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    Arrow maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    I started working at a club that three weeks ago: I bought the expensive adult entertainer's license, have obeyed all the rules, been nice to management as well as the rest of the staff and I have not been gossipy, I even pay the outlandish tip-out which is usually more than half I make all night (it's a VERY slow time right now)...I've done this all with a big smile on my face since I've started but this week it just got to be too much. Tuesday it was freezing inside the club (the heat was broken) and there were NO customers in the club for the first four hours . I ended up going home with $2 dollars in my pocket after tip-out and having to freeze my ass off all night.

    So, Wednesday I came into work, took my time getting ready because I thought it would be like the previous night. Well I get called up on stage rotation even though I was clearly not ready (no one even bothered to inform me that I was expected to go on stage ready or not.) So, I let them skip me...no big deal I think because well, I can't perform if I'm not ready and there were only about 3 customers anyways. Well, I hurry and get ready then hit the floor, do a table dance and the bartender/dancer manager tells me to get ready before I get to work if I can't be ready to go on stage. I smile and say "okay." The stage rotation starts again and I wait and wait for my name to be called because I don't want to be accused of missing my stage time again...and then the rotation starts yet again and I have still not gone on stage. I go see the dj and he tells me that he was told to skip me the second time because I wasn't ready the first time . I immediately pack up my things and go see the club manager who I assume knew nothing about this because he was working the door. I tell him I need to go home and hand him my tip-out (some of which I had to compensate for using my own money from my other job.) I told him that there was no point in being at work if I was going to be treated like a second-class citizen and not be able to work. He told me to call him the next day if I wanted to talk about it.

    I may have overreacted to the whole situation but considering how little money there is to be made at the club, the heat being broken, and being skipped on rotation I had really just had it. I can either call the manager and further explain what happened or I can just go in and pretend that nothing happened. I didn't make a scene or anything and quitting after paying for that damn license is just not an option unfortunately at this time.

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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    not at all.

    when im getting treated like shit, i make it known that im not happy. im not a diva but come on.

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    I would've been pissed too, and I think you handled yourself well. Do you want to continue to work there? I can't believe the heat was off! lol

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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    I wore my winter jacket all night at the club because I was so cold! I just want to be treated fairly and I've been walked all over before with clubs in the past. I sort of have to keep working there to break even for that stupid license .

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    um, you missed your stage. im not suprised they took you off the second one (if thats ment to be punishment in your club, id be stoked!)

    in our club, you miss your stage you pay $50. and since we all hate stage, usually get extra stages.

    i think you over reacted, and tbh, sound like a lil kid about things. the aircon was on too cold in our club the past week- one dancer already has bronchitis from it, and sure we complain, but they cant help it if its broken (ours is now fixed)

    grow up. they didnt walk all over you, stop tipping out so much too, thats just stupid- why give out more then half your money?!

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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    I don't know if it was meant to be punishment by being skipped but it was the fact that I was waiting for my stage set to begin because I didn't want to get into trouble with management again for not going on stage. I don't neccessarily like stage either but I was trying not to piss anybody off by being ready to go on stage.

    My club's heat has been broken off and on since before I started working there and they cannot seem to get a legit handyman to fix it. I know that things break and it's inevitabley going to happen but for what we dancers have to tip-out to management every night it should at least be enough to hire someone who will actually fix the heat so we don't have to wear big winter coats while we're hustleing and freeze when we need to go on stage.

    And I wish I didn't have to tip-out so much but the way business has been at this club it's not realistic to go home with more than half of what you make in a night.

    I know I can be a little dramatic when I think I'm being taken advantage of but with everything that has accumulated this past week it's hard to feel otherwise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mermaidnz View Post
    um, you missed your stage. im not suprised they took you off the second one (if thats ment to be punishment in your club, id be stoked!)

    in our club, you miss your stage you pay $50. and since we all hate stage, usually get extra stages.

    i think you over reacted, and tbh, sound like a lil kid about things. the aircon was on too cold in our club the past week- one dancer already has bronchitis from it, and sure we complain, but they cant help it if its broken (ours is now fixed)

    grow up. they didnt walk all over you, stop tipping out so much too, thats just stupid- why give out more then half your money?!
    i agree with you 100%. you got skipped on stage so you packed up and left? thats childish. you only hurt yourself there. you ended up paying out of your own pocket to leave. thats real smart.

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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    Eh... I wouldn't worry about it. Obviously the club wasn't working out. They don't have a steady stream of customers, the house fee is high, they seem to have pretty lame management, etc. Why not go somewhere else... somewhere better?
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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    hey, people can call you childish... but if you're happy with your actions, then why do you care?

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    I definitely feel for ya on the high house fees/tip-outs, and I work in a place that is deliberately kept so cold that our (customers and dancers) bodies shiver and our teeth chatter. As far as being punished for not being ready, it depends... No matter what day it is, whether I know it'll be slow or not, I am always ready to be out on the dot. I am the only girl that is this prompt. Everyone else takes their damned time to get ready no matter what. So I don't have much sypmathy for people that aren't on time lol. Although, your incident sounds more like a newbie's mistake than recurrent and/or deliberate incompetence. We have girls here at my club that constantly walk in a half hour up to two-three hours late all the time and no one says anything to them, when one time I accidentally messed up and worked a later shift when I was supposed to work the opening one and got fined. Not a humongous fine and yes I did mess up, but I feel that the girls that are constantly waltzing in late should be penalized also if poor prompt me had to be too lol. So maybe you should've gotten some slack and maybe just a warning.

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    Are you at Broadway Showgirls by any chance ? That sounds like some of the bullshit I dealt with the one night I worked there.

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    Default Re: maybe i overreacted to the problems at my new club

    Ftr, I'd get pissed too if I got skipped on stage sets. That's a big issue for me because it is the main way I hustle dances. Plus, unlike a lot of people in this thread, I really like going on stage. It's my favorite part of dancing.

    And it sounds like you have other issues with the club besides that. Perhaps you are better off somewhere else.

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    I know where I work if you miss a stage and don't check in with the dj they'll skip you again. Its not punishment but how is he going to know you won't miss your next one if he doesn't hear from you.


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    Quote Originally Posted by twisterinAZ View Post
    Are you at Broadway Showgirls by any chance ? That sounds like some of the bullshit I dealt with the one night I worked there.

    Couldn't be, you don't need a license in SF. Expensive adult entertainer license sounds like San Diego.

    To the OP-You may have overreacted a bit. If you like the club, talk things out with the manager and go back to work there. If not, are there other clubs in the area that you could get hired at?

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    if she had just gotten to work and was in the process of getting ready, he shouldn't have put her on stage.


    that club sucks, find a new one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lizlizliz View Post
    if she had just gotten to work and was in the process of getting ready, he shouldn't have put her on stage.


    that club sucks, find a new one.
    if youre supposed to be ready to go by a certain time, thats her prob not the clubs.

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    Honestly I have a real problem with a way a lot of these clubs treat thier dancers. We're expected to pay to work in exchange for the club maintaining the premesis. The fact is if they don't have working heat, toilets, etc. then what are we paying for?

    As for the skiping stage, that's pretty standard practice in most clubs. It's not a punishment so much as a way to keep the rotation flowing smoothly.



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    Quote Originally Posted by RC View Post
    Honestly I have a real problem with a way a lot of these clubs treat thier dancers. We're expected to pay to work in exchange for the club maintaining the premesis. The fact is if they don't have working heat, toilets, etc. then what are we paying for?
    uh, we are?

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    When you read your contract it should have said something about stage rent being paid in exchange for access to the facilities. Generally it also includes something about the club keeping the premises up to 'industry standards'.

    What else would we be paying them for?
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    ^ yes, you're right, that's the definition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RC View Post
    When you read your contract it should have said something about stage rent being paid in exchange for access to the facilities. Generally it also includes something about the club keeping the premises up to 'industry standards'.

    What else would we be paying them for?
    ive only worked at one club with a contract.

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    Do you get paid where you are? We didn't have a contract in MT but we get payed there. If you get a paycheck thern the club can legally take a cut because your an empoloyee. Whether they charge a flat rate or percetage is up to them. If not you're paying to rent the space much like a hairdresser and they are required to maintain decent upkeep or they risk violating thier side of the contract (just like any landlord).



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    yup ^^^ all correct. every club ive seen a contract at is us paying a fee to use the facilities to work as independant contractors...

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    I would have been happy to be skipped on stage. I make my money on the floor and stage just uses up valuable lap dance energy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AudreyLeigh View Post
    yup ^^^ all correct. every club ive seen a contract at is us paying a fee to use the facilities to work as independant contractors...
    With that in mind, if they can't maintain the premesis we're leasing why are we paying the fee to lease it? Unfortunately, practically speaking there's really nothing that can be done except moving on to a better maintained club. I do wish there was some kind of clause that said we didn't have to fulfil our part of the bargain if the club didn't fulfill thiers (i.e. we could go home or have our fees waived if the heat or sound system was broken).



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