I've been working at this club for 2.5 months now and when it's busy, its not so bad, but those days are rare. Lately it seems like the club is just attracting cheap slobs who want everything for nothing. More than 4 nights a week I walk out with less than $100, some of those nights I walk out with less than $50, and after house fees I only make $20 for 8-10 hours of work.
We've gotten in 4 new girls who have no knowledge of etiquette and constantly undercut you by stealing your customers whenever you're called to the stage to dance. These girls are NOTORIOUS for stealing customers from sitting at the stage and will even distract customers so much so that I make NOTHING when I dance because these bitches do not shut up. Two of these girls have worked as dancers before and it just annoys me that they're so inconsiderate.
Because no one is really making any money, tensions are high and attitudes are clashing...mostly with an unnamed dancer who is dating someone in management. I don't have the time or the patience to put up with people who want to act like children just because they're having a bad night. I'm nothing but personable and extremely good at my job, but it's been more trouble than it's worth to work at this place and not just because it's poorly run.
Every night it's uncomfortably cold in there and apparently no matter how much the rest of the dancing staff and CUSTOMERS complain, our concerns fall on deaf ears. Because our muscles never have the opportunity to warm up and stay warm, several of the dancers have sustained injuries and management has been very lax about changing the situation. They're late nearly every night opening the club, they serve alcohol long after 3AM, the legal cut off and closing time for the club (if anyone ever finds out everyone will get fined and I can't afford that right now), the stage is never clean, and my security has been compromised because the same customer has been in harassing me every night for the past 6 nights and the bouncers refuse to allow him entry.
I'm just feeling like this is more trouble than it's worth and to make matters worse, my douchebag boyfriend QUIT his job 3 weeks ago and my income is the ONLY income. I don't have the energy to get a second job and he spends all day playing xbox when he should be looking for one. I'm just gonna try to stick it out until Mountainfest since supposedly I'll be able to earn $500 a night with no problem because traffic will be so highF.M.L.



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Agreed though. This sounds like a case of poor management and lack of consideration.

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