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    I get this sort of reception from customers when I work in Fargo. I just tell them I just had a couple shots so I'm trying to pace myself. If the customer seems cool or isn't drinking alcohol, I just tell them the truth.

    If I tell the truth to the "WHY AREN'T YOU DRINKING???!!?!?!?!?!" people I waste precious minutes of my time explaining it to them instead of making money.

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    Confidence is key. When you smile and say yes i would love a water i'm so thirsty, nobody will give you a hard time.

    It is to the clubs benefit to have fake cocktails for the girls so they can make sales and the guys will have more confidence when talking to the girls because they think they are dealing with drunk girls. Plus alcohol will give you cellulite and bad skin.

    I always order fake drinks when I can. If I am in vip and they have to get a bottle of champagne I just put the glass up to my mouth and pretend like I am taking a sip. Just stay focused on your dancing.

    One girl told me about how to fake like your drinking shots. It's easy because the glass is small. Just wrap ur hand around the whole glass and put it up to ur lips and pretend like u are drinking it. Be sure to make the face like you just took a shot. then put your arm around the guy and dump it on the floor behind him.

    I think that fake cocktails are the easiest way to go. If you get it in a shot glass just down it before they have a chance to smell it. Pretend like you don't hear them if they ask to taste it.

    There is really no reason that anyone should feel pressured to be drunk. There are people who have medical problems like kidneys or liver who can't drink. People who are insecure will hassle you, but who cares about people like that anyways. There is nothing you can do to fix some insecure person.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loren View Post
    One girl told me about how to fake like your drinking shots. It's easy because the glass is small. Just wrap ur hand around the whole glass and put it up to ur lips and pretend like u are drinking it. Be sure to make the face like you just took a shot. then put your arm around the guy and dump it on the floor behind him.
    If I were a club owner and saw a dancer doing that I'd be PISSED. Alcohol can get sticky on the floors, and obviously dangerous on tiled/wood floors.

    I'd suggest talking to the club owner before doing this.
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    Worked at one club that put sponges in their fake plants for this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kylea2 View Post
    If I were a club owner and saw a dancer doing that I'd be PISSED. Alcohol can get sticky on the floors, and obviously dangerous on tiled/wood floors.

    I'd suggest talking to the club owner before doing this.
    I have primarily worked in big vegas clubs with carpeting. They have lot's of drunk custys spilling drinks and even throwing up everyday. To my knowlege, by law, every bar is required to clean the floors etc.... every day. It's no different than a restaurant.

    Even working as a bartender in very small clubs with hard flooring the floors were cleaned every day. Between bartenders, cocktail waitresses and custys there will drinks spilled every single day at any bar w/ any kind of flooring.

    I am sure that the people who design bars take that into consideration.
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    Not necessarily... The floors in some clubs are downright nasty. I worked at a club in Miami and the floor tried to eat my shoes.
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    Not necessarily... The floors in some clubs are downright nasty. I worked at a club in Miami and the floor tried to eat my shoes.
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    Eh, ok having a problem with my new club and drinking. The manager told me he wants "the cash register to keep going and making money so order as many drinks as u can" i told him i drink a lot of water and he said 'well order cranbury and grey goose or whatever' ..so yesterday was my first day at new club (which i love it- other than this) so a guy bought all the girls shots, so ok, had 1 shot. Then guys kept getting me drinks (keeping in mind i really dont drink, and also have acid reflux so my stomach sucks) and 1 of them I pretended to drink- put the glass to my mouth but never drank anything, so eventually guy goes ' wow you need to catch up!" i told him im on stage next, gotta go! Eventually I said fuck it and got bottles of water cuz I get so freggin thirsty and just want good ol H20..any girls have this issue with management forcing to get drinks pretty much? I even asked him if its ok to tell the bartenders to just put the juice minus alcohol and he said "well we dont do that to the customers, sometimes they check and we'd get in trouble " UGH

    So I was thinking, just run to the bathroom every so often, bring drink with me, spill some out, go back on floor? That can get very time consuming though. Help!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sunshine16 View Post
    i told him i drink a lot of water and he said 'well order cranbury and grey goose or whatever'
    yeah, bc vodka cranberry is so similar to water, they're practically the same thing. I sympathize; I fucking HATE being forced to drink!

    So I was thinking, just run to the bathroom every so often, bring drink with me, spill some out, go back on floor? That can get very time consuming though. Help!
    Order a shot of vodka or other clear liquor. Also order a side/chaser of water, club soda or diet Coke. First take a big drink of the water (to make room in the glass; you'll need it in a minute).

    Then toast the guy and raise the shotglass to your lips. While the guy is taking his shot, quickly pour yours into the water glass. The key word is QUICKLY. You've got only a few seconds, while the guy is distracted by slamming back his own shot.

    If you're worried about getting caught or not being able to pull this off, order a diet coke or club soda as your chaser. Then if you do get caught pouring the shot into the soda, you can just say it was too strong and you wanted to make a cocktail with it instead.

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    Guh, luckily I have the 'i'm not 21' excuse, and even then the other girls are like oh just have them drop it off at the DR or drink someone elses in the bathroom. It's like bah, I don't want to drink and don't need to! dorks

    everyone gets onto you for doing something different, hopefully they lay off soon


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    Quote Originally Posted by lcorsada View Post
    yeah, bc vodka cranberry is so similar to water, they're practically the same thing. I sympathize; I fucking HATE being forced to drink!



    Order a shot of vodka or other clear liquor. Also order a side/chaser of water, club soda or diet Coke. First take a big drink of the water (to make room in the glass; you'll need it in a minute).

    Then toast the guy and raise the shotglass to your lips. While the guy is taking his shot, quickly pour yours into the water glass. The key word is QUICKLY. You've got only a few seconds, while the guy is distracted by slamming back his own shot.

    If you're worried about getting caught or not being able to pull this off, order a diet coke or club soda as your chaser. Then if you do get caught pouring the shot into the soda, you can just say it was too strong and you wanted to make a cocktail with it instead.
    OMG I so wouldn't be able to pull that off hahah, especially since not a lot of girls order shots, mostly mixed drinks I see them having, which I love my malibu bay breezes but damn, why can't they just put pineapple +cran..ugh. He's like well, you can ask them to only put a little..but who knows what "little" is in their mind, plus a "little" of each drink adds to a LOT. And I also drive home from work, which comes before anything- however, I dont want to say anything more to the manager because i really do like the club, there is money to be made- just have to figure out how to do this drink thing..

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    Vodka and sprite with grenadine... minus the vodka. or tell them to mix a buncha juice together and put some cherries in it... looks just like a mixed drink. I bet a weak mimosa wouldn't be too bad either, plus you could sell champagne that way.
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    I've had to become an expert in how to discreetly dispose of drinks bc "virgin" drinks don't work for me either. I won't even drink sodas or juices at work bc of all the calories, and loads of sugar/high fructose corn syrup (or chemicals, in the case of diet sodas). Even if I only drink a juice or soda with one guy per hour...~150 calories, 7 hours per shift, that's over 1000 calories in a night! hell no. And that's a conservative estimate, since most glasses at clubs I've worked at have been far larger than a standard 8-oz serving.

    Most people think I'm underage anyway, so usually I just let them think that, and I get a lot less pressure to drink once word gets around that I'm supposedly not 21.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lcorsada View Post
    I've had to become an expert in how to discreetly dispose of drinks bc "virgin" drinks don't work for me either. I won't even drink sodas or juices at work bc of all the calories, and loads of sugar/high fructose corn syrup (or chemicals, in the case of diet sodas). Even if I only drink a juice or soda with one guy per hour...~150 calories, 7 hours per shift, that's over 1000 calories in a night! hell no. And that's a conservative estimate, since most glasses at clubs I've worked at have been far larger than a standard 8-oz serving.

    Most people think I'm underage anyway, so usually I just let them think that, and I get a lot less pressure to drink once word gets around that I'm supposedly not 21.
    I know I was worried about the calories too but more so driving home after drinking, plus being sick the next day with my stomach (acid reflux sucks). Here though you cant work unless you're 21, so, that wont work haha, I do look really young though a guy thought I was 17 (im 22 haha) I'm not sure how to get around this!

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    ^^ ok then, sounds like you need to perfect the art of being fake-tipsy. Which takes some work at first, but eventually you'll be able to turn it on like its second nature.

    If it really looks believable and custies think you're already at least as drunk as they are, there will be less pressure from them to have more. And it will make your "oh thank you, but I've had a lot tonight; I really need to take a break" more convincing too. Greedy managers and predator customers may love to get girls drunk, but no one wants to take the chance on a stripper vomiting on them.

    FWIW, I make the best money ever when I fake being drunk.

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    ^^ OOh I like that haha, yeah I'm pretty bad at acting LOL but sounds good..what happens when you have to go on stage though? Cuz I go pretty all out and actually dance on stage (a lot of girls at both clubs just sort of..stand there lol) Love the idea !!

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    I don't drink at work for two reasons- 1) I'm underage, and 2) I would much rather keep my wits about me.

    Most guys will laugh and accept that I'm underage, but if they really push the issue that I drink, I'll find one of the older girls (who do drink) to come get the beer for me to go back to the dressing room. When the customer isn't looking, I'll grab an opaque cup and a soda at the bar. In the back, I'll just pour the soda in the cup and give the beer to her. When I come back with the cup, customers assume I have the beer in my cup. ^_^
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    Well that's the thing I DONT want to drink at work either, but we don't have opaque cups, but have to find a way to keep "getting" drinks (but not drinking them) to keep manager happy, but my stomach happy too lol. I do really like the idea of pretending to be tipsy, just don't know how to all of a sudden snap out of it and do an awesome stage show haha!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lcorsada View Post
    sodas or juices at work bc of all the calories, and loads of sugar/high fructose corn syrup (or chemicals, in the case of diet sodas). Even if I only drink a juice or soda with one guy per hour...~150 calories, 7 hours per shift, that's over 1000 calories in a night! h
    Isn't it ridiculous how we are supposed to be so skinny and in really good shape yet most clubs try to push this unhealthy crap on us!!
    If the custys want to drink that's great because they don't have to look good. Why should we have to drink all that unhealthy crap? I guess they just figure as soon as we start to get fat and full of celulite there will be a million other new girls to push that crap on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loren View Post
    Isn't it ridiculous how we are supposed to be so skinny and in really good shape yet most clubs try to push this unhealthy crap on us!!
    If the custys want to drink that's great because they don't have to look good. Why should we have to drink all that unhealthy crap? I guess they just figure as soon as we start to get fat and full of celulite there will be a million other new girls to push that crap on.
    EXACTLY. Why should i give up my health and my looks so some insecure guy can feel comfy thinking he's brought me down to his level? Or so some money-hungry owner who doesn't give a damn about me can line his own pockets?

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    EXACTLY. Why should i give up my health and my looks so some insecure guy can feel comfy thinking he's brought me down to his level? Or so some money-hungry owner who doesn't give a damn about me can line his own pockets?
    I know right?! So what do we do about it! All owners and managers only care about themselves and their money, which is bullshit but there has to be some way around it, I wish they'd be happy with just ordering bottles of water..they're still expensive!

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    I wish they'd be happy with just ordering bottles of water..they're still expensive!
    oh I know; at my club a bottled water costs the same as a domestic beer; so WTF is the difference to management?

    Makes you wonder how regular bars ever manage to turn a profit, right? Imagine: they pay their employees instead of charging them to work, and (at least where I've bartended) no one forces you to get drunk. Yet somehow they remain profitable!

    I always poured myself shots of "vodka" (i.e. water ) when I bartended; so did a lot of the other female bartenders. We even had a special bottle of Stoli that actually had water in it, just to make it look that much more real.

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    I am so glad I work in a BYOB. I never realized you guys had to deal with this. What a nightmare.
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    ^same here, i've only worked in juice bars...although i worked at a club where the 'high-rollers' were provided alcohol (the keep the alcohol in juice bottles and water bottles) and i've sat with custies who want me to drink. i let them pour me a drink and take a fake sip or 'accidentally' spill a little on my leg and tell them i'll be right back and to save my seat and tell them don't let anyone else sit down and really emphasize i want to come back and hang out. though this is tricky cause it leaves the seat open for a girl to sit down but if it's a group i have no problem going back and sitting with the group. i take the drink back to the dressing room and then offer it up to one of the drunk girls (they always accept) and have my virgin drink in the back sort of hidden and walk back out with the virgin drink. it's all a little tricky but it's seemed to have worked for me so far.

    eta: when i do do this i'm speed walking like i'm on a god damn mission to get my virgin drink.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sunshine16 View Post
    I wish they'd be happy with just ordering bottles of water..they're still expensive!
    The problem is insecure custys who want to take advantage of drunk girls who are not so quick to swat at octo arms. They want to think that we are drunk so they can take advantage of us. If all we order is water they feel like they won't be able to take advantage of us.

    And that is the whole problem. They should not be allowed to try to do certain things to us anyways.
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