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    Dizzy How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    I have a couple of regulars and when they come to the club they only come for me which is great but they come on thurs-sats the busiest days of the week and they come later on in the evening when im busiest. They expect me to sit and chat with them before we go up or b4 i get tips however im losing out on busniess because they dont pay enougn to compensate for the time im spending with them and on busy nights im losing $200 plus because im spending so much time with them. MY question is how do i strike a blanance and keep my regs happy while also obtaining as much money as possible from other guys?
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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    Tell them to come in on your slower shifts, or even earlier in the shift before it gets to busy. Frame it in a way that they'll have a better time since it's a more relaxed atmosphere, you have more energy earlier in the night/week, and that they'd brighten up an otherwise quiet evening.

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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    I also have this problem. I don't want to make them feel like Ii only talk to them when I know I'm getting dances or something out of it so I try to sty with them throughout the night sometimes when its slow I have to over due it and since they know its slow they want you to sit with them all night, but I tell them excuses me and they understand I have to go make money.

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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    If you're actually losing out on money by being with them, they're not very good regulars. It's nice that they come to specifically see you but if their money comes out to less than you'd get from working the floor, their business isn't worth it. Harsh but true - you're there to make money, not keep cheapskates happy for less money. I would just start trying to hustle them faster and if they don't bite, say "Sorry, hun, but I'm in high demand tonight and really have to get back to the floor. If I have some time later, I'll come back and see you. Or come in and see me on *slower night* when we'll have more time to ourselves." They'll either get the hint and start making it worth your while to sit with them, or they'll get pissy and move on to wasting someone else's time. If they do, no big deal. You're making more money without them anyway, it sounds like.

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    If your club has a restaurant I think it's easy to tell them that you wish they could come in and have dinner with you earlier in the night because it would feel more romantic to you. Then it doesn't sound like they're getting in your way. Or maybe they can bring you dinner at the beginning of your shift if it's that kind of place. Or you can say you feel bad that you only see them when you've been working so hard all night and low on energy & if they like you now they'd like you even more on a slower night or earlier in the night. If they spend enough to be worth it, or if you can line up more than one tell them that you'd like to come in on a specific night just for them so you can be more relaxed.

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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    I had a problem similar to this happen to me tonite. The length of time I spend sitting with my regular depends on the amount I know he is going to spend.

    For example... tonight one of my cheaper regulars came in around ten. He only spends 60 dollars so I sat with him for a lil less than 10 mins before asking him to go dance (usually this is fine). Tonight he tried giving me some BS excuse like the spot he wanted with me in the LD room (which was visible from where we were sitting) was taken and he wanted to wait until the girl was done till he took me. I told him I would not wait because that was not fair to me. Long story short he got all pissey and I walked away. The DJ asked me to do stage 2 songs after walking away from him so almost an hr was wasted not making any $. Regular dude got the point and grabbed me as soon as i was done stage and ended up spending 100$. Now hopefully he wont pull that BS again.

    Point being you have to be FIRM with your regular customers about your time and how precious it is. Or else they will try and walk all over you and u wont make $.

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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    I second asking the customers to come in on the slower nights. My regs r cool bc they sit back sometimes and let others tip from the audience before they come up to tip bc in the slower based bikini bar atmosphere its easy to scare off customers. One comes up and showers me with money and at times it actually encourages the others to tip. But on some nights everyone thinks its ok to sit back and not tip bc the one customer is tipping me so well. At times the bikini bar business is very difficult bc many nights people rnt there to tip. They r there bc its their neighborhood bar and they r simply swinging by for a drink or two. I really dont care about the "other" people in the bar on the nights when my regs r there bc my regs are 99% tipping more than the bar customers would. I will still say hi to non tipping customers. But my time is precious and I tend not to talk to those who rnt tipping me at the runway.

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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    hmm ive also had this problem, unfortunately ive let them waste my time because im a lazy stripper, and would rather relax than walk around to new guys :/ No more!!! we are there to make cash!!!
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    Default Re: How to strike a balance btween Reg and club custies.

    Come on, girl. You already know what to do -be more firm! make that money! Ask & you shall receive
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