I'm working at Sand's Plaza in Seattle. My fiance and I visited last week, and liked the atmosphere. I got my license and everything out of the way today, and I start Thursday!
I can't wait! I'm a bundle of nerves. Wish me luck!
I'm working at Sand's Plaza in Seattle. My fiance and I visited last week, and liked the atmosphere. I got my license and everything out of the way today, and I start Thursday!
I can't wait! I'm a bundle of nerves. Wish me luck!
Damn you
Damn the broccoli
And damn the Wright Brothers!
-Stewie
Any book is a children's book if the kid can read.
-Mitch Hedberg



good luck and all the best to u suzie
happy new year too
blessed be
Glad you loved it!!! Knew you would get the job!! Thursday can't come soon enough huh? I remember the feeling! You go, Girl! Pamela![]()


Congrats! Enjoy...
yeah!! That is funny because I worked there about 6 years ago!! I have a friend that works there off and on.
Good luck to you!! It can be slow there sometimes, but it is great to start because there isn't as much emphasis on stage shows, so you can practice. I hear it is great for when you get regulars also.
have fun and let us know how it goes!
Yvonne
Oh, and I was wondering....what is the shift fee now? Also, I heard that license fees went up...what are they?
Just curious as I will be getting back into it around next month or so
thanks!
Congratulations to you!!!!
What a great way to start the New Year
Thank you all. I've been running around the house keeping busy. I keep wanting to practice, but I don't want to wear myself out!
Bella, the license fee was $255 total, and the stage fee is $100 if you're working four nights a week. But the first night is rent free, which will help me get off to a good start, and make back all this money I've put out.
Will this day never end?!
Love, Ellie
Damn you
Damn the broccoli
And damn the Wright Brothers!
-Stewie
Any book is a children's book if the kid can read.
-Mitch Hedberg


Congrats Suzie!!!!Knock em dead chica!
MissB
Congratulations to you!! I'm trying to get up the nerve to go audition. I got my license, but and still a bit of a chicken. I'm just afraid of not being good enough, I guess which is silly, because where I'm at, there are not very many "good" ones.
i'm so happy for you. congrats and good luck!
i feel the same way, jconner. i made up my mind that i'm gonna just do it.
I did my first shift thursday. I'm so sore. It was pretty fun, though slow, and awkward at times. There was nobody in there for the first two hours or so, a couple of regulars, but no one paying me any heed. It gave me time to practice.
At Sand's, the stage is tiny. They say they're putting in a new one this year, but I don't think they really have room. Any way, I discovered I don't really like stage dancing, mostly because no one can sit close, there's no stage tipping, and frankly, no one really pays attention. But you're still required to go up.
We have no dj, just a juke box, so we get weird silences if no one has put a song in. I don't know most of the songs in there, so I picked randomly part of the night.
The other girls were all cool. most of them were really nice, and the ones who weren't pretty much ignored me. There's one girl who they're all mean to, because she offers too much, and can't tell a cop, so they say she's a liability.
I more or less kept to myself, checked everything out. I didn't hustle very hard, but I got 8 dances. the only guy who didn't buy from me was really upfront about it, didn't waste my time, which I appreciate.
It's very new to me, and I'm really sore, but I think it's going to work out. The real drag is I don't have my car right now, so I have to take two buses to get there. It's quite a pain.
So... thanks for hearing me out and supporting me. I finally did it.
Damn you
Damn the broccoli
And damn the Wright Brothers!
-Stewie
Any book is a children's book if the kid can read.
-Mitch Hedberg
Fantastic!!!! So happy you enjoyed yourself on your first night. You did it! Pamela
Glad things went well for you. It can take a little while to find your nich with dancing and customers. Just keep that in mind if you have a bad night!GoodLuck!
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Haha. Good timing, Nichole. I had a bad night already. I'm sick, but I told them I'd work today, (sunday) anyway. I forgot that they open four hours later on sundays, so I had to bum around downtown until they opened. (I don't have a car, and busing home just wasn't worth it in the time frame.) I walked farther than I meant to and ended up pretty tired by the time I headed for work.
So I was sick and sore, and just wanted to crawl into a big bed, but instead, I stripped down to my undergarments. It was a whole new set of girls, and some of them were a little hostile. The bartender/housemom told me I had to stay until midnight - I had been hoping to be home before 11. No one showed up for hours, and when they did, they were a bunch of guys, some of which were high, none of which wanted lapdances.
You can't stage tip here, so we were essentially doing free shows. These girls were alot raunchier than the other group I worked with, and I just wasn't up to it. I got up on stage and pretty much froze. I went through the motions, but I didn't feel sexy, and I felt really awkward.
I went out and chatted with a couple guys, and both made it really obvious they weren't interested. I excused myself and went to the bathroom, where I began to cry. I told the bartender that I wasn't feeling up to it today, and I was going home. She was really nice about it, she used to be a dancer, and understands. She didn't charge me the stage fee, and she told me to take a couple days off to get well, and comfortable, and told me to call her if I needed to talk about anything.
I felt like a failure when I left. I felt like I had invested so much of my time and energy and dreams into becoming a dancer, and it hadn't worked. I wanted to crawl into bed and cry and not have anyone ever see me undressed again.
Luckily, my fiance was able to get me to talk about it, and helped me put things in perspective. All is not lost. I just had too many small things working against me, and they built up when I wasn't prepared to handle them. I didn't fail. I haven't yet. But I need to take a step back and take care of myself first. Because if I don't feel good, I can't feel alluring. And that's half the battle. I am devoting tomorrow to making myslef better. From sleeping in, to visiting a farmer's market to getting a pedicure (if I can schedule on on short notice), I'm throwing out today, and making a new start.
The moral of my story, to anyone just starting out, and discouraged: Find someone you can talk to. Problems are rarely as big when you have two people tackling them.
Thank you all so much for listening.
Damn you
Damn the broccoli
And damn the Wright Brothers!
-Stewie
Any book is a children's book if the kid can read.
-Mitch Hedberg
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