I'm not sure if this belongs in General Stripping or Hussle Hut, but posting in the Hut for some hussle relevance. Last year, when I began stripping full time, I began working at a club that is literally down the street from me. To work at this club and be considered a scheduled girl, I needed to commit to a dayshift and the managers asked me to work every Sunday dayshift (which became every other Sunday last year in September). I was motivated to pay off some legal stuff, so I hussled my butt off. I have hypothyroidism (and take the hormones for it) and came from working a desk job, so I was very unfit and a lot of the girls had rumors going around that I was pregnant. In the last year, I lost almost 20 pounds and have become one of the top five best pole dancers out of almost 50 girls. It's now to the point where the girls want to come over and use my xpole or ask me to teach them tricks. Every Friday and Saturday I would make $600-$700, which was considered average for a clean non-extras bar in Detroit. I had no problems walking up to customers or selling dances. I had fun at work and looked forward to going in.
Now, a year later.... everything has changed and I'm not sure if I'm suffering from "burn out" or not. My only motivation to go in now seems to be to socialize with my friends and show off on stage, in which my tips have severely declined since last year. I find myself doing circles around the club hoping somebody will ask me to sit with them. And I'll keep doing that until that happens or I make eye contact with someone. I feel like the laziest stripper and it seems like any hussle I had walking in at the beginning of the night is gone as soon as I have enough for tip out. Now, I'm happy if I leave with $300-$400 on Fridays and Saturdays.
I am no longer a Sunday dayshift person and have *finally* been approved to be a full fledged night shift scheduled girl (with the exception that I come in for an occasional day shift since I live down the street). On my days off, I am a complete hermit and have no desire to socialize with people. I actually have few friends these days outside of the club, and those I do call friends there aren't dramatic types (they actually care, invite me out sometimes, stuff like that). I also feel completely disconnected from the non-work friends I had before I began stripping.
I sleep in realllly late (I think from working late and my thyroid). Last fall, I got my hands on some adderall and began taking it to keep me more awake and help make me "more excitable and likeable" to the customers, otherwise I'd end up snarling/sighing at the repetitive conversations and BS questions of them wanting to get to know me. I used to make myself in a character with a fake story - "I'm Sarah, 24, from so-and-so, studying such-and-such..." Now, I just tell them the truth. The adderall helped with all of that conversating, but I think it's affected my mood and attitude so much that it seems to have "mellowed" me out at work. I do think it's a contributing factor for sure and plan to not use it this weekend coming up (regardless of how tired I am from my thyroid).
I feel like I have lost all excitement to work and have no idea what to do to fix whatever happened to me. Some of my work friends have assured me that foot traffic has slowed down which has made everybody's income decrease and some have suggested I do fewer tricks on stage and pay more attention to the tip rail to encourage tips (my bar is big on titty kisses) ...however, this once got me a ticket from Vice (which was dropped).
Sorry for the novel ladies, but I was hoping some of you who have read this might be able to offer some insight. My house mom suggested I take a month leave, but I can't really afford to take that much time away with student loans, car payment, rent, etc. I try to work every Friday/Saturday and week night shifts every other week, but when I go back in after a few days off, I'm still not excited and actually kind of dread listening to all of the girls' drama, chatting with customers, etc. Do any of you have any suggestions as to how I can get my hussle back??![]()



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