I try not to get too upset about it when you see that a dancer is "stepping on your toes" by sitting with a customer you've already begun to work. But while it is annoying, there have been plenty of times when I've settled down with a customer only to find out they came in to see another girl or were sitting with someone else before you sat down. It's not always easy to tell the difference between an empty chair and an empty chair that someone is planning on coming back to.
In fact, on a number of occasions I've had my feathers ruffled when another girl came and sat down next to "my" customer in the empty chair on his other side- until I discovered too late that they had been working him before I came along.
So on that note, how do you determine whether or not a customer has already been spoken for?
And perhaps more importantly, how do you keep unintentional poaching from happening to yourself?
The most consistent method I've found is to either look to see whether or not there is a drink on the bar next to said customer. Conversely I always try to leave a drink behind with my customer when I have to go up on stage or otherwise step away for a moment.



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