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    Default Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    I'm shitting myself ever since Monday when I read about Lehman Brothers.
    I work in London, virtually straight in the City, and I'm pretty sure things will get very very bad now

    I don't even know if I should go to work, but I have to, so at least I'll see how it goes. I've got savings so I can stay afloat for a while, but I hate spending MY money that I worked so hard to save. It really got to me, I feel that ALL the people coming to the club will be worried about money and won't spend and I find it very hard to have positive projections in my head. I'm thinking about trying to find a place that has more blue collar customers coming in, but things have been difficult all over the UK even before this crisis.

    Does anyone else deal with a similar situation?
    Any advice ? How can I stop worrying and be my normal sophisticated bitch persona again ?


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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    The point of savings is to have them for the lean times, not always for high risk investments etc (oh look how well that worked out!). So if you have to dip into savings, then do it.

    We had a sales floor meeting yesterday at work (I no longer dance) and one things that was reiterated was -- as shitty as the economy is, what we need to tell accounts is that they need to keep selling, advertising, and putting themselves out there. There are fewer dollars to go around so people have to fight for those customers.

    I think how that applies to you is that you sell something very specific.. luxury and female attention... reaffirm how damn valuable and important that is, cut your spending WAY WAY down (stripper income creates stripper expenses like haircare, tanning, manicures, etc), and work like nothing's changed for your hustle. Though of course keeping up to date with the news will help you to be a top conversationalist.

    That being said, the state of dancing is changing rapidly and not always for the best. This may be the best time for you to re-evaluate your goals, see where you want to be in five years, and start taking those career steps.

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    'Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?'

    F-ing yes! I just found out today that I have lost my internship. Basically as a result of the market with no chance of being hired on in the next quarter. Not that I have anything against anyone, in fact, in the last few weeks I have really been enjoy myself at the club on the weekends. But at this stage in my life I never thought that my main source of income would be coming from a part-time job on the weekend as a stripper. Hopefully I can get on more full time or at least more hour till something better coming along on my career path, it just took me so damn long to get this one.
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    GOD YES it's a hard hustle now and it's getting harder everyday
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    ^^Yup its been taking me 6 nights to make what i used to make in 3 or 4!!! Scary times!!

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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    The last month has been getting consistently worse for me in London And have had more than a few nights where housefee has not been made. June beginning of July was so so very much better. xx
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    So I went to work on Thur and it was the worst Thur ever.
    Very few people came in and when they came they hardly spent, even some of the best hustlers in my club girls ended up in minus... WTF !!

    I only had 1 dance at 1 am... then got lucky, a drunk dude took me to the VIP and stayed there for couple of hours. So I made money but it was thanks to pure luck. I dread to think that this is how it will work now

    But at least the mood has improved a bit, there'll be lots of redundancies but hopefully no major bank collapse, so I feel a tiny bit better now. Will just have to pray for the best I suppose

    x

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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    Actually, yes some big whig out of Lehman Brothers San Francisco flew out for the night to blow off steam and sought comfort in my company for hours in the VIP

    If you have any money in the market you're effected though

    Hopefully it bounces back soon, in the mean time save save save and trim your expenses. It's the panic that causes further chaos.
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    It has been terrible in the club lately...it takes two-three times as long to make what I usually make in a day/week. I'm lucky in that I have enough reserves to go on if things get really bad, but the sign of the times is not good. I've comtemplated getting back into my profession to spruce up my resume and keep things current. You never know which way the wind will blow.
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    Quote Originally Posted by dangerousdiva View Post
    It's the panic that causes further chaos.
    Thank you for posting this. I think it's EXTREMELY important that people recognize this.
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    Default Re: Have you been affected by the financial markets' crisis ?

    It has defiantly gotten harder in the past month for me. So much so I has forgone heading to college for a year or so. I can pay for some small classes I am taking now, but I have had to change my plans for several reasons. One being the economy has taken a dive.

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