I just recently got my first of what I would consider a "regular", in that he's seen me more than twice, contacts me to see which days I'll be in and comes specifically to see me and then leaves. It's kind of neat. I've been dancing about a year and 3 months.
He doesn't give me thousands of bucks but still a good chunk of cash to make my day worth it, even if I don't make anything else all day.
I work 4 days a week (either mon-thurs, or tues-fri), so fairly consistent and often.
I have a policy of never meeting customers outside of work. I do have a work-phone though, and we text-message.
I used to only work a couple of days a week, call out a lot, switch days around, not have any contact w/ guys outside the club except for the occasional email maybe, and didn't really work in clubs that attracted a lot of good potential regs.
Most things are a combination of hard work and luck! If you don't work hard you have less chance of catching a guy's eye, meeting as many potential regs as possible, showing off your personality, etc. Less chance of getting lucky

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