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    Default Help! Customers always wanna talk about my accent!

    How do I get the conversation back to sexy/Always-Be-Closing?

    My situation is unusual. I'm fifth-gen anglo-Aussie with working class parents, but I always get asked about my accent at work. I had a speech impediment as a young kid and was also self-conscious about seeming like a redneck, so I developed a pseudo-British accent that I slip into very easily, even now that I'm actually proud of my roots! It happens more at work because it's easier to be understood over the loud music than a mumbly Aussie accent. Also, 99% of my friends/work friends/boyfriends in the past 7 years since I've lived in Melbourne have been foreign. It's not unusual that I'll speak Spanglish with some friends during the day, then speak French to some of the backpacker girls while I'm getting ready. By the time I speak English again to a customer, my English has been corrupted!

    So before they even tell me their name, 1 in 3 customers will ask "Where in England are you from?" Never mind that I've never been to England and have zero living English relatives. Or I get them guessing any number of countries, ranging from South Africa to Canada to the Netherlands. It's crazy. Then I explain my situation. Most of them don't believe me, even though, as I tell them, "Why the hell would I pretend to be a boring old Aussie when I'm really from some sexy exotic country?" Which still doesn't satisfy them.

    It's a massive pain in the arse and time-waster on busy nights but I can't seem to stop the convo. I've tried saying I'm half-this-or-that, or spent years growing up in certain places, but I don't wanna be caught out in a lie by someone who has actually been there. Haha. Also, I just don't feel comfortable with elaborate lies because I'm a nice person. Any way to just bypass this converstaion completely?

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    Default Re: Help! Customers always wanna talk about my accent!

    Quote Originally Posted by melb_oz_n00b View Post
    Then I explain my situation. Most of them don't believe me, even though, as I tell them, "Why the hell would I pretend to be a boring old Aussie when I'm really from some sexy exotic country?" Which still doesn't satisfy them.
    Stop doing this. It's not getting you any points with the customer, so just pick a place (maybe the one people guess you're from most often... England?), do some research on it (so it's harder to get caught in a lie), and pretend you're from there. You're selling a fantasy and entertainment, so you don't have to give every customer your life story before even selling them a dance. Strip clubs aren't places of honesty, so don't feel obligated to tell customers the truth. If you're worried about getting caught in the lie, just say you moved to Australia years ago.

    Honestly, no need to over think your backstory. Just keep it simple and direct the conversation away from yourself. ie -
    "Where in England are you from?"
    "I grew up in London! Where abouts are you from?"
    Done. Topic changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shanna dior View Post
    Stop doing this. It's not getting you any points with the customer, so just pick a place (maybe the one people guess you're from most often... England?)Done. Topic changed.
    ^This!

    I can relate though. People ALWAYS ask about my accent and never believe I'm Australian . When they ask, just say something like credible like, "Oh, I've travelled a lot!" or "I lived over seas/was born in..." and then change the subject. If your answer is believable, they will have no real need to pry and you can get back to the task at hand-luring them into a private room! There's no need to be honest with them, the truth is rarely sexy, talking about "your past or life OTC" will only distract you from your hustle and it's a waste of time...plus, they really don't care and are probably only asking because Aussie guys love foreign girls...so use it to your advantage!
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    Quote Originally Posted by shanna dior View Post
    Honestly, no need to over think your backstory. Just keep it simple and direct the conversation away from yourself. ie -
    "Where in England are you from?"
    "I grew up in London! Where abouts are you from?"
    Done. Topic changed.
    I totally agree, but these guys are persistent and insist on me telling it! Especially the drunk professionals who like to feel smart. I forgot where I read it, but another member posted elsewhere that she was American but customers kept thinking she was Eastern European. Since it's most likely to be wishful thinking (i.e. these guys have a fetish for Russian girls), she'd get them to guess, then say yes to whatever they guessed. So they get to feel smart, and they get their fantasy exotic girl of their choice. Totally gonna try that this weekend!

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    Default Re: Help! Customers always wanna talk about my accent!

    Just wanted to say I get the same crap from ppl who don't know what to make of my accent. I've lived in the U.S. For 20+ yrs so my accent is mixed & also pretty diluted. When a customer tried to guess my origins, Or says "talk to me sm more, I'm trying to pinpoint your accent"

    I smile & tell him that my accent will really not tell him much. That still lets it feel like a game for him once he realises the clues he thinks he's getting from my speech are misleading, & he has to look at sm other aspect like my vocabulary, or name, or whathaveyou.

    It is frustrating tho when I have customers from my home country who don't believe that I'm actually from there, b/c of my weird-ass accent & the fact that my dad was a bit heavy-handed w/ his "Nie pu-polsku!" rule at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melb_oz_n00b View Post
    another member posted elsewhere that she was American but customers kept thinking she was Eastern European. Since it's most likely to be wishful thinking (i.e. these guys have a fetish for Russian girls), she'd get them to guess, then say yes to whatever they guessed. So they get to feel smart, and they get their fantasy exotic girl of their choice. Totally gonna try that this weekend!
    I totally do the same thing. I don't have an accent, but I look very Polish/Eastern European or sometimes, though less often, Scottish/Irish (the red hair throws people off). If someone asks if Poland/Russia/Scotland/Ireland/where the fuck ever is my background, I pretty much always say yes. They're telling you their fantasy, so it's silly to complicate it with your true life story.

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    I get the opposite - although I am from London, England, I travel a LOT - and because of that, after about a week in a new city, I sound like I am from there. So when people ask where I am from, if I tell the truth, I get into "but you don't sound like it. I don't believe you. Where is your accent?" GAH!!

    I just lie now. Where am I from? Well, let me do a little deducing from your conversation and appearance what you are looking for.....hmmm....you seem the homegrown type. "Well I was born and raised here!!". Look like you want something a little bami-esque? "I grew up up North, and moved down to the big city a few years ago!". Want something different? I'm from Ney York, Texas, France, wherever. Occasionally I'll tell the truth and just say that I left my accent behind when I moved.

    For the most part, I try to stay away from the "where are you from" conversations for that very reason. If you don't want to talk about it - try not to bring it up. If they do it for you, lie. Lie your ass off. "I'm actually from here, but my parents sent me to private boarding school in London, so I picked up an accent..." which leads nicely into "I had a uniform and EVERYTHING - like in a movie! Ooh....the stories I could tell you.... in private...".
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    Default Re: Help! Customers always wanna talk about my accent!

    Quote Originally Posted by melb_oz_n00b View Post
    I totally agree, but these guys are persistent and insist on me telling it! Especially the drunk professionals who like to feel smart. I forgot where I read it, but another member posted elsewhere that she was American but customers kept thinking she was Eastern European. Since it's most likely to be wishful thinking (i.e. these guys have a fetish for Russian girls), she'd get them to guess, then say yes to whatever they guessed. So they get to feel smart, and they get their fantasy exotic girl of their choice. Totally gonna try that this weekend!
    I had tons of customers asking me that, and I solved that issue by telling them I'm a 2nd generation of whatever they asked (eg. 2nd gen. Romanian, etc). It worked like a charm!





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    "my parents are from england so I picked up their accent growing up. never been though!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by shanna dior View Post
    I totally do the same thing. I don't have an accent, but I look very Polish/Eastern European or sometimes, though less often, Scottish/Irish (the red hair throws people off). If someone asks if Poland/Russia/Scotland/Ireland/where the fuck ever is my background, I pretty much always say yes. They're telling you their fantasy, so it's silly to complicate it with your true life story.
    This is what I ended up doing too.

    "So are you Russian?"

    "Oh wow, how did you know?"

    "I'm kind of a linguist you see, I'm really good at these things."


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    Same. I get this all the time too.

    My parents are foreign so I grew up bilingual with a kind of neutral/posh accent, nobody ever believes me that I am local (esp. not from a lower middle class/working class area). It used to annoy me but now I just say yes to whatever they guess, or say I am from one of the countries my parents are from and that I lived here a while so my accent is not that strong.

    Just let them think whatever is gonna make them happy, or whatever is easier for their little brains to process. Lol.

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    I don't get the accent thing but people always think I'm some "exotic ethnicity" (yes that's word for word what they say). It's weird cause I'm a California girl through and through! I used to get Eastern European and now I get a whole slew of odd random countries I've never been to. I'm really not sure why, I'm just medium height, tan, and have auburn hair, nothing very exotic about me!

    Some guys can be persistent, but honestly when a guy starts to REALLY cling to it it's a red flag for me that this customer does not want to spend money (or can't) and he's just trying to take up my time for free. You know those guys who talk a mile a minute and every time you're about to ask them to dance they jump in with some question or off-hand remark to stop you? Yeah, these are the same type of guys. I just walk away if after we've discussed the subject for 30 seconds (and I've appeased them by saying yeah you're right you're sooooo intelligent!) they really can't let go.

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    "Your accent is so unusual! Where are you from?"
    [look at him coyly] "Guess!"
    "Ummm...South Africa/the Netherlands/Yorkshire/Whales/Canada/Antartica/the Bermuda Triangle?"
    "Oh wow! How did you know?? No one ever guesses right! I was born there and lived there til I was 6 when my dad got a job in Australia. I hardly remember anything about the place but somehow retained the accent. Nothing turns me on like a wonderful ear for dialect. Can I dance for you?"

    Problem solved.

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    My friend has a speech impediment because something happened recently where her brain swelled. She's gotten all kinds of responses from positive to down right fucked up. If I'm doing double dances with her I immediately bring out the big guns and muffle the conversation. It's hard to talk when your oxygen is cut off.
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    Everyone else has given great responses but I have to agree with the insisting on talking about any specific issue. Guys always insist I have red hair because I am Irish. My hair is not red at all, but I just agree with them because they obviously want to believe I have red hair.

    Just roll with it and move on! If they can sense your annoyance they won't want to spend on you.

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