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    Default Its been a long time....

    Wow, I was just reading over some of my post from a few yrs ago, and boy, have I come a long way! Just a few yrs ago you could barely read what I was typing, much less make sense of it.

    I am feeling old. I will be turning 25 this month, and have worked in this biz for 7 yrs now. I find it harder and harder to compete with all the new young girls coming in , and just feel burnt out most of the time.

    I remember the '' good ole days'' when I would clear $1000 a shift..... last week I worked 40 hrs and made $640 bucks. YIKES!!!!

    I am really starting to freak out here. I know theres good days and bad ones, but here lately, they all seem to be bad ones. I cannot live on $640 a week, so something has to give. I already work 40-48 hrs a week, and I have two kids, so working more isn't a option. And talking to the other girls who work elsewhere around here i'm being told that I am making good money were i'm at.
    When the hell did making $640 for 40+ hrs of dancing equal good money??? Thats like 16 bucks a hr, before taxes. I would not work for that every week, but you never know how the night is going to turn out unless you work it, so I work it, then come home with crappy money, then feel more pressure to make more the next day to make up for last night...... it just keeps going on and on like that.

    Sure, I still have a good night every once in awhile.... but there getting fewer and further apart. Am I the only really starting to freak out? Just a few weeks ago it was not this bad, I was down about a 100 a shift... but these past few weeks have been rough!

    The guys just seem to be expecting a lot more for even less money. Heck, I was selling shows like hotcakes a few yrs ago...... $500 bucks a pop. Now I feel like I am pulling teeth to sell those exact same shows for a $100.
    Is it just because I am getting older? I think I look better now then ever before.... having kids gave me all the right curves.

    Or maybe its just that the economy sucks right now?
    Someone reassure me things will get better soon. I feel like I am just hanging on by a thread here. The more bad nights I have, the more pressure I feel to make more, the more pressure I feel, the worst the nights get...... its just a endless cycle. I need some time off, but I can't afford it for one, and I am under contract to work and get fined $400 bucks for every shift I miss, so thats not really a option right now.

    Any advice???

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    Default Re: Its been a long time....

    I know exactly how you feel; I've just come out of a crappy few weeks. OUCH! Sometimes I find that I make more money the less nights I work (if that makes sense) ie. I'll make the same in 5 nights as what I do if I work 3 nights. I think that I just get burnt out and the extra few nights off per week means thats I am well rested and raring to go at work! In the past I have also just upped and changed clubs when the money is slow (not sure if you have many club options where you are) but sometimes I think that you just need a change of scenery.
    I am confident that you are not making less money because of your age; I've been dancing for 6 years now and am making more money than ever and in all the clubs that I have worked the top earners have always been older (WELL NOT THAT 25-30 is "older", but you know!!- the older you get the more you know how to hustle!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by brandys View Post

    I am feeling old. I will be turning 25 this month, and have worked in this biz for 7 yrs now. I find it harder and harder to compete with all the new young girls coming in , and just feel burnt out most of the time.

    When the hell did making $640 for 40+ hrs of dancing equal good money???

    Is it just because I am getting older? I think I look better now then ever before.... having kids gave me all the right curves.

    Or maybe its just that the economy sucks right now?

    Any advice???
    First off, you are NOT old. Get that out of your head, because it's probably messing with your mojo.

    I am 27 and I also have 2 kids. I don't feel old at all! I actually feel like I have a heads up over these younger girls, and I am in better shape than I ever was at 20!
    At my club, the white-collar types seem to gravitate toward the 25-30 set as well, not the 18-21 year olds. Use your age, experience, and wisdom - to your advantage!

    I am curious as to where you are located. People are saying that $640 for 40 hours of stripping is "good money"? I find that impossible to understand!

    If I were you, I would find a different club, or commute to a different area to work. Think of it this way. If you have to drive 1-2 hours to a new club, but only work 20 hours a week, you're still saving time (and making more $$$).

    Also, what's this $400 fine business? Are they kidding? That would be enough for me to say "see ya!".
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    Default Re: Its been a long time....

    I work in Louisville , KY. I do not work in a club, I work for a agency that does private parties. There is two agencies in town that do this..... well, that aren't prostitation rings anyway. I work for the better of the two. Its called a escorting service, but its more private party type of thing since there is no sex or sexual touching at all.

    I have went back and forth between dancing in the clubs and this for the last 7 yrs.... well, it will be 7 yrs the 21st of this month. This has always been more profitable then the clubs around here. But as bad as things have been lately I considered going back to the clubs, but everyone I have talked too has said the clubs are dead , and I should stay were i'm at.

    I have never been much for the club enviroment..... the girls here are so hard for me to deal with, and there is just so much drama.... I prefer working by myself if that makes sense.

    And yes, we are fined $400 a shift, [ $800 if a convention is in town] because then they won't have enough girls to keep up with the appts.

    From what I have heard, the Indy clubs and Cinci area clubs aren't doing much better, and thats still a 2 hour drive away from me.

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    Default Re: Its been a long time....

    ^^^

    So....you danced 40 hours (doing private parties), and only made $640? I don't get it.

    I would think you would do MUCH better in a club setting. Even one lapdance per hour would be $20/hr. And you know you'd probably do much better than that.

    I say go for it. Try a club out. That's the only way you are going to find out how it is and how much you'll make.
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    We work 10 hour shifts, 4 days a week. So from 8 pm to 6 am I am sitting in a office, waiting for appts to come in. If we get a call right at 6 , we still have to go, which often pushes us over to 10 hour shift. So even though I am not doing appts for 10 hours staight, I am still working.... does that make sense?

    Anyone in the KY that can advise on the status of the clubs right now?

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    Default Re: Its been a long time....

    Quote Originally Posted by brandys View Post

    Anyone in the KY that can advise on the status of the clubs right now?
    Quote Originally Posted by txchick008 View Post
    I say go for it. Try a club out. That's the only way you are going to find out how it is and how much you'll make.
    Just do it. she's right. Asking for advice on how clubs are doing is pointless. The girls making money aren't going to say anything and the ones that aren't are jsut going to bring you down.

    Oh, and one more for 25 is not old. I actually consider it on the young side. It might not be you at all. It could be your agency. Are other girls getting bookings?

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    Default Re: Its been a long time....

    Your all right about the clubs...... I just need to try it, i guess. I just keep hoping things will turn around where I am, I guess. I prefer what I do to the clubs around here.

    And yes, it seems like the other girls are getting more bookings, but everyone has felt there money go down.
    I am going to re vamp myself...... go get my hair done, put some new pics up on the website, and re read hustle hut for the million time.

    Maybe I am just approching burn out.... I need a vacation.
    Thanks all for your reply's and a kick in the butt to get moving instead of feeling sorry for myself.

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