Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 75

Thread: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

  1. #1
    Senior Member
    Joined
    Oct 2008
    Location
    New York City
    Posts
    148
    Thanks
    11
    Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts

    Default The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    ENJOY..!!







    How Strip Clubs Operate

    Part II, Chapter 1, Page 52
    If you’re going to be operating in strip clubs and going after Strippers, it’s important to know how things operate and what the girl’s job entails. Most guys are ignorant of what a career as a Stripper is really like. They think that these girls get naked and rake in the dough, but there’s more to it than that. The better you understand how strip clubs operate, the better you’ll be able to seduce the girl you want.
    All clubs are different, with different rules depending on state law. But there are general similarities in all clubs.
    Most Strippers are hired to work as “independent contractors” rather than as actual employees. This means that most Strippers are not paid a salary, therefore their income is totally dependent on dances and tips they get from customers. Strippers usually have to pay for the privilege of working at a club, which is usually known as a “house fee” or “stage fee.”
    Most clubs require the dancers pay out 40 to 50 percent of their income for stage or couch rental (this means that everything they make on stage and with lap dances is divvied up between the club and the dancer). There’s usually also a “tip-out” to bouncers and DJs which can be around 10 or 20 percent of the girl’s overall earnings for the night.
    Usually a shift quota is set and the Stripper must, at the bare minimum, turn over at least that amount before she leaves the club. If a dancer does not earn the quota for the night and wants to continue working at the strip club, she owes the club and must pay off that shift’s quota by adding it to the quota for the next shift she will work.
    The clubs usually have other ways of making money independent of the girls. Most sell promotional items like shirts or hats, pornography, sex toys, etc. There’s also the cover charge to get into the club, along with sales of drinks and any fines they may have in place to be levied against the girls who break the club’s rules. Some clubs also get kickbacks from dancers who perform sex acts on customers while in the club.
    Since the girls all work as independent contractors, none of them are entitled to file discrimination claims, receive workers’ compensation, or unemployment benefits. Club owners are free from tax obligations and liability. Owners of clubs pay no Social Security, no health insurance, and no sick pay for the dancers. Some club owners require Strippers to sign agreements indicating that they are working as independent contractors and some clubs require women to sign a waiver of their right to sue the club for any reason before they’re allowed to dance there.
    Although strippers are independent contractors, they are actually treated more like employees of the club they dance at. Regardless of the agreements claiming independent contractor status, most clubs maintain a lot of control over the girls who dance there.
    The club controls the schedule and hours, requires the girls to pay “rental fees” (like renting out the stage so they can dance on it, and renting out booths or couches so they can dance on them too), tip the support staff of the club, and even sets the price of table dances and private dances.
    Some clubs have specific rules about costuming and even dictate the sequence of the stripping. For example, by the middle of the first song the woman must remove her top, she must be entirely nude by the end of the second song, and must perform a nude floorshow (all this regardless of whether customers are tipping her or not).
    There are even clubs that regulate when women may use the bathroom and how many of them can be in the dressing room at one time. Some clubs don’t have seating available for the girls in the dressing room and enforce a strict no-smoking policy in that room. This is a way to keep the girls from slacking off in the dressing room and keep them out on the main floor with the customers (like, if a girl wants to sit down and rest, she must do so with a customer. If she wants a smoke, she must do on the main floor or in the smoking lounge/area so she’s in contact with the customers).
    Every club enforces their rules through the use of fines. The type of fine differs from club to club, but to give you an example, girls can be fined $1 per minute for being late, as much as $100 for calling in sick, and other arbitrary amounts for giving attitude to management or the staff, talking on her phone without permission, etc.
    The girls can also be fined for prostitution, fighting with a customer, being late on stage, leaving the main floor before the DJ calls her off, not cashing in one dollar bills, being sick, not cleaning the dressing room, and various other arbitrary things. Usually being late to the stage is the most typical fine that’s levied on the girls.
    One of the initial appeals of working at a strip club is that the job is flexible, but this is far from the truth. Most of the time working at the club takes over your life. You tend to work long hours late at night, sometimes you have to deal with the fact that drugs and alcohol are all over the place, and for girls who work at different clubs, there’s the added stress of travel too. For someone who wants to function during “normal” work hours, this type of job can be quite problematic.
    But on top of the physical stress involved in working at a strip club, there’s a great deal of mental and emotional stress too. There’s always drama and rivalries between girls. There can be dry periods where the girls make little money. The girls can suffer from verbal abuse from customers and employees at the club (as well as from other dancers). There is also a small amount of physical abuse girls suffer, be it from rough or aggressive customers or injuries that accrue from dancing on stage.
    There’s also a great deal of sexual abuse that goes on in strip clubs as well. In fact, you could define a Stripper’s entire job as that of “sexual abusee,” even though the clubs are geared towards protecting the girls (usually), they are still oogled, fondled, groped, licked, kissed, and in some instances penetrated by various types of strange men. Needless to say, putting up with that type of stuff can take its toll psychologically. I know a lot of Strippers who have to get drunk before they even show up to the club just to make it through the night. This is also a reason many Strippers initially turn to drugs. The girls need something to help them disassociate themselves from the experience of dealing with working at the club.
    There’s also the added pressure or temptation to perform prostitution while working at certain clubs. While there are a great many Strippers who draw the line at performing sex acts for money, there are a great many who are willing to take that leap. Lots of clubs frown on this type of behavior because it could shut them down, but other clubs tolerate (and in some instances encourage) it due to the extra money it brings in.
    Most strip clubs tend to be divided up into certain areas. There’s the main floor (where the customers sit), the stage, the bar, the DJ booth, dressing room (sometimes the girl’s bathroom doubles for the dressing room), the lap dance areas, and in some cases the VIP room.
    The Main Floor
    This is where the girls circulate through the crowd, encouraging men to buy dances, drinking, and talking with the customers. In smaller clubs, the girls can use the main floor to hang out, order in food, or play pool (if there’s a table) during their shifts.
    In higher scale clubs, the girls have to hustle drinks to feed the bar’s cash register. Some clubs mandate that the girls aren’t allowed to buy their own drinks, that they have to be sitting with customers, and can never turn down a drink, even when their drinks are full (this is because the bar is almost pure profit for the club). The main floor is where most of the hustling for dances takes place.
    The Stage
    Stages come in all styles and sizes. Some stages wouldn’t even be considered a “stage” by any standard, but it’s the place where the girls perform for the customers.
    Stages will usually have a bumper on them where customers can sit down and watch the girl dance up close, as well as lay down tips. These buffers are usually padded in some way so the girls have the option of getting close to the customers to hustle more tips.
    There’s usually a rotation for the dancers working in the club to go up on stage and perform their set. During a set, a dancer will strip, dance, walk around, show off her goodies, and if she’s really into it, perform acrobatics. Generally a girl will start her set fully clothed and over the course of a set of 2 or 3 songs she will remove her top and in nude clubs, her g-string. In some clubs, the girls will crawl or move around on the floor posing in sexual positions and spread their legs at the customers’ eye level.
    During a floorshow, a dancer changes her movements from upright to positions on her knees and squatting in order to ‘flash’ tipping customers. ("Flashing" is when the Stripper pulling her g-string aside, revealing her naughty bits). Strippers will ordinarily only position themselves in front of customers who are tipping when they’re on stage. The guys who don’t tip are pretty much ignored.
    The stage is also the area where live sex shows are performed. Live sex shows involve 2 or more girls engaging in simulated or actual sex on stage for the customer’s enjoyment. “Lesbian sex shows” can be an advertised feature for certain clubs and two girls partner up and split the profits from the show (with the club getting a nice cut, of course).
    Private Dances & The VIP Room
    Private dances are usually done in more secluded areas away from public view. This is usually where the girls are most open to do “extras,” such as hand jobs and blow jobs, among other things. But this is also the place where the girls can be most careful or businesslike, because men will usually proposition them for sex acts.
    When the girls are in private dance situations with the customers, they are kept an eye on by small security cameras or the “Peeper,” who’s a bouncer or manager who’ll come by just to check and make sure everyone is abiding by the rules. But despite that, this is also a time where the girls are cut off from ready security, so they may feel more vulnerable.
    There are a variety of private dances available in strip clubs. Table dancing is performed on a low coffee table or on a small portable platform near the customer’s seat. Couch dancing for a customer entails the dancer standing over him on the couch. Lap dancing requires the woman to straddle the man’s lap and grind against him. A variation involves the woman dancing between his legs while he slides down in his chair so that the dancer’s thighs are rubbing his crotch as she moves. Bed dancing is offered in a private room and requires the dancer to lay on top of the customer and simulate sex. Shower dancing is offered in some clubs and allows a customer to get into a shower stall with a dancer and massage their bodies with soap and water. Wall dancing is where a man is placed with his back to a wall and the Stripper rubs up against him.
    Private dances can range anywhere from $15 per song to $300 for a half an hour VIP excursion.
    The VIP room is usually an actual “room” that is more private than the normal booths. They can contain couches, a bed, a stereo, it’s own bar, and a variety of other things that make it seem fancy. The VIP room is designed to be more private and comfortable than the rest of the club, and it’s also the place that the most prostitution usually occurs. Different clubs have different policies concerning VIP rooms. Some clubs split the cost of the VIP room with the dancer, some take all the money from a VIP session and girls have to rely on tips made while in the room to pay for their time.
    Strippers make most of their money with private dances.

  2. #2
    Featured Member Miss_Luscious's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Raleigh
    Posts
    988
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 36 Times in 23 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Sounds like he went to one damn club and thinks that's how all clubs are. He didn't describe any club I've ever worked at. I love when custies think they know all about the ins and outs of strip clubs. They're almost always wrong.
    "A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - Bertrand Russell

    "It's just a matter of people having low self esteem and being way too easily offended." -Random Guy on a Internet Forum

    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post
    Ya'll bitches need to calm down. Cerously.
    In other words: Boo-motherfucking-hoo

  3. #3
    God/dess ViolaStrings's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    4,219
    Thanks
    84
    Thanked 236 Times in 120 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Distribute this to all the teenagers who want to be strippers. SERIOUSLY. I'll double my income.
    Last edited by ViolaStrings; 11-04-2008 at 12:40 PM.

  4. #4
    God/dess Paris's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Oregon
    Posts
    6,345
    Thanks
    168
    Thanked 801 Times in 419 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    This sounds like the clubs in the Seattle area.


    Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!


  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Joined
    Oct 2008
    Location
    New York City
    Posts
    148
    Thanks
    11
    Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    It sounds like HELL, IMO - lol

  6. #6
    Veteran Member Rockell's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2008
    Posts
    460
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Sounds like a eerily accurate description of my club, except the extras and lesbian shows, lol. It does sound like hell when it's put that way.

  7. #7
    Veteran Member Lady's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    607
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    hmm .. shower show so that you and the custy get in the shower and rub each other .. umm I dont think so. The only shower show I have ever done or heard of is where girl gets in shower ... boy watches ...

  8. #8
    Veteran Member 420bUnNy's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2008
    Location
    combat zone
    Posts
    223
    Thanks
    171
    Thanked 37 Times in 29 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    LOL at guys.


  9. #9
    Veteran Member happygiggles's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2008
    Location
    memphis
    Posts
    579
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    well except for the live sex shows......sounds like a strip club to me

  10. #10
    Veteran Member misspthesweetesttaboo's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2008
    Location
    in there, everywhere ;)
    Posts
    346
    Thanks
    281
    Thanked 28 Times in 15 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    sounds like a lotta mia clubs to me...
    "You have to pray a whole lot to do the things I do"
    Me

    Quote Originally Posted by kaiarose View Post
    I keep reading about how we "sell" our bodies. Um, as far I as can tell I still have mine so it hasn't been sold.
    Quote Originally Posted by ViolaStrings
    ^ I know, we just lease out visual rights for short intervals.
    "

  11. #11
    Featured Member
    Joined
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    1,207
    Thanks
    110
    Thanked 247 Times in 168 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    actually, he described a little bit of every club I've worked at in every state I've worked in. I thought it was very accurate. as I was reading his descriptions of a club I could think of many clubs that fit many things he mentioned.

  12. #12
    God/dess Pretty_Penny's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2005
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    5,050
    Thanks
    269
    Thanked 648 Times in 256 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    cept for the live sex shows and shower shows, this sounds like most of the clubs i've worked at.

    i worked in a club that had bed dances in VIP. it's the reason i won't do anything other than light contact anymore. 4 months of that and i was -done-.

  13. #13
    Veteran Member
    Joined
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Never neverland
    Posts
    358
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked 43 Times in 31 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Never heard of bed dancing. I've done a shower dance but I was in a huge glass shower and the customer was on the outside of the shower. He paid $300 and I kept my g string on. All I pay is a house fee ,dj, and housemom, and keep all the rest. I even get a school discount on my house fee.
    I am getting a kick out of the "dancer flashing her naughty bits" If a dancer does that in my club( actually any club I've worked in) on stage or in the VIP they will be run out of the club, with the manager tossing her clothes out the club door.

  14. #14
    Newbie
    Joined
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    12
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Sounds like he's trying to write the AD&D description for a strip club.

    Next step is to figure out skill and %ages:

    %ROB:
    %OTC:
    ...

    Then figure out saving throws and whatnot.

    If somebody actually finishes this task, it would be entertaining reading.

  15. #15
    Featured Member CherryBomb954's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2007
    Posts
    1,541
    Thanks
    265
    Thanked 242 Times in 138 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Quote Originally Posted by ViolaStrings View Post
    Distribute this to all the teenagers who want to be strippers. SERIOUSLY. I'll double my income.

    AMEN. A-FUCKING-MEN.

  16. #16
    Featured Member
    Joined
    Mar 2007
    Posts
    1,207
    Thanks
    110
    Thanked 247 Times in 168 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Quote Originally Posted by thecoffeeguy View Post
    Sounds like he's trying to write the AD&D description for a strip club.

    Next step is to figure out skill and %ages:

    %ROB:
    %OTC:
    ...

    Then figure out saving throws and whatnot.

    If somebody actually finishes this task, it would be entertaining reading.
    I love d&d. i'll do it if I have time tomorrow.

  17. #17
    Veteran Member
    Joined
    Jun 2008
    Location
    outer space
    Posts
    368
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    I didn't find anything laughable about this essay.

    Some clubs DO have live sex shows.

    And a LOT of clubs (ok, probobly MOST, wether we realise/admit to it or not) have extras going on. In some cities they're the norm even.

  18. #18
    Featured Member
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    1,128
    Thanks
    96
    Thanked 43 Times in 21 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    except for the shower part, it sounds like L.A.

  19. #19
    Member tlove0113's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Detroit
    Posts
    66
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    What clubs require the dancers to pay out 40-50% of her earnings and pay a fee to dance on stage?

  20. #20
    God/dess Pretty_Penny's Avatar
    Joined
    Jul 2005
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    5,050
    Thanks
    269
    Thanked 648 Times in 256 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Quote Originally Posted by tlove0113 View Post
    What clubs require the dancers to pay out 40-50% of her earnings and pay a fee to dance on stage?
    i know some clubs that charge a stage fee, not around here but in other states. as far as the percentage, most clubs i've worked at it comes to about 25% total.

  21. #21
    God/dess ViolaStrings's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    4,219
    Thanks
    84
    Thanked 236 Times in 120 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    ^ WTF?! Stage fee?

  22. #22
    Veteran Member
    Joined
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    293
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    stage fee = house fee, it's just a different name where i've been.

  23. #23
    Featured Member CherryBomb954's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2007
    Posts
    1,541
    Thanks
    265
    Thanked 242 Times in 138 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Quote Originally Posted by tlove0113 View Post
    What clubs require the dancers to pay out 40-50% of her earnings and pay a fee to dance on stage?

    I just started a thread a few days ago about a club here in AZ that charges a $25 house fee and you dish out anywhere from 50%-60% of your earnings.

    It's fucking highway robbery!!


    Anyway....I think this thread should be a potential sticky in the newbie forum. There are a few exaggerations but for the most part it's pretty on-point. I think it would make alot of these 18 year olds who want to be a stripper to be "cool" and party wake up and smell the coffee.

  24. #24
    Senior Member
    Joined
    Nov 2007
    Location
    In my head
    Posts
    188
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    Has anybody ever had a "shift quota"?

    Has anybody ever had their bathroom time regulated?

    As accurate as a lot of this is, I really don't like how this dude just assumes that he knows everything about strip clubs, or about being a stripper. If he really knew what it was like to be a stripper, he would have had a lot more positive things to say, IMO. But it's all negative. Like the sexual abuse thing...sure, we have guys trying to grope us and whatnot all the time, but we DON'T HAVE TO put up with it. And that's one of the things that makes the job great: we control (to a point) how we operate our business. He makes it sounds as if we have no choice in the matter, and that our lives are completely run by the clubs we work for. Fuck that. I don't know about the rest of ya'll, but the main reason I am a stripper is because I DON'T want my job running my life.

    Oh, and this part really gets me: "Lap dancing requires the woman to straddle the man’s lap and grind against him." Requires?? Says who?? I don't have to straddle any motherfucker if I don't want to!

    Also: "Some clubs split the cost of the VIP room with the dancer, some take all the money from a VIP session and girls have to rely on tips made while in the room to pay for their time." What kind of club takes all the money from VIP? That's fucked up.

    This guy is just trying to make us all sound like sad, vulnerable little whores just waiting to be "saved" (used) by some customer. He even says in the opening paragraph, that this guide is intended to help customers "seduce the girl you want." What a fucking shitbag.

    But yes, it would definitely help deter the young ones. Haha.

  25. #25
    God/dess ViolaStrings's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    4,219
    Thanks
    84
    Thanked 236 Times in 120 Posts

    Default Re: The way a strip club works. - ACCORDING TO A CUSTIE.

    ^ i agree totally

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. who works in a club that is near military base?
    By catseyes in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 07-15-2010, 04:04 PM
  2. I wonder if the Casino Earnings pattern works for strip club earnings too ?
    By Melonie in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 12-27-2007, 09:48 PM
  3. Club my friend works in just went topless
    By Cheer4lyfe in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 12-25-2007, 06:37 PM
  4. Found a technique that works at my club
    By Miss_Luscious in forum Hustle Hut
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 06-22-2007, 11:29 PM
  5. Replies: 9
    Last Post: 03-22-2006, 12:16 AM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •