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    Duh My first night!

    Okie Dokie, since it's 2am where I live and my friend is asleep so I will tell you all how my first night at my first strip club went.

    I got there around nine thiry and got ready and all checked in. I picked my songs, made a few rounds around the place and started talking to a few guys at the pool table. I was flirty and they seemed to dig it but it was my time to go up on stage. I worked my two songs one of which I picked... Slutgarden (I love that song). I felt a little awkward and totaly shy but I did my best. I figured when I was on stage they guys I were talking to might at least come up to the tip rail and watch but they didn't oh well. I made three dollars

    Once I got off my first set I walked back up to the DJ to request my next song. One of the bouncers introduced himself and told me he would tell I was new (ouch). He gave me a little rundown which was nice. Apparently there is a famous band (on that I happen to love) that comes in on particular days that drop tens of thousands... I will be sure to work those shifts when they are usually spotted. After I was done talking to this bouncer I checked on the guys playing pool, flirted a little and asked one of them if he wanted a dance. He told me once the game was done he would take me up on the offer. Ok fine.

    It was my turn to go on stage again (Drowning Pool). I did a little bit better than the first run I think but then right as I got into the second song my shoe fell off. It was SO embarassing I struggled to get it back on, I totally could have done it more sexily than I did. I made six dollars. It was pretty busy at that point but no one was really at the tip rail for me or anyone else (the girls were complaining in the locker room about the crappy crowd).

    Once my set was done the boys I was working were gone, and I was discouraged. I called it a night a tad early. In total I made nine dollars, it didn't quite cover all my fees for the night but just about so I am ok with it for a first night. I think my problem was I was too shy to talk to people. Every time there was a break in the conversation it felt awkward to me. I am going to stalk hustlehut tonight and come back strong tomorrow!

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    Sounds like you had an okay experience for your first night and I wouldn't worry too much if your stage skills need a little improvement. My first night I was awful on stage, but now I can't even really remember it. And its pretty awesome about the band that comes in, especially since you are a fan. I'm sure they will love it lol. Only problem with that would be all the other girls that know they spend a lot.

    I have a hard time talking to customers sometimes too. I'm pretty shy outside of the club and sometimes in the club as well. Talking to strangers is just something that you get used to and hustlehut really helped me out a lot too.

    Anyway....good luck with everything!!

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    Don't worry about having a few awkward conversations. Just keep in mind that you will never meet most of those men ever again, and really, who cares what they think of you.

    Just keep at it and before you know it you'll be a pro at holding random conversations with anyone.

    In the meantime, fake it till you make it.

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    it takes practice...

    I think once you have a really good night your confidence will kick in and things will go much better..money gets the adrenaline going

    it has helped me to step into my dancer persona..makeup, costume, etc and leave my daily self at the door..remember you are acting a part. some guys like shy, some like bold..learn to profile your guys and listen to the clues they drop about what kind of girls they like

    i find it useful to ask..do you have a girlfriend? and from there I lead into..what kind of girl was she? and what do you like in a girl? then I immediately become that girl..

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    That sounds not bad for a first night! I lucked out my first night, but my second real night I made $4. Haha. You will get your groove. Just don't give up!

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    Oh yeah, and don't forget to update us on your second night!

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    My Update <3

    I worked last night (Friday). I got there a little bit earlier, around eight thirty, so I got a few stage songs early on, I like this because I keep feeling more comfortable every time I went up. As the night went on the room got packed! I could barely navigate through the crowd it was so much fun.

    After each of my stage set I went straight down to introduce myself and flirt with all the tippers, then I went back around to those who didnt tip to do the same thing. I had a couple promising groups of guys but there was always some excuse and I got the maybe later card. One particular set of guys (two of 'em) with shaved heads who were actaully pretty hot themselves were very touchy and gave me ones every time I walked by ended up not wanting a dance but its ok!

    Every thirty minutes or so I would make my rounds, flirt a little and ask for 'play time' Once or twice I check up on those guys who said 'later' and I still got nothing. At about one thirty, right as I was about to go home I saw another dancer talking to a guy that I had preped earlier and she walked away with no dance. Awesome! That was when I grew my balls and made my move, he was at the bar and I happened to be thirsty so I went up next to him asked for my water and then acted shocked to still see him there. I reached for my drink rubbed up on him a little and let him spank me and it was done. I got my first dance! He tipped me an extra six dollars too.

    That was the best confidence boost in the world that he turned down a vet dancer and I ended up getting a dance. By the time I was done talking with him and blah blah it was two and the night was over. I only made fifty bucks but I got a dance, which was my goal and for a second night I felt much more comfortable. All I have to say is watch out to the other girls because I am gaining momentum and Im going to kick ass next week.

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    Sounds like you are starting to build up some confidence, which is good.

    Just make sure that after your stage rotation that you don't approach the guys at the stage while another dancer is performing. You weren't clear on how you were approaching the customers who tipped you after you set, but just don't do that.

    Another thing you can do is tip the bouncers a bit extra to send customers your way. Sometimes guys will ask who the best dancer is, so he can tell them you. Or give the bouncer extra and check in with him regularly to see if he tells you who is spending a lot or who might be a regular interested in the "new girl".
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    Sounds like my first shift ever! Stripping can be so totally hit or miss, don't take anything personally.

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    Just make sure no other dancer feels like you are stepping on her toes Most of the dancers have the power to make your life hell and wont feel bad about it! Ha.

    Other than that, go get em!!!!

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    Watch the other girls on stage to see how they look. You will learn as more from the ones who look good, but you will learn more from the ones who don't.

    Also, ask for help. If a new girl comes up to me and asks for help, as long as she is serious and willing to work, I will teach her and show her how to make money.

    You are doing great- you are treating this like the business that it is. You will be a sucsess.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simone NinaNin View Post
    Watch the other girls on stage to see how they look. You will learn as more from the ones who look good, but you will learn more from the ones who don't.

    Also, ask for help. If a new girl comes up to me and asks for help, as long as she is serious and willing to work, I will teach her and show her how to make money.

    You are doing great- you are treating this like the business that it is. You will be a sucsess.
    ill be honest, i am shocked you are so willing to take newbies under your wing. or that your club helps them out.

    most clubs arent like that. most throw you to the wolves and leave you to figure it out on your own. i wouldnt help a newbie out in the club, only on SW. why amp up my competition?
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Athenathefabulous View Post
    ill be honest, i am shocked you are so willing to take newbies under your wing. or that your club helps them out.

    most clubs arent like that. most throw you to the wolves and leave you to figure it out on your own. i wouldnt help a newbie out in the club, only on SW. why amp up my competition?

    The more I am on SW, the more I realize that this is not the norm! I have worked the majority of my career in 2 clubs. In betweeen club number 1 and club number 2, I hopped around between a few places but was never happy. Maybe the reason was because of the vibe I got from those places did not feel right to me.

    I started at Fantasy Showbar in NJ, and that place was amazing! It was all nude and we did contact dances and private shows. It was hard core and we were all trained, and trained well. They were strict as military, but boy, did we make money and learn skills! I would never know what I know now if it weren't for those who came before me and taught me. I was a sponge and I soaked up everything that I could. I treated this like a business from day one I was taught (and I still believe) that the better the girls are, the stronger the club and the better for all of us.

    I am one of the two trainers at my club, and it is our job is to train the girls. I am there for them when they are new, when they have questions, or simply need motivation. I find that it helps them, it keeps me sharp and on my game, and it helps my club, which I consider home. When we have training classes, it not only teaches the girls new skills but it gets me pumped up for the shift.


    I have never been cut throat, and I have never needed to. I never view the other girls as competition. Although I can have a bad night now and then, it never has to do with another girl taking business away from me. I go out there every night and hustle. Even when it is slow, you will hear me say, "It only takes one guy to make my night" .

    I have been reading a lot of posts on here and I am starting to realize how truly special it is where I work. I spent a lot of time on the Newbie board today and spoke to many young girls who want to get into stripping but have no mentor. I was much more fortunate. Fantasy Showbar had a supervisor on each shift whose sole reponsibility was to train the girls. We had training EVERY day, and a weekly meeting EVERY Thursday to teach and motivate us. Then I was promoted to supervisor and I began training the girls. I really find that the more I teach, the more I learn, both in the club and out in the world.

    I realize that my attitude may seem strange to you, and the more time I spend on SW, the more I see how right you are!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Athenathefabulous View Post
    ill be honest, i am shocked you are so willing to take newbies under your wing. or that your club helps them out.

    most clubs arent like that. most throw you to the wolves and leave you to figure it out on your own. i wouldnt help a newbie out in the club, only on SW. why amp up my competition?
    I help out newbies. Managers know that they can bring them over to me for training, and other dancers bring new girls over to me for training. I have a sweet spot for new dancers. I was lucky to have found one of the first online forums for dancers and had great mentors through that site, and in a way I feel like helping others is me passing on the good karma.

    Now, the club I first started at did not train new dancers... even though they said they did. So, if it hadn't been for the web forum I probably would have totally failed in this industry... but lucky for me that's not how it worked out.

    Besides, I prefer to be on friendly terms with the girls I work with... even if I'm not "friends" with them - i.e. hang out outside of work. So helping to train them also helps me build a good relationship with them and I'd rather train them to be a clean dancer than to have another extras dancer in the club.
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    I really think that is more clubs thought that way, it would help them make more. The more capable the salespersons, the higher the profits for a business.

    Counting on high attrition and just shrugging and expecting more cannon fodder to replace then isn't good business practice. It also means that you'll wind up running the risk of having too few girls during busy times.

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    I actually help new girls. I dont want them cheapening all of our time by sitting with custies for too long for free (happens in my main club with ALL the newbs.). I also assist girls if they look retarded on stage. I dont think it helps anyone for girls to look ridiculous up there,lol. Also it cuts down on competing if someone teaches them how to work with other dancers and etc.

    Also newbs usually show up really early in the shift ,so im not wasting my time or $ when i give the pointers out.

    So yeah, i do teach cool, open newbies some SC etiquette, graceful stage basics, and that their time is worth $. if you arent getting money dont give your time. If the newbs know to sell stuff and move on it keeps the whole club flowing. Guys cant buy off multiple girls with new girls thinking they should chat up the same dude for hours so that she has someone to watch her at stage.

    I really think that simple training helps the whole club. That way customers dont get used to new girls sitting for hours on end for only 1 dance when the rest of us are closing rooms in 15 mins...and then those men get another room with a different girl. Maybe even a third. Newbies chattering for free kills that "vip room pass off"

    But hell no im not teaching my "hustle secrets". that bit me in the ass like 2 times too many,lol.

    P.S. I dont want too sound cynical. But him picking you over a veteran for 1 dance is really nothing. When men are choosing you for 30min. rooms or dance after dance then you got your game tight. Maybe the vet required a $20 tip and not $6.... and maybe he knew shed up sell a VIP and he knew a newb would be grateful for the dance and not know to talk him into spending more $ ;0)

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    I understand the logic of teaching newbies some skills so they dont become extras girls. but i dont have much faith in most girls that they wont. even though the girls on this site are pretty sane, there are plenty of stereotypical trainwrecks out there who will resort to extras no matter what they are taught.

    Im not cut throat and im not mean to other girls. but i guess i am tired of the influx of new dancers... it seems like most dont belong there. if they are forced to figure it out on their own, then it keeps the numbers down a bit. if the club trained everyone it would make sense for the club, but it doesnt make sense for me to train them. I dont really want to welcome everyone to the industry with open arms.

    That being said, when i was a newbie there was one girl who didnt train me, but became my friend. she pretended i was her little sister and we sold lots of 'sister dances.' something like that, i would do if i liked the girl and looked like her. because those 'sister dances' were damn easy to sell, so she got to make more money than she would have alone and i got to watch a vet. in action.

    And i agree teaching some very basic etiquette makes sense. I.e. telling newbies not to talk to customers we are conversing with and not to wear lotion etc etc. this all seemed like common sense to me, but i guess some new girls are a bit more dense.
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    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    New girls can drive me CRAZY! I can't tell you how many of them through the years I have worked with and they were just not sexy AT ALL! Or they were trainwrecks and could not handle the responsibility of the job, but I had to train them anyway.

    I totally see your frustration. I wish I was the one who got to hire the girls because I could weed out the ones who don't belong.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simone NinaNin View Post
    New girls can drive me CRAZY! I can't tell you how many of them through the years I have worked with and they were just not sexy AT ALL! Or they were trainwrecks and could not handle the responsibility of the job, but I had to train them anyway.

    I totally see your frustration. I wish I was the one who got to hire the girls because I could weed out the ones who don't belong.
    hah yea i would flat out refuse to train the obvious no-nos. unless management is paying you that is. you are an Independent contractor, you dont have to train anybody that you dont want too ....

    i wish that an interview was part of the hiring process. i mean there are so many girls i see who get hired who yes are pretty but after 2 minutes of interacting with them you know they are going to be trouble, either drama, drugs, or extras. if management talked to them for 2 minutes then it would be very obvious that hiring them would be a mistake.

    but then again, then they wouldnt get the additional house fees .
    The best thing i have heard in a strip club to date:
    customer: we should get married right now! we should get a shotgun marriage!
    me: uhh... i think you are misunderstanding what a shotgun marriage means. A shotgun marriage means you knock me up and my daddy shows up at your door with a gun and forces you to marry me and raise the baby. You mean elope.
    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Athenathefabulous View Post
    hah yea i would flat out refuse to train the obvious no-nos. unless management is paying you that is. you are an Independent contractor, you dont have to train anybody that you dont want too ....

    i wish that an interview was part of the hiring process. i mean there are so many girls i see who get hired who yes are pretty but after 2 minutes of interacting with them you know they are going to be trouble, either drama, drugs, or extras. if management talked to them for 2 minutes then it would be very obvious that hiring them would be a mistake.

    but then again, then they wouldnt get the additional house fees .
    I have spoken to management about some of these girls. We are a huge club and during season we need about 50 girls on Saturday nights. The manager tells me that he hires these girls and gives them a few shifts during the week so that when we are in season, he will have girls to fill the stage so I can go to the couch.
    That shut me right up!
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