So the club I currently work at just announced that we will be the first strip club to beta test a new, interesting technology that the company hopes to eventually implement in more strip clubs around the USA. Bear with me here, I'm a little fuzzy on all of the details. They haven't really explained all of the logistics too us, yet.
Basically, we will have iPads/tablets all over the club (15 to start with), mostly in the VIP/bottle service areas (but also for the general tables, eventually, I believe) that have a "stripper menu." The menu will feature pictures of every girl that is currently working, and the customer can swipe through the roster and request a girl to his table. The dancer's profile will simply be her name, a picture, and her favorite drink (chosen from a selection of drinks from the beverage companies sponsoring the service).
If a dancer is currently on stage or in VIP, she will be listed as "not available." Everyone else, "available."
These dancer profiles will also be linked to a social networking site where girls can interact with their customers in a secure, private environment. This part is pretty awesome. Customers can book VIP/CRs with dancers ahead of time, and will also pay ahead of time.
Things I do know:
1. The tablets will be IP address locked, so if anyone were to steal a tablet, the "menu" software would no longer work, thereby ensuring the privacy of the dancers.
2. The whole thing, for us at least, is sponsored by several (unnamed) liquor companies. The club isn't paying for it (this could be just because we are the beta).
3. If a customer "orders" you, it is not guaranteed that he will spend money on you. Unlike the website that can be accessed from home, I don't think the tablets even have an option to pay for dances/rooms/etc ahead of time.
4. There is no wait list for unavailable girls.
5. Dancers can opt to have a "silhouette" photo on the social networking site for extra privacy. Regular photo for the club tablets, obviously.
Things I'm questioning:
1. My club doesn't monitor dances, only VIP, since we generally do table dances on the floor. I'm not sure how this would work, if you're dancing or even just sitting with a customer - the tablet would likely still list you as available. Our poor floor hosts and waitresses are going to be running around like crazy all night, and I imagine customers would be very insulted if a floor host intercepted them and tried to take a dancer away for another customer.
2. With such a regular influx of new dancers, I don't know how they're going to manage to keep everything up to date - considering the pictures must be done professionally, and I doubt we'll have a regular photographer, or even a place set up to shoot. This could really hurt new dancers that haven't been put on the, er, menu.
3. I would say our club is mid-sized. We don't have a ridiculously high number of girls contracted. For bigger clubs with higher turn-over on girls, this could get confusing really fast for all of the floor hosts and waitresses trying to keep track of everybody.
4. It's extra work for everybody. How is the DJ going to keep the availability accurate when we still use a dry erase board for rotation? How often will the DJ forget to change the availability (probably OFTEN)?
Things that bother me...
1. How frequently dancers were made analogous with restaurant food during the presentation.
2. If you take a bad picture, you're kind of screwed, because you're not allowed to use photos from a personal photo shoot. They must be done at the club, by the photographer that the club hires. If you happen to be broken out, bloated or having a bad hair day on the day our club does the shoot, you're pretty much SOL.
In theory, I like it. It evens the playing field for girls who may not have rapport with the VIP hostesses to get selected by the big spenders who are looking for girls to buy off of rotation. The website will be a HUGE help for building clientele, especially men who travel irregularly from out of town. The tablet is kind of a cool "feature" that I think will bring more people in the door, and it encourages customers to spend money on girls. In practice, I expect that it's going to be frustrating and confusing. Thoughts?



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