On the few occasions I wind up in strip clubs with required dance prepays, I have the following thoughts and general reaction. "What am I doing here?"
Up until about five years ago (if you recall) not all gasoline pumps in the U.S. had credit card readers at the pump. Thus the gas station was trusting you to fill your car with gas, and then walk in and pay for it. As a former gas station guy (in college) I can tell you that the more pumps and bigger the station, the more likely the attendant may not notice that a customer drove off without paying.
I was really surprised when I was filling my rental car at the Exxon station on the drive out of Disney World in Florida and you had to pre pay or put down your credit card before you could buy gas. Same thing with a dance. A prepaid dance in my mind is associated with a high crime area or raises the thought that impled contracts are not honored and I don't want to be doing business in such an area.
Not only puts the customer on "alert" but makes me wonder about physical safety and any fantasy or thoughts are put immediately on the back burner.
A prepay does eliminate any ambiguity about price and the contract. Also destroys
the chance of a tip I think in most instances.
We could carry this to absurdity in the country. Credit card scanners on shelves, wherein when you take a product off a grocery market shelf, you have to scan your credit card before you put it in your basket. I'll be retiring to Washington Island Wisconsin if this happens. (About the most remote spot you can get in the upper midwest... surrounded by water.)



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