I realized I posted in General instead of Newbie for my first nights, sorry!
Anyway, my first night was Thursday. It was EXTREMELY slow, partially because there's road construction and our power went out the first two hours that the club was open! About 45 minutes before closing, no one new was coming in, all the guys that were there were occupied, so I ended up chatting with some random guy who, at first, seemed pretty normal.
Basically, the gist of it was, I think the guy was on something other than alcohol. He started acting a little weird in the conversation, sometimes zoning out, other times making weird, mocking laughs in response to me, "accidentally" grabbing me/brushing up against me. He spent at least 20 minutes trying to convince me to go with him. At first it was "just to hang out," then it became "Money's not the question, I have tons of money" but he refused to get a dance. The club is pretty small, so it's not like I could go to the other side, because there weren't any customers to talk to!
So, finally I pretended I was going to call my imaginary girlfriend, and I ran to the bouncer and said, "Hey, there's a guy who's making me feel really uncomfortable and he's propositioning me. Since it's 15 minutes before closing, can I go hide in the dressing room?" Before I could even finish speaking, two bouncers perked up and demanded, "Which one is he?? Point him out! He doesn't have to see your face!" I kinda stepped within viewing distance, pointed out the guy, and he totally saw me. I jumped into the elevator and stayed upstairs until the club was closed.
Now, I remember reading advice when dealing with people who don't want dances/who proposition, to string them along and get dances (then of course, blow them off at the end of the night and refuse to go home with them!), which is what one of the girls told me in the dressing room, after it happened. I told her that was a good idea, but I had been nervous, I couldn't really think straight about what to do.
I could have been totally wrong about the situation. Maybe he was just a weird drunk, maybe he was genuine, I don't know. But I did NOT feel comfortable with this dude, who was increasingly getting more persistent and attempting to be touchy.
As far as I know, that guy won't be back for "another year," as he said. He was leaving the next day to go back home. But ughh, it was weird and I was totally creeped out by him.



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Anyway, I digress. Those guys are cool, and they swooped in when help was needed. I totally feel safe where I work, and the guys are very respectful.

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