
Originally Posted by
neverendingkneebruises
A lot of dancers absolutely forget this. They get caught up on the day to day basis of the job and I get why, I was there once, it's difficult to see outside the box when you're worrying about your own money and bills to pay. I think personally a big factor as to why the clubs aren't doing so hot anymore (other than fewer people being able to prioritize luxury spending, easily accessible porn & Tinder, club extras etc) is because a lot of dancers just don't know how to hustle or don't bother. This could be partly a club's fault for hiring any girl they like the look of and not at least pointing them in the right direction for how to flirt, how to socialize, how to stack dances and get VIP rooms, how to make sales, how to invest in themselves, do's and don'ts. They just wanna collect house fees not realizing that by helping train their dancers just a LITTLE they'll also be collecting more dance cuts, more room fees, more bottle/alcohol sales, more tips in the long run. I noticed a lot of strippers are also open about the lifestyle online and social media and I think that's great but also kinda sucks because women who don't have any knowledge of strip clubs other than her favorite Insta baddie & what's portrayed in TV and other media think it's easy money and that they'll get paid to just swing around on a pole, then if they stay don't really make the effort to hardcore hustle and are perpetually stuck in burnout stage. HELL a club I worked at that wasn't doing so hot, a good chunk of the girls were so snooty and would sneer at the girls who would do flirty or dirty talk or act like a bimbo, assuming she was doing "extras" in the back room (which was impossible with the way the club was set up), literally they slut shamed the dancers that made any effort to treat the job like anything other than a circus/performance show with a little bit of casual talking and showed any real interest in the customers, those girls didn't get we didn't give a fuck about the customers and they weren't actually turning us on or having us like them, but that's the way into their wallets. They freaked out when men got boners during lap dances. Basically they forgot the club is supposed to be a fun time and if your customer is turned on that's gonna help you not hurt you. (So long as nothing dirty is ACTUALLY going on) That club btw, is struggling and the owner is looking to sell last I heard, because VIP, dance sales and overall traffic was low. (Nevermind the fact the managers hardcore played favorites and chased off a lot of the decent hustlers, it's like asking for your business to die) We know most if not every club has the handful of girls who are almost ALWAYS making money and the rest who don't work as hard or as smart as they could. In fact after I got out of my second room that night, one girl asked me how I "sucked" men into VIP so fast. And looked genuinely shocked when I told her most customers don't need longer than 3 songs to close, if you're the one they want to spend on.
Again I'm rambling so if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. But porn was accessible before the Internet and we do have the benefit of being in person. I do not doubt for a second that it hasn't affected our industry at all, but not everyone wants to just stare at a computer screen. I feel like if just some MORE of those girls overall put in more effort, the business overall would benefit. How many strippers sit in the back on their phones, complaining about slow nights, "wanna dance" all the customers, show up to work in the same worn out outfits & look sloppy night after night, disheveled level of drunk by the end of the night, look bored and disinterested on stage, bore the hell out of customers by sitting with them for ages or rambling on about random shit (read Hustle mistakes in Hustle Hut and you'll see what I mean). Vs How many dancers actually put effort into looking and being their best selves, come up with new sales tactics or learn new ones, (even purchasing their own "school/college tuition" in the form of psychology textbooks, or sales courses if they think they'd be useful), keep phone numbers on a burner # and answer when they're at work telling them to come in, basically thinking of the customer (I know customers are usually always dicks, but without their patronage we wouldn't have a job- so at least understanding that to have them coming back you gotta give them a good time as long as they're spending). Customers would want to come back and be happy to because they come for a fun time. I don't think the industry will completely die out, like I said earlier in this thread it will always be around in some form just like it's always been (women have been selling their time and company, without selling sex in exchange for ages), but I also think some things may change a lot.
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