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    Default I miss my club.

    Okay, among better clubs Crossroads was always considered a joke. The money isn't any better than a good "normal" job (I averaged a gross of around $22-$26 per hour). The crowd sucks and is mostly composed of broke, lonely sailors. In large part the dancers are average looking; for every good-looking girl there was another who was downright ugly/old. With a few noteworthy exceptions, they aren't very good dancers either. Additionally, it has a terrible reputation as a bikini bar with extras and vicious dancers.

    I miss it anyways, dammit. I knew what the hell I was doing. I knew everyone. That place was rough, but once you had become part of the gang, you were almost like family. People looked out for each other. I had the good locker! I owned that stage every night. I had earned respect as the good-looking one, the one people came to see on stage, the "professional" dancer who never caused problems, the dressing room "nice girl". Hell, I even miss the VIP couches; I could do tricks on those things that I can't do in the new club's VIP booths.

    Blech. Maybe I just don't like being the new girl. There's all these little rules which no one has any intention of clueing me in on, but they still get pissed when I don't follow them. Mainly, everyone at the new club has their hand out. They start popping out of the woodwork at the end of the shift; it's no thing to fork over $100 in tips to these assorted people, apparently. If you don't, you're just a cheap bastard.

    The VIP bouncer won't take tips at the end of the shift. It was days before someone finally told me that he is accustomed to taking his tip in the VIP room. So here I am, trying to tip this guy and he won't take the money, but he also won't tell me what I was supposed to be doing instead.

    And then there's the bartender. At Crossroads, we had free Cokes. At the new club we also have free Cokes. It's an employee priviledge. However, the bartender heer expects to be tipped for everything, including just topping off a Coke. It was three days before anyone bothered to tell me this. Having seen someone tip the bar out at the end of the night, I planned to do the same. But noooo, she bitches me out on the fourth day in front of the customers for not tipping for the free Coke. So obviously tipping at night is not the norm. Would have been helpful to know this in advance, but oh well. Yesterday I switch to tipping when I get my Coke instead of waiting until the end of the shift. Then, at the end of the shift when I'm leaving, the bartender wants to know where her tip-out is. Jesus H Christ, how much am I supposed to pay to get a free goddamned Coke?

    Maybe these people are just assuming every dancer made $300 every night. They seem to think you're a cheap bastard if you don't tip as if you made $300, whether you did or not.

    The only thing I've accomplished thus far by switching clubs was to lose all the benefits I had at my old club (unless you count the decreased chance of being bitten on stage). The only thing I really like about the new club is the DJ, but then I really liked my old DJ as well. Frankly, it's the exact same money I made at Crossroads, so far. Less if you count the money I had to shell out for evening gowns.

    Maybe I'm just feeling pessimistic because it's been a less-than-optimal week. Perhaps I just miss my old club; after all, the only thing I didn't like about it was the crowd. I'll give it another two weeks or so (maybe three), but if the new club doesn't start looking much better then I think I'll just go back.
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    Hang in there Lilith maybe it'll get better. It sux to be the new girl I know. You'll probably hear the exact same thing from me next month when I start my new club. If it doesn't improve, go back to your old club, there's nothing wrong with that.

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    I'm probably just feeling pessimistic right now. Two bad nights in a week where not much money was made. We've all had weeks like that, but I'm merely a little more sensitive because I don't have "my girls" to vent to it about.

    The club really isn't that bad. It's just new... unfamiliar. The girls are nice, the stage is well set up, the DJ is excellent and the crowd is good even on bad nights. The customers are polite and mostly composed of gentlemen with money they planned to spend within the club. The FOOD is AWESOME!!

    Yeah, I'm just being a pessimist right now. I left behind good friends and a club I liked (but a crowd I didn't) and got hit full-force with a bad week. I'll bet money that I'll be singing a different tune if this weekend is fabulous.
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    Perhaps if it was a bad week for you, then the other staff members might be experiencing the same thing...and other girls too? Then everyone's getting less, and because you are new it's easier to be grumpier to you. --just a possibility-- You'll do great, hang in there!

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    Welcome to the world of gentlemens clubs,were everyone is a greedy bastard,just to cheer you up,the club I worked in chicago for 6 years,well at the end of the night you have to line up and hand 25% of your money to the manager,well he and the floor host stand there and leer at you and make snide remarks if you tip them less than 300,because every girl is making 1000 a night,well not right, he told one girl one night ,this is it ,as he looks absolutley anoyed at her and her money and she was almost crying,shes like well I didnt make much,really loud in front of all of us girls(around 50 girls to be exact)he goed than go somewere else,then continues on about it as the rest tip out,once he even told me,you should tip more than the rest of the girls because I let you come in from florida,what a joke,this happens alot in clubs were there is alot of money going around,everyone wants some and they all think they are entitled to it,if you dont start making more than the old club and the people dont get nicer,I would go back to the old club,or find a nice new one,oh yeah and that 25% at the end of the night was on top of the 100 we pay to walk in the door.

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    Lilith, you need to remember one thing. Work is work. Yes it's great when you really like the work environment and the people you work with. However, don't let that cloud your judgment, you can't pay your bills with the good times you have with your friends at work. You are right, try to stick it out at least another two weeks, if not three. From the sounds of the club and the type and number of customers it attracts, this it where you need to be. Good luck.
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    MIchele, VIPS sounds horrible. I woouldn't be able to handle that sort of stupid stuff. IF I work my ass off I don't want people all in my face to collect my money. One time I had this really bitchy manager that I hated ask me, after I wasn't going to tip her anything because I didn't like her, "No tip for me." I gave her funky ass $10 and walked out. How dare she ask me for money. It wasn't mandatory to tip managers, but she was greedy as hell. However, this other manager, Brian, I had no problem tipping him beacuse he was really nice and helpful.



    Welcome to the world of gentlemens clubs,were everyone is a greedy bastard,just to cheer you up,the club I worked in chicago for 6 years,well at the end of the night you have to line up and hand 25% of your money to the manager,well he and the floor host stand there and leer at you and make snide remarks if you tip them less than 300,because every girl is making 1000 a night,well not right, he told one girl one night ,this is it ,as he looks absolutley anoyed at her and her money and she was almost crying,shes like well I didnt make much,really loud in front of all of us girls(around 50 girls to be exact)he goed than go somewere else,then continues on about it as the rest tip out,once he even told me,you should tip more than the rest of the girls because I let you come in from florida,what a joke,this happens alot in clubs were there is alot of money going around,everyone wants some and they all think they are entitled to it,if you dont start making more than the old club and the people dont get nicer,I would go back to the old club,or find a nice new one,oh yeah and that 25% at the end of the night was on top of the 100 we pay to walk in the door.

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    Blackbeauty,yes they are jerks there,but I put up with it because I was only in town 4 times a year, worked only 6-8 shifts each trip and made 5 times what I made in florida and it is one of the biggest money making clubs in the country.

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    Thanks for the support, ladies. It did help and I appreciate it.

    The problems were simple misunderstandings. The manager was supposed to TELL me the tipping policies and didn't. The VIP bouncer was pretty sure I didn't know, but was reluctant to explain the policy because he thought it would make him sound like a greedy ass. It really isn't that extravagant of a tip; I tip him just a buck for each dance done and he still considers me to have taken good care of him.

    The bartender was basically the same. I tipped as most people do; ask for a drink and, when it arrives, lay a dollar on the counter and walk away. She didn't see the dollar and/or didn't see that I was the one leaving it, so assumed I wasn't tipping. She was perfectly fine once someone explained this to her, and goes out of her way to make sure that I'm taken care of. Nice gal, too.

    As expected, this weekend was very good. My complaints were nothing more than new-club-adjustment pains and I'm very happy with the club now. I think I'll really enjoy working here.
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    Good to hear that, damn, not getting all the rules can make a big difference, huh?
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    OMG Lilith. I'm in the EXACT same boat as your in right now!! The only difference is that at my old club I made more money, here it's mediocre. I miss my old club back in Cali sooo much too! We can hang in there together K? And the Rules thing?? Exactly the same!! When you ask for the rules, no one can think of anything to say but when you do one little thing they love to attack you! Grrr I get mad just thinking about it [argh]
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