I could go on and on for days/months about the fuckery of the current house fee system.
OK, we're subcontractors paying to work? Cool, but make damn sure that you supply the tools that we require to do our job. An intelligent and coherant support staff, functional physical club, lack of crime and intimidation, and reasonable dancer limit. And don't subject us to the rules and requirements that apply to employees! And expect us to smile at the end of the night like you're doing us a favor by accepting our house fees?
Then again, I'm constantly amazed at the amount of dancers that don't know any better and really believe it's perfectly reasonable. (to be fair, it's the younger girls who started dancing after this system was the norm across the country)
But then again, at this moment, no logical way to 'fight the power'. Also, a good manager makes a WORLD of difference.
I got so frustrated one summer over the serial pissers (I was weary of coming out on a summer afternoon and smelling urine) that on one of my nights off, my roomie and I exacted a bit of revenge. We turned out the lights, went out on the balcony with a couple of beers and a bucket of full water balloons. We laid on our bellies, peeped over the side, and pretended to be bomber pilots dropping water balloons on every guy that whipped it out. We didn't have cable or boyfriends so........
Not that I would do that now, with the way bullets are flying lately.
As for pedicabbing, I'm glad it's going well but PLEASE be careful! I know you're from here, but I heard from a cop a few nights ago that the thugs are now targeting food delivery people. That combined with the recent taxi robberies make me worry that pedicabs might become appealing as well. And you know as well as I do, that being a chick makes you an even prettier target. I've been here for years, but am thinking that this might be the year I buy a handgun.
Hey, maybe you could print out a coupla business cards and leave them in the dressing rooms of the stripclubs in the quarter where you know people? You know the service industry tips the hell out of each other....
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