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    Ever worked somewhere and for reasons unknown, just been TAKEN off the schedule? What the holy hell??? I haven't worked at this club long, but I have not been scheduled for over two weeks (they make their schedules every week). I have decided to stop putting in requests as it seems to be a waste of time and just outright FUTILE.

    I don't get it. i have been dancing in Portland for a pretty long time and like to think of myself as a very reliable and entertaining dancer who brings money and fun to the atmosphere of any club I work at (okay, a lil self ego strokin never hurt anyone!)

    It bums me out because I have wanted to work here for a long time and finally mustered up the nerve to audition. So, I am hired, am given all the shifts that I request and am doing pretty well.Just when I was warming up to working at this new club, I am suddenly NOT SCHEDULED. Normally, the management calls or texts our schedules, but for the last two weeks, they haven't contacted me at all. I have not exactly been requesting 'prime shifts" either, by the way. Day shifts and mids for the most part and they can't even toss me an flippin bone.

    I know that I am still establishing myself with this club, but i guess that I need to face the fact that they don't want me there and are too pussy to tell me. I had to take some personal time off during a family emergency that took me to the other side of the country earlier this month, and I think that they mistook that (though handled as respectfully and professionally on my end) for flakiness.

    It sucks because I felt, coming back, that I had something to prove to management. I thought that i was doin a good job(working extra hard to let them see my value). I almost have to laugh at my own post here, because I just realized that I am trying to convince strip club managers that I am a dancer with her own firmly rooted work ethics! and I hear just how dumb that sounds. geez.
    I am stripper hear me roar!

    All was goin well... And now without another word, I am takin off the schedule. I am going to call the manager tomorrow. What would you guys do? just let it go? Obviously, i have to find another club. I need some damn money! I sure as hell am not going to hold out for the hopes that I get scheduled there again (when i could be putting my efforts elsewhere).I just wanna know what I did and why they chose this route of handling it. how unprofessional. Just fucking TELL me for cryin out loud and save me from wastin my damn time with pointless schedule requests!

    This blows. all I want to do is settle into a cool club and build some regs and have a set number of shifts per week. is that so much to bloody ask?!

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    Default Re: Diss gruntled

    man that sucks, maybe you should just ask them outright? and then if they dont give a reasonable answer just go elsewhere...its a real pain in the ass but you might end uo somewhere decent, where they appriciate you and your hard work

    ha ha 'i am stripper hear me roar'-that made me giggle xxxx

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    Thanks girl! I am definately goin somewhere else. My Bf thinks I should just forget about them and move on without makin a scene. But I think that they owe me an explanation.

    As much as i love the "unconventional" aspects of a stripping career, I resent the absence of structured policies when it comes to stuff like this. Oh, well. I love dancing, it's just time to dance on down the road into another club.

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    Default Re: Diss gruntled

    I completely agree with asking the person who makes the schedule outright.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brooke View Post
    I completely agree with asking the person who makes the schedule outright.
    Me too. I'm actually totally confused as to why you didn't just do this.

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    Default Re: Diss gruntled

    Ask 'em. And then move on, because you probably aren't going to get a straight answer.

    I know we aren't supposed to pick on grammar and spelling, but the title of this thread is making me laugh a lot.

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    Might it be a certain rock n roll joint in dirty SE? Because I stopped dancing there b/c the manager dropped me like a hot potato even though I thought I followed the right scheduling procedure. So capricious! I think I didn't myspace with him enough.

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    You are getting warm Anamor. Hot potato warm. Hee hee! Yeah, I should probably just move on. I'm sorry that happened to you too. I'm just like .. excuse me? What did i do? I mean I'm sure the girls are all competing for Monday day shift. Time to go back to a "big pond/lil fish" club if ya get me.

    As far as out right asking them... I have left a phone message. I don't really want to waste gas to drive there and interrogate the reason out of them. Like Susan said, I probably won't get a straight answer. Time to walk away, ignoring the searing pain left from the swift kick in my girl nads.

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    Oh Jesus! Sorry I just misspelled your name. You can tell that grammar is one of my strong suites!/::<"""")

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    Move on regardless of what they tell you. It's not a place that will be conduscive to a healthy work environment.
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    That royally DOES suck! Sorry to hear its been getting to you.... I DO hate the instability of our jobs... One dick, and it doesnt matter HOW hot or on top of our game we are, BOOM gone. But HEY, at least you wont waste any more time on them, and hte gas that could be spent dragging you to a shitty dayshift can now be spent driving you to audition somehwere!

    Anyways good luck finding somewhere new, and hope your girlynads recover from the low blow...
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    Boo on them!

    Like I said, I seriously think it has to do with the fact that they all myspace network. I used to check my schedule on there since they post it right away and I realized that I was just about the only girl that didn't constantly comment on their page, etc. As much as I enjoyed certain aspects of working there, since it's such a small club and they have 3-4 girls max, you have to work to 'stand out' and be 'popular' to get consistent shifts. Brought back the awkwardness of high school to me!

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    Wow. How lame. As if i wanna spend my spare time kissing up to the pompous hipper than thou ego of management. I truly do dispise that about some places slash people in Portland. Those who have a 'cool kid complex". I am such a deep and artistic bottomless well of misunderstood rebellion that has followed me into my 30's. I m so open minded yet i shun anyone who doesn't follow my fashion or musical tastes. Sound like some people you've met?

    IMO those people are just another'sorority". Some wear letter jackets, some wear studded belts and tats.

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    For real. Well you know, they're just so legit because about once a week they get live bands in there (yeah, Dante's castoffs!). Either manage a music venue or a strip club, dude.

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    Ha Ha! I hear that!

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    OK - I'm dying to know what this place is. Can someone PM me? Please?

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    I see...you guys are dissin' on my club!
    Anomar, you calling ME stuck up?? Haha, just kidding. You know, the place has a group of about 7 dancers that have been there for years, myself included. It took me FOREVER to get night shifts there, I really thought the owner didn't like me.
    It is true that many of us are friends. I don't think we are clique-y, but you are of course entitled to your own opinions. Consider, though, that there are about 15 girls currently on the roster there. The 11-4 shift is one girl. The 4-9 shift is two girls. Night shift is 4. So, that's 7 girls on the schedule each day. On a weekly basis, that's not a lot of shifts for 15+ girls to share. In fact, most of us work a day job or at another club to make sure our bills get paid.
    If you felt unwelcome, that sucks. PM me if you like.
    P.S. It is true that I am a myspace whore. The shame!!!
    Last edited by hearts; 11-21-2007 at 01:23 AM. Reason: P.S.

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    Hearts...If you work where you did last i remember, then she's NOT talking about your club. I REALLY don't think its your club she's talking about...
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    ^Actually the OP PMed me and she was talking about a different club (another club in SE where anomar has worked so there might be a confusion there).
    But speaking of the Point - I have never been there and I need to go. I have never auditioned there either because I was intimidated and for some reason didn't think I would be accepted? I like rock 'n' roll and I think my music taste is exquisite but I'm not as heavily tattooed as some girls there. My stripper shtick is the girl next door look - but that's mostly because I'm lazy.

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    Well, what other club has bands play sometimes?? I can't think of any....hmmmm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anomar View Post
    For real. Well you know, they're just so legit because about once a week they get live bands in there (yeah, Dante's castoffs!). Either manage a music venue or a strip club, dude.
    I am referring to this quote, btw.

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    Ah, well I think anomar thought the OP was talking about your club, but the OP was actually talking about another club.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sun child View Post
    ^Actually the OP PMed me and she was talking about a different club (another club in SE where anomar has worked so there might be a confusion there).
    But speaking of the Point - I have never been there and I need to go. I have never auditioned there either because I was intimidated and for some reason didn't think I would be accepted? I like rock 'n' roll and I think my music taste is exquisite but I'm not as heavily tattooed as some girls there. My stripper shtick is the girl next door look - but that's mostly because I'm lazy.


    Hah, yeah we were all quoting different things and thinking different clubs, which did have me confused... But i've never danced at either(though i auditioned at one)... So carry on with out me ladies!
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    HA! Now I really want to know which club the OP meant!

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    Sorry bout the confusion everyone. I really don't mean to "diss" anyone's club and felt instantly bad when I hit the submit button and knew that it might be taken as such. The club is, in fact, very cool I think. It was just me taking out my frustration on someone flexing their "cool" managerial muscle and me, feeling helpless to stop it.

    As far as me responding to Anomar's post bout the music venue... I was just chiming in my version of "hell yeah"! without really putting much thought into it. I didn't realize that "the point" would be suspect, though I should have thought ahead on that one.

    I DO love the Point. I worked there about four years ago for a short while as a part of a burlesque dance troupe. I was a "Tawdry Trick". We weren't the "Cherry Tarts", that's for sure. But we had a damn good time. I also Do have a special place in my heart for tats (I don't have any, but my BF has like, 22), rock n roll, hellraising, and well. I've never really cared for studded belts, but... to each their own. In other words, I apologize if I offended anyone in an earlier post who sports that variety of style. It's the ATTITUDE of the 'cooler than thou kid' that gets me in knots. It's an extreme pretentiousness that I see all over Portland ( I try to ignore it). Yet I am aware that for every pretentious and posing ass, there is an talented, articulate and sincere person. I do try to remember that and the other things I love about Portland. Great restaurants. exceptional coffee. dog parks. And the coveted fact that we have a glorious number of strip clubs and can work them as we please. Many other dancers are not so lucky.

    A new development...


    One of the owners left me a message today (the nice one) and low and behold, she wants me back on the schedule. She went on to say that there were still shifts available for this week. I have decided to call her tomorrow and discuss why I won't be returning. Man, I wish SHE did the schedule. I heard tonight, at my other club, another case of 'dancer diss" from another girl whom the scheduler dropped because she dared to ask how much time would need to be put in before moving to nights. He took that question as a "smart ass challenge".

    So far, I have met four ladies, besides myself, that have experienced similar treatment at the unfair hands of this owner. I'm going to call the other owner and give her the lowdown. I like her alot. She has always treated me fairly and I should do the same for her by lettiing her know the reason she is 'losing" quality girls. Thanks for the inspiration earlier tonight need to dance.

    Like I have said, I don't want to slander anyone. But us PDX ladies gotta watch out for each other.

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