Sort of an offshoot of the dancer demanding a drink thread, but I wanted to get away from the complications of that one.
Many, many times I have had this happen. I get a VIP couch or am sitting at a table, in a club where I am well known. The girls who are there only to hustle don't waste either of our time. The girls I have worked with elsewhere before, or already know from the club hang out & get drunk on my drinks, & get tipped lavishly onstage.
Brand new girl comes up & asks to sit down, I say sure. Waitress runs over knowing I will buy anyone at my couch a drink, & I do it. Girl then proceeds to hustle the dance & I explain I am in the industry so don't do dances, but absolutely do buy drinks & tip. Girl immediately holds open garter & says 'Well you can tip me now.'
I say 'I will tip you when you are onstage.' Nine times out of ten, the girl will immediately get up & take her drink with her, often without saying another word. Whereupon I won't bother tipping her onstage.
Was kind of surprised when a girl did a variant of this ploy tonight--this one I have had at my couch a couple times & bought many drinks for & tipped onstage. Apparently she was in High Hustle mode tonight, as when I offered her a drink she held open the garter & said 'I'm not drinking but you can give me the money instead.' I told her I would tip her onstage, whereupon she got slightly annoyed but hid it well, then left immediately--I knew though.
I don't give a fuck. The body language---holding open the garter--is just another way of demanding the money, as though I already owe her for some reason. At the tiprail I totally get it. Out in the club, it's a total mood killer.
I've had good friends tell me straight up 'Look I am not drinking tonight but I could really use the money instead of the drink, I have a car payment due/didn't make anything tonight/owe rent/whatever', in which case I give them the money. But holding the garter open will never work on me.



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