Im pissed off.
[Summary, cos I ended up rambling: no lights/music for over 2 hours, club still charged fees, threatened girls with fines, charged custies entry despite no performers, girls walked out, not even a 'thank-you' to the 5 of us who stayed. So is it worth stripping for LESS than MINIMUM WAGE at a bad club till I lose the weight to get hired in a better place?]
Last night I went to work, to find that they had rostered 18 girls on (theres usually no more than 15, unless a VIP party has booked) Oh well, Ill make less, but get through it.
So theres no custies, and a club full of girls. Then a fuse (Im guessing) goes, and we lose the stage side of the club, no music or lights in that section.
After 2 hours most of the girls just walked out. They didnt get fined for leaving (as far as Ive heard) After 3 hours, its still not fixed, and by now the place is pretty much empty.
And why was it empty? They were still charging $15 entry to guys, and not telling them that there were no lights or music . (and no proper stages running)
Guys were complaining, and asking for a free entry for next time to make up for it. Management refused. So we have groups of guys on their phones LOUDLY telling their mates how they are being ripped off, and are leaving. This is REALLY bad business. These guys are lost now, I know *I* wouldnt want to go back to a place like this. And they tell their friends...
I had TWO guys still want dances, but since their mates were all leaving, they were pressured into going as well.
I considered leaving too, but I was there, and there was only another 4 girls, so I thought it would be alright. Then I found out that the owner wasnt even going to give us free stage for the night. Thats right, I paid $40 to sit there for 3 hours while they were trying to get lights/music.
At 1am we finally had lights and a dodgy-job sound system going. I sold a dance to a regular (thank god) and he wanted to extend. This meant I was 1 minute late for my podium. So the DJ is bitching at me, saying that he is going to fine me $30 for being late. I did my stage then went and talked to the head bar girl and she had 'sorted it out' so I didnt have to pay my fine.
This is just bullshit. I had stayed back and danced in the dark, so that MORE guys wouldnt leave with no stage shows happening. And now Im getting FINED? We saved their arses last night, no girls means they close, which is THOUSANDS lost, and we didnt even get a free stage fee.
Plus they were still talking about fines etc
If they had fined me I would have walked straight away.
And between us 5 girls we didnt even make $3000. The girls doing the lesbian shows all night walked out with $200 each, under $20/hr.
So now my problem is that the 12 girls who walked out last night will DEFINITELY come in tonight. And since there were dramas last night partygoers who have heard about this may not come in. There will be too many girls, and I doubt that there will be quality custies. I doubt Ill make more than I would at my day job, since Ive been struggling to hit $25 an hour there. (we have 10 hour shifts, you get fined if you leave early, so Im exhausted by the time its actually busy)
Im also sore about not even getting a thankyou for last night.
Im working hard to lose this weight, and I figured dancing already would help me tone up, plus Im getting paid for it. But on Thursday night I made $10 an hour, cos the place emptied at 1am, yet we all had to stay until 5am.
(And I mean emptied. There was 2 guys playing pool, and the owners 'friends' who hang out there every night. NOONE at the stages.)
Im thinking about just not working, taking more hours at the day job, and hitting the gym until the flab is gone. THEN getting some decent work.
I know I still made $ that I wouldnt have had, but it feels counter-productive to work for so little, miss sleep AND the gym, cos Im tired from a 14hour 'day'
I cant wait to get to Melbourne, where there might actually be some money to be made.



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