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    I've heard some people say that they store their money in a garter and some carry a purse...

    for those of you that carry purses, do you hold them while you dance?

    do any clubs mandate where you have your money during the night?

    what are the pros & cons of both ways?
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    Purses sit on the table while you dance----Very risky if you ask me. I prefer a garter around my ankle combined with a rubberband to hold the money in place. I make periodic deposits in my locker, where I have a money bag that looks like a make-up bag.

    The dumbest place I've seen a girl hold money was in her cigarette box, DUH!!! lol

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    I use a garter but I put it on my shoe around my ankle. Cant explain how I mean, but I know that if I were to carry a purse, I'd be nervous about leaving it somewhere, etc...
    I have seen a bunch of girls who carry purses, and they set it on the stage while they are dancing, which looks cute and they dont have a wad of cash on their thigh or ankle.

    I think the only bad thing about having a purse is that it can be left somewhere, unless you take good care of it and dont forget. (I know...who forgets about their money) LoL
    With that thought, I may try it out, since the bad thing with a garter is, it looks lumpy on the leg, and it makes it much harder to remove pants while on stage, etc...

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    I've always used a purse. A lot of that decision was based on the fact that I could never figure out the garter/rubber band method. I always worried about it falling off. On stage, purses are easy to keep out of the way from customers and other dancers. When giving private dances, I ususally set the purse right next to the guys leg (there are usually couches for dances where I've worked). That way it's not sitting right out in the open, you can feel it the whole time your dancing (with out it getting in the way). I also like to keep mints in my purse, sometimes they're great to have on hand when dealing with a smelly customer. Not sure if using a purse is the best method, but it's worked out well for me.

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    I've always used a garter, and made regular drops at in my locker to keep it from building up too much. It works best for me.

    Other girls have used purses, but they've also made regular deposits into their lockers, and left a minimal amount of cash in the little purses that they carried. This way, if you set it down, or ask a customer to watch it while you're on stage, and it disappears, you don't lose very much.

    Like Mariah, I've seen girls using their cigarette packs for storing money. I definitely don't recommend it.. There was a girl who did this at one of my old clubs, and she would always throw the pack away when the cigs were gone, not realizing she had the money in there. Stupid, I know, and she did it ALL the time.. LOL.. I can't count how many times she went rustling through the trash to find her pack at the end of the night. It was amusing, mainly because she made the same mistake time after time.. LOL

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    I use both. I stick tips in my garter. Then when I get a chance to organize my money I put it in my purse. Having a wad of cash stuck to me is uncomfortable. I put the purse on the stage while I dance.

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    Exactly the same as Tonya.

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    I use a purse. I set it in the back corner of the stage when I'm dancing, out of reach of customers or anyone else. When I'm not dancing I keep it close at all times, usually right in my hand. We don't have lockers at my club, so I also keep my wallet and a few other important things in my purse just in case my shit gets stolen out of the dressing room.

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    See, this is what gets me, my club has neither lockers NOR a stage that customers or other girl do not have access to all parts of, unless you put your money right under the pole, which is an accident waiting to happen. I used to keep my money in a purse but when I noticed how close anyone could get to it I was spending half my stage set keeping an eye on my purse, not the way to go.
    Most of these girls toss anything "valuable" into their cars, but several of us don't have those. I used to lock my duffle bag and carry the key around with me, but lost the key for a period of time before work one evening, so I didn't want to risk that.
    Bah, right now I just periodically bury tips in my duffle bag and hope for the best - yeah, not a good solution, nothing else to really do, though. Other girls do the rubberband+garter deal, but I don't like carrying that much around here.
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    Some girls at my club have these zippered bracelets that wrap around their wrists. They hold money in them but I have no idea where to get one! Anyone have any ideas?

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    I do a combination of both. I wear a garter and make deposits into my purse in my locker periodically through out the night. Some nights I keep it all on me depends on how much make.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luna Maiden link=board=25;threadid=7243;start=msg82408#msg8240 8 date=1078797995
    Bah, right now I just periodically bury tips in my duffle bag and hope for the best - yeah, not a good solution, nothing else to really do, though. Other girls do the rubberband+garter deal, but I don't like carrying that much around here.
    I worked at a club like that once. You can find a mini combo lock for luggage at a luggege store or the luggage dept at a store. You can program a combo into it and not have to worry about a key.
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    Small purse, money in the bottom, cigs, gum, and gloss on top. Keep singles hidden in locker...watch the purse like crazy and/or hide it on floor looped to shoe or behind couch where no one can reach.......

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    I keep my money in my garter or bottoms until I get backstage. Then I put it in my small locker with combination lock. We also have large closets for storing costumes and such, but I don't use that for money usually. The locks are just doorknob locks and pretty flimsy, and we are warned that if we don't padlock our money, management will not listen to complaints about theft. (Although I trust nearly every girl I work with, and have had coworkers slide my twenties under my door so I don't have to leave them laying on the stage when I'm up.) I keep the key for my closet on my shoe, inner ankle. I used to keep it on my wrist with a hairband but it looked tacky.

    I don't think we are supposed to carry purses at my club, but if it's little and cute no one minds.

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    Basically, what I do is this: I carry my small change (10s and under) in a coin purse in my purse. That way. it's easy to keep track of where the money I've been paid for the dances is. However, once I'm done dancing, and as soon as it's convenient, I go to my locker and put all my 20s, 50s, 100s into my purse that's locked in my locker. Also, the type of purse I have has a loop so that I can hang it on my wrist when necessary.
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    Purse always, although I'm gonna try the garter thing this summer.
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    I keep all my money strapped onto my garter at all times. I wouldn't ever dream of keeping it anywhere else. This is the ONLY way it won't get stolen. I've worked with girls who had their money stolen out of their bags, lockers, purses, table, etc. A purse is too easy to pick up - hell I've worked with girls who kept their money in a purse, set it on the table to do a dance, and the guy next door picked it up and walked out while the girl was dancing! Girls can watch you do the combination on your locker and open it up later to take your money. I'm telling ya, if there's money to be had, some people will find a way to get it! Strapped on your body is the only way to avoid that at work.

    For the poster who couldn't figure out how to do the garter thing: Put the garter on your thigh or doubled up around your ankle. Take all your bills in a stack and stick one end longways under the garter, then fold the stack in half over the garter. Take a strong hairband and wrap that over the folded money, below the garter. Make sure it's not too loose, double or triple the band if you have to. I've never lost money in almost 9 years.

    I've heard some customers say they think it looks tacky or think they shouldn't buy dances from me because I already have a wad on me, but I don't give a damn what anybody thinks my money looks like strapped onto me. If a customer is so oversensitive he is turned off by what may look like a large wad, so what? Next! I'll be damned if I take the chance of losing my hard-earned money just for the sake of what someone else thinks it looks like strapped on.

    I do also carry a small Betty Boop purse for lip gloss, Sweet Breath drops, spare garter, tampon on bottom, and to stick business cards guys hand me.

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    I also do the garter-around-the-ankle with periodic trips to my make-up bag (it is one of those big travel ones so I can fit enough stuff in there). This make-up/toileteries bag has a zipper on the front .. this is where I stash extra money as I too don't like to have too much $$ strapped on my ankle. It is safe as it is secured by a combination lock.

    You have to be right next to me to 'get' the combination to that lock (it is one of those luggage locks hence rather small).

    I feel totally safe working that way. No purse for me as I know myself enough that I would forget it.


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    I carry a purse because I like to be able to carry some makeup and gum with me too. When I go on stage, I always put it out of the customers' reach. Like others have said, if you use a purse instead of a garter, the main thing is to make sure you do not accidentally leave it somewhere. Someone could take it even if you turn your back for 2 seconds.






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    Bridgette is so right about this. We work too hard to risk losing our money. I always strap my money on my garter. I usually have it on my thigh but if I am wearing thigh highs I strap it on my ankle hooked around the heel of my shoe. It really is not that akward once you get used to it. And it really does not seem odd to the customers. In fact on a busy night and I have a wad of cash guys say " whoa look at your garter. You must be a good dancer I'll have to try you out". Our club perfers we wear garters but I have seen girls walk around with purses but they usually have come from another club that they have worked at for a while and mabey that was the norm at their club and they don't want to break that habit.

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    I like the garter when on stage to keep the money off the floor and out of my way. But I use a purse to store it in after that. I make sure to always have the purse directly next to me so that I can keep tabs on it. While on stage, my purse sits on stage out of reach from customers. Good luck!
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    A lot depends on whether or not you're used to carrying a purse or not. If you're not used to having one, it's VERY easy to forget! Example:
    My regular club-I have a locker that I keep my money in. It's on video and locked at all times-so I never keep my money on me, as soon as I get money, I lock it up.

    This past weekend I did a contest/worked at an out of town club. Knowing it would be unlikely for me to have a locker, I brought a purse. I'm NOT used to carrying one, and I was forgetting it everywhere! I'm very lucky that it wasn't stolen. At one point on stage (when I thought I brought it up with me) I had a panick attack because I didn't see it where I THOUGHT I left it-so I thought it had been snagged off stage. No, I had been even more airheaded than that, and had left it in the dressing room. Simply being so busy between the contests, stage performances, and private dances-I think after the 3rd time of "forgetting" my purse I realized it was only a matter of time before I lost it, and I gave it to my escort who went with me. I guess I'm not meant to carry a purse during work.

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    Hi
    Im not a dancer but I had an idea about the money issue ........

    Have yall noticed the girl on the tv show "girlfriends" that seems to have something around her arm all the time, it just came to me that one of you could put a little band around your upper arm that looks like decoration but really holds the $$$$. It might be made out of cotton or pantyhose fabric something tight and stretchy that is out of the way but on your body so you dont have to worry. Just a thought

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    I only use the garter so I don't have any items to keep track of during the night.Purses can so easily get stolen.
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    a purse is a purse.
    But a mini lunchbox,dats KEWL!!!!!!

    You can get them to match your outfits.We had Nascar races in the city last week and a few of the girls carried lunchboxes of their fav drivers.A farmers daughter outfit can carry a john deere lunchbox,a cop can carry an adam 12 box,military outfit can carry a Rambo box,and any school girl outfit should include a Strawberry shortcake or holloy hobbie or hello kitty lunchbox!
    You can get a box to match anything.Woner woman,betty boop,marylynn manson,good charlotte,anything!!
    Its perfect for the ladies who are always looking for more things to add to that perfect costume.
    It is an awsome conversation starter.
    Most of our 30+ customer base owned a lunchbox at one time!when you sit at the table,place your box on it.The ones that didnt will say"i had a brown paper bag",The ones that did will tell you the ones they had.

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    You can get reproduction boxes for 5-20 dollars depending on what your looking for.Ebay is a great source for them.The originals can go for big bucks so i would stay clear of those.

    Girls can carry all their stuff in it while on the floor,but for kripes sake,make money drops during the night!!!Garter or purse or whatever,do your friggin money drops!!!

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