"Don't date the customers"
This is more of a rant. If you have other examples feel free to post them.
At one of my favourite out of state clubs (for the girls - not the money) a new waitress was recently hired. FYI, Tempest666 this is your old stomping grounds. Anyhow, I realize this girl is young & very naive. She came from a job in the religious sector, & she was also very shy. The girls at the club were giving her a hard time because she kept messing up the drink orders, & I was trying to be nice because I know the job was a lot different than what she was used to, & a lot more fast paced. Apparently this new waitress pretty much "settled in" between the first time I met her & the next time when I traveled back to the club. When I came in the last time she dashed into the dressing room freaked out & said to me:
"I've been giving out my number a lot here, & I've been dating 6 of the customers... & 5 of them are in the club right now!"Okay, first, I am irritated that she's giving her number to customers & then dating them. I find it amusing that more than 1/2 of them showed up at the same time on the same night. However, my irritation level about sky rocketed when I discovered that she'd been going out with a few customers that I'd been getting large amounts of money from. So guess who wasn't making any money off of these former customers? Me.
Ugh. I really am less than thrilled. I feel like it would serve her right to get caught by all of these guys & have them all dump her.
Now I am at another club & had a similar situation last night. I met this guy the last time I was here who was super sweet, & we connected over his favourite author - Jared Diamond. He bought a number of dances from me the last time I was in town. He found me on Facebook, responds to my updates, & seemed excited that I was coming back to the club. Last night he comes in & I'm super excited to see him (gave him a big hug), but also really busy with other customers. When I get a chance to go talk to him I notice another dancer talking to him. I keep checking in & this dancer is over there a lot. I went on stage & made a lot of money, so I walk to the end of the bar to unfold & stack all of it. The customer comes over & starts talking to me, but at the same time it seems like he's putting me off. Then he tells me that he just started DATING the other dancer a few weeks ago. I excuse myself & tell him I need to get back to work. When I walk back over to the juke box to put my next set of songs in he comes over & starts talking to me. The conversation basically went:
Him: Since I'm dating Lucy I'm not sure what the tipping procedures are to other dancers.
Me: Well, you need to ask her that.
Him: Can't you just tell me.
Me: No, not if you two are an "item". Unless you aren't an "item" & you just think the two of you are an "item".
Him: I *think* we are an item. She's been sleeping at my house a few days each week.
Me: You just need to ask her.
Him: Why?
Me: Look, just be careful. I trust most dancers less than I trust an auto mechanic.
(I really figured she was just stringing him along, probably for money. I don't want to talk to him because I don't want her mad at me. All I care about at this point is getting him to go away & not bother me.)
He finally walks away. Then later on that night I realize which dancer it was that he was sitting with & dating. This girl is a veteran dancer, she's been drunk every night since I've been here, not very pretty & she's really heavy set. This guy could do so much better! He's a school teacher, doesn't drink, he's smart & funny. I don't get why he's with her other than she's obviously easy.
So later on I go upstairs & notice that one of the other veteran dancers (in her early 40's) is upstairs with a migraine. This woman gets her money, but also hustles presents like Chanel sunglasses that she gives away as Christmas presents to her friends & family. She gets presents all through the year & just gives them away. We start talking, I give her something for her migraines which she's super thankful for... & then the dancer/girlfriend walks into the dorm room. Turns out that the dancer who I have a lot of respect for is best friends with the dancer/girlfriend. The dancer/gf is once again drunk & the customer is waiting to take her home with him. I'm totally disgusted with this dancer/gf. I mean she's not exactly a prize, but then she's also taking away an opportunity for me to make decent money off of this customer. I'm not amused at all. I'm even less amused that her new beau is still interested in talking to me. At this point I think I'd have more respect for this girl if she were actually charging this guy than going home with him drunk for free. Ugh... I'm guessing it's just been so long since she's had "any" that she doesn't care how she's effecting other dancers.
The more annoying thing? The dancer/gf was screaming at two other dancers today because they showed up late, we are booked here so since they were late & we were down to 5 dancers we all had to do 4 song sets until they arrived. She told them it was really disrespectful to show up two hours late to a booking. I agree, but really, I think it's also pretty disrespectful to your co-workers to start taking potential money away from them by seeing customers OTC... especially for free! This girl is a veteran, she should know better! Apparently she never learned or she'd be making more money, not having her beau at work, & not so wasted that she can't work.
Stripper Fail.



Okay, first, I am irritated that she's giving her number to customers & then dating them. I find it amusing that more than 1/2 of them showed up at the same time on the same night. However, my irritation level about sky rocketed when I discovered that she'd been going out with a few customers that I'd been getting large amounts of money from. So guess who wasn't making any money off of these former customers? Me.
Ugh. I really am less than thrilled. I feel like it would serve her right to get caught by all of these guys & have them all dump her.
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