The new club I'm at is very strict. You have to follow the rules perfectly or you get told off, for every little thing. There are also unwritten rules regarding tipping. When I first got there, the DJ went over all the rules with me, and I haven't broken any except for ONCE I was a minute late to stage because they were doing a bachelor party and I didn't know if I went on the back stage while they were doing it or waited until it was over- understandable.
The tipouts at the club are as follows- House- 10 dollars. DJ- 10 minimum Bouncers- 5 minimum each. The DJ does a lot of stuff for me, he plays me rock music, he gets me water, he exchanges all my 1's for larger bills, and he's a generally nice guy, so I tip him minimum 20, but have tipped him up to 40 dollars depending how much I made. The bouncers carry my bag (a small reusable grocery bag) and make sure the guys are in line. They're really nice and attentive. I always tip them at least 10 dollars, maybe 7 or 8 if I didn't make so much. On Friday and Saturday nights there are 3 bouncers, so you have to tip out three times as much. If you tip the minimum, or in my case, twice the minimum, apparently that's the wrong thing to do.
Tipping twice the minimum isn't good enough?? This dancer has talked to me twice about tipping the bouncers and dj's because she says that whenever management has a problem they go to her to tell the new dancers so they know. She said she would tip the bouncers minimum 15 dollars a piece (3 of them), but usually 20 (60 dollars total) and the DJ at least 40 when she makes over 500 dollars. That just seems a little high to me. I think that tip outs should be 10 percent of your total earnings, not 20 percent! Is tipping out 100 dollars the norm?? On top of that she told me that I should tip out the waitresses and barstaff, even though I don't drink. The only thing that barstaff does is give me my ID back at the end of the night, and the waitress does occasionally get me a bottle of water, and i always give her a dollar or two for that.
Am I being unreasonable?? This dancer tell me I gotta "hook it up"... but I just think that me tipping out 10 dollars minimum to the bouncers, and 20 minimum to the DJ should suffice.. right? It's twice the real rules minimum, and when I have a really good night of course I'll tip more.
tonight I made 527 dollars and went home with 420.


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