I'm honestly terrified to go to work tonight, and I know I need to. The last night I worked was Tuesday, and I was TERRIFIED I wouldn't even make my house fee and tipouts! ($35) In the end, I made house and walked out with $32 for a 7-hour shift.
Here's the problem: We had ten dancers and 18 customers. No kidding. I counted them. Of those customers, only one or two were buying dances. Problem is, this is happening ALL over town--not just in my regular club. Our dumbass legislators decided to put a new "sin tax" on strip clubs (and ONLY on strip clubs)--now our clubs are charged $5 a head on all customers. A lot of clubs have just rolled that onto the cover charge, but our club raised some food and drink prices (and raised cover slightly) to make it more palatable. But there is NOBODY in the club. I thought about working last night and went in around 7, and there were 7 dancers on-shift and about 15 customers (didn't have time to get an exact count). I was (once again) scared I wouldn't even make my house.
I honestly don't know what to do... I'm looking for another (a "real") job and have been for awhile, but that won't happen anytime soon, and I NEED to be making some money. I'd be happy walking out with $100 a night, but as it stands I'm lucky to get that.
I'm usually a good hustler, and I've NEVER had this sort of problem before. The clubs are just totally dead, and I don't know how to handle it. So how do you hustle when there's nobody there TO hustle?





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