OK. I noticed that this is becoming a new trend more and more in strip clubs and just about everywhere else. What is the proper ettiquette when it is done on stage with multiple girls? Do the girls split it? Does the girl its thrown to get all of it?
This is what happened to me last night:
A dancer and I were on stage. A guy made it rain all over the stage while I was dancing in front of another guy. I continued to dance and threw any of my tips on the stage since I thought all the dollars would be collected and split. I approached the other girl to double check we were splitting it and she said it was her guy the made it rain and that she keeps all of it. I was shocked. I told her I was throwing in my tips on the stage since there were so many dollars, I figured we would just split it. To m shock, She asked me how much tips I made, I said 3 and she laughed and said ok. The house mom came up and swept the stage. The girl got off stage, and tried to give me a few dollars. I was pissed. I told her to just keep it. I got off stage and went into the dressing room and a bartender that was tending to me and a guy I was sitting with previously, came back there to tell me the guy who I was sitting with was the guy who made it rain. She said this right in front of the house mom. I told the house mom that the dancer said it was her guy and that she should keep it. The house mom said the girl should split it, no matter who's guy it was and I totally agreed. I proceeded to go to the other stage and told the dancer "that it was my guy, not yours, that threw that money, but since you acted like you did, you obviously needed more than I do so keep it" And I blew her a kiss and told her to get off the stage because it was my turn on rotation. She said she didn't want any trouble. I told her that there was no trouble at all, I just wont ever work with her. So she walked away. She must have said something about my attitude to house mom because mom later came up to me to explain what happened. When I went back to my guy, he was so pissed at what happened but I told him not to worry, and to think of it as his donation to that dancers needed charity. When the house mom came up to me, he and the bartender told her what happened and she said she would talk to the girl. I told her to forget about it but just to put what happened on record in case this happens again.
I know I was being a bitch, and if I see the girl, I will aplogize to her but I feel like she was in the wrong. I beleive that when any customer makes it rain on stage where it's falling on both dancers, both dancers should split it. I discussed what happened in the dressing room with other dancers and got mixed opinions. I've got pride, I'm not going to fight over dollar bills, but I want to follow proper tip ettiquette.
What are your thoughts on this?



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