I've been working at my club since October and for the most part I'm happy; it's close to home, the money is pretty good, most of the staff is friendly, the tip out and house fees are not as steep as other clubs, and I'm comfortable there, but lately I feel frustrated...
1. The girls are trashy. I'm in Miami, so extras are a reality. I'm not willing to drive to Broward or WPB, because I don't feel as if I have exhausted all possibilities in SoFla just yet. But the extras at this club are ridiculous. I've had champagne rooms with 4 different girls on separate occasions and every single time the girl had sex with the customer in front of me. Most of the girls at my club have pimps, girls gossip openly in the dressing room about performing extras, I've had girls try to buy condoms from me, etc. Management does nothing about this behavior. Our champagne rooms consist of a couch and a box of tissues, so it's not like they're trying to set up a "sex-free" environment. There is even a girl at my club called Jesse who gets rooms all night every night because she does extras, and every night when the DJ calls her to the stage, he says, "That's Jesse! Get her in a room -- she loves to say Yes-see!!" I still make money as a clean dancer, but it's harder because of the club's reputation.
2. The clientele is trashy. Lots of broke, young guys, lots of guys who sit with one beer and nurse it all night while watching girls strip for free, lots of guys who are grabby and have no money. Last night, this guy grabbed my ass, put a dollar in my thong and said "I own that pussy" while practically salivating. No, sir, you don't. You gave me a dollar. Calm down. Last week, one guy grabbed my ass and caressed my thigh. I tried to smile and play it cool, and when I said, "That'll be a dollar." he said "I don't have any money." His friend then thought it would be cute to slap my ass so hard I nearly stumbled. Every night it boils down to finding the one good customer in a sea of 100 penniless losers, or you will not make money.
3. You have to get naked on stage. Always. It doesn't matter if no one throws a single dollar your way. If you don't get naked, you get fined $40. People at my club do not throw money on the stage unless you can do Olympian-style pole tricks. Oftentimes people will sit at the tip rail, stare intently and refuse to tip. No, the bouncers do not step in and say, "This is the tip rail. Tip or GTFO."
4. The bouncers don't care. I've had guys try to stick their fingers in me while giving me tips, and the bouncers will not kick them out, I had a guy follow me around the club and say "Don't give her money!" to every customer I talked to and he didn't get kicked out, I had guys take pictures where I was most definitely in the background and the bouncers wouldn't handle it. Unless a guy acts out in physical violence, he will not be kicked out.
5. The house mom. This isn't enough for me to switch clubs, but ever since an incident with the house mom a few weeks ago, it's been weird. Our nightly tip-out to the house mom is $7 regardless of whether or not we use her services. One night she said to me, "Bitch, why are you always so cheap? You give me $7 every night; the other girls give me $10." I told her, "I don't use your services. Why should I give you more?" It annoys me how she feels so entitled when all she does is sit there. Additionally, I've heard her talk shit and encourage drama among the girls. When one dancer speaks poorly about another, she laughs along.
Despite all of this, I'm not really sure that changing clubs is worth it. My club sounds bad, but others in my area are worse. There's a club I am thinking of trying, but it's 30 mins away (my current club is only 15 mins away) from home and I'm honestly not sure that it would be much better. This is Miami, after all. I have to put up with a lot, but I can still count on about $2000/week as a clean dancer in my club. It's hard for me to get out of my comfort zone, double my commute to work, and pay higher house fees and tip outs when I don't think things will be substantially better anywhere...



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