale prices and mark up. Sell emergency bits- if someone forgets deodorant, perfume- hey, you have some for sale! You have bottled water! You have stockings and advil and tampons! And they all come at a moderately inflated price that nets you a tidy profit.
But expecting $$ from everyone, even those who you don't even see in a night? That's crap.
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I think the house mom should have snacks. ;)
Seriously, I do. I worked last night and didn't use any of the house mom's stuff and still had to give her $5. She's sweet and all, but for $5 I at least want a candy bar.
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I don't really ever use our housemoms stuff or anyone else's. I don't want to be that girl that borrows things from people and I just like having "my own" stuff. I still tip our housemom, even though I don't use the things she has. I think part of keeping people on your good side in a club is tipping them, even if you don't use any of their things. What our housemom does do is make our schedules, collect the club fees like hourly fees, late fines, special dance cut fee, etc. As far as I know she doesn't sell costumes, probably because we have a boutique in our club, but anytime I've ever needed anything that I don't normally keep like safety pins, rubber bands and candy, I've used. I always tip her a minimum of $10 unless it's a really bad night.
I think a good housemom stays out of drama, keeps order in the dressing room, gives advice when asked, is someone who you can confide in and it kept in strict confidence, someone who has thing that the girls would need (tampons, first aid, mints, mouthwash, candy/gum/snacks, someone who would help the girls with their makeup or clothes (very helpful for a newbie) someone who'd watch over everyone's things (if there's no locker) and anything else. I guess kinda being like a step-mom or a mom away from home.
Our housemom doesn't get a salary, everything she makes is depending on how much the girls tip and how good of a night we have. I tip everyone, I like to keep things on a good rapport. You never know when you might need a favor done by someone and if you never tip them or tip them well, then they might not want to do that favor. Sorry, I'm getting a little off topic here but I do think that nobody should ask for a tip, it's given as a choice and the person should always say thank you to the dancer who tips them, regardless of the amount.
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They already said you can be housemom? I cant see anywhere letting a 20 yr old be housemom,but good luck to you.
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i don't know if they will let me. i will be starting off selling stuff and easing into the full hose mom role. I was told by a dancer friend of mine that since they won't hire me on, and i would be only getting tips, to win the other dancers over first.
Does anyone else have any other ideas for me? i want to get this right the first time.
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Hey, does this mean i don't have to dress up and wear the shoes as well?
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One of my dancer friends complained that their housemom tried to charge $5 for a generic tampon. And this was at a club that was an automatic $10 tip out to the housemom. It was hearing these kinds of stories that inspired me to try to get a position at a new club in my area. B/c I had no SC experience, they didn't hire me, which sucked, b/c I would have been great. Anyway, that's a whole different story all together.....but in your case I would say that you should always try to be fair with whatever you're selling, treat the girls equally, don't get involved in any drama and don't let anyone walk all over you.