So yesterday I finally dolled myself up and packed my stripper bag with the intention of getting hired as a stripper at one of the handful of establishments in my city. It's always been a secret dream of mine, and finding myself between jobs, I figured it was time. I pumped myself up and strode in with confidence and I got hired at the first one I chose to hit up (I did some research online first of course!), without having to audition. The hiring manager hired me while I was still wearing my long, heavy coat. I was a bit concerned that I would still be too chubby to strip, but my fears turned out not to be true. The management was lovely, staff were lovely, the girls were friendly and I almost felt as if I was being welcomed into a family.
The club doesn't have a stage, so to make money, you either do _no contact_ (as in, air dances at a distance where the customer can't reach you while sitting in his chair) full nude private dances or take customers to the VIP room. There were maybe 12-15 girls working that night and, throughout the entire seven-hour shift, the number of customers didn't even break out of the single digits. The dressing room is tiny so you had rows of gorgeous girls sitting in sofas on their phones scrolling Instagram all night. I spoke to two customers, but I think I got too friendly with them and didn't keep it sexy enough, or I just wasn't their type. Either way, I went home with £0. The club doesn't charge house fees if you make under a certain amount, so at least I didn't leave worse off than I was when I came in. The girls were saying that it's unheard of for a Friday night to be this slow and that it's probably down to Corona. Of course I realized that it wouldn't be the best of times to get into this industry, but I didn't realize it was quite this bad.
I live in a major city that does not depend on tourism, so I was hoping the locals would be coming in anyway, but this doesn't appear to be the case... Some of the girls I was talking to said they were on the fence about whether to come in tomorrow (i. e. tonight), and I'm not sure if it makes sense for me to pursue this until Corona blows over. At the same time, as long as the club stays open, I can use this time to get to know the management and learn from the other girls without coming in with the expectation to make anything. That way, if I do, it will be a bonus and make me happy instead of me getting down from feeling like a failure. I won't start panicking about making ends meet until about two months from now, so maybe I can treat it as a stripper internship?
I feel like I miss the component of going on stage though, because that is something I would be quite excited to try out. I really enjoy the attention and have no problem looking like I'm having fun while I'm performing, I am used to being in the spotlight. I think it's harder for me to work the floor without having a stage set to scout for who is looking, keeping eye contact etc. So yeah, posting this just to vent how last night went, I'm thinking I'll keep at it as long as it makes sense for the club to stay open, learn, and then be prepared to kick ass once things pick up again! If you made it through all of this, thanks

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