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    At my club, we pay $150 to work, and at the end of the night we have to top the DJ $10 and the housemom $7. I noticed after a few weeks of tipping just that, the DJ started calling me on stage more and making fewer laudatory comments. Obviously, if someone directly helped you make $$ you tip them, but how much more than neccessary do you girls tend to tip out?

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    It seems he is accustomed to more than the minimum. It might be best to have a frank discussion with him about it. The simplest way would be to do exactly as you have here; tell him you've noticed a change in his handling of your stage shows, ask if the tipping policy has anything to do with this and then make him elaborate on his answer. Be sure he knows up front that you are asking this as one professional to another and are more concerned with your working relationship as co-workers than anything else, and a reasonable DJ should give you an honest answer.

    It could be a simple matter of him having numerous customer requests to see the new girl on stage, and him complying with these requests. Tips may not have a damned thing to do with it (but I do encourage you to become known as a good tipper).
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    150? do you work in new york or at a deja vu club?

    i mean, thats high.. on top of paying the dj and the housemom..

    I have and am currently working at upscale clubs... but damn 150 for manager's fee or house???? Am i getting this correct?

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    i end up tiping out at least that by the end of the night (on percentages at one club i work at and some set fee's. But that on top of everything else just sounds rediculous.

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    ridiculous... SO sorry for the triple posts.. Err, i always do that!!

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    I'm talking about Flashdancers in NYC. However most of the established clubs in the city have similar tipout policies.

    It's a weird situation because I feel like there are a lot of unspoken rules that don't come out in the open. I doubt any Dj is going to say, "Yeah, I expect to get tipped more!" so I'm wondering if its an unspoken rule that you tip out more. DOn't get me wrong, he isn't being an ass***e, but it would be interesting to know what sort of perks (other than a sweet word during your stage performance) come from extra tipping.

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    I don't know if it's a perk, or if it's just a basic human response. As in any case, you don't want to piss off your bread makers and don't want to put in extra effort for nothing. So in the case of a DJ, I think he will make sure the girls that tip him the most stay happy, whereas will be less likely to worry about girls who tip the minimum every time. If a girl tips the minimum each time, it doesn't matter what he does (or doesn't do) he's still going to make the same-minimum.

    It's hard to say what "perks" he would start to deliver (if any) if you tipped him more, but chances are he would try to keep you happy.

    The DJ's I work with go out of their way for me- I choose where I want to be in the lineup, what girls I want/don't want to follow, they get me drinks (in fact have them ready when I come off stage), let me know when a customer of mine has come in, or point me to new possible spenders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tampafldancer link=board=9;threadid=8954;start=msg105859#msg1058 59 date=1083825851
    ridiculous... SO sorry for the triple posts.. Err, i always do that!!
    LOL I have noticed this too. You can just go to your message, and click "MODIFY" and then you can add as many times as you want. Sometimes I am too lazy and just post a few times, but I noticed it just takes up space espcially if its only a sentence or two.


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    So is the miminum is say $10, how much extra would you tip? 20? 50?

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    Fifteen, twenty if he does something great. The best way to do this is right after he's done something for you - hand him a twenty, look him in the eyes and say "that was a great set, I love those songs, thank you so much." Don't always tip him extra, but do it often enough to keep him guessing, and be sure that when you do, you hand it to him directly.



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    Luckily for me, I work at one of the only clubs in Columbus, Ohio that does not have a tipout. We have a split - 60/40. And, if you sell more than $400 in shows/drinks, you get 70%. However, we have no dj - we use a jukebox, no housemom - we have lockers for our stuff, bouncers and a manager to take care of the drama. I heard rumors that they wanted to give us 100% and then charge a tipout. This would not be good because if they charge 30-50 bucks for a tipout and I sell no shows and only make 20 in tips - then I am actually in the hole. Today I would have come out ahead. I sold $130 in shows of which I got $78, plus my tips of $83. However, I would rather do a split because I know I will walk out with SOMETHING every day. I have worked in a place with a tipout, and only made at most $10 above tipout - and this was in 1997 when the money was actually good.

    Anyway, I have worked with a dj before. We were required to tip at least $5. I never tipped more because he never did anything except call us on stage and play our music. We actually had 2 girls competing over who could tip him more. One would tip $50. Then the other would run up and ask him how much she tipped. Then she would tip $75 (This was good for me as this dj is my husband). Eventually, the club had to put a stop to this as the rest of us could not compete.
    I would not tip any extra except maybe make it a habit to tip an extra 5 every night to let him know you like his style and an extra 5 or 10 if he does something extra special - like sell dances for you or something. Our dj never could come out of the dj booth to sell dances for us or anything like that.
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    Things are a bit different at my club. House fees are paid before you go out on the floor and range from $15 to $45, depending on when you get there. Any money you make is yours, period. Stage tips, lap dances, VIP, Champagne visits, whatever, it's all yours. Tipping out the DJ and housemom is encouraged, but not required.

    I always try to tip the DJ fairly well because they always play the music I like, even when I get busy and can't get up to the booth to select my set. They make a point to remember that I like classic rock and 80's big hair bands and never play country or hip hop. My DJ's are very understanding about fluctuating tip out amounts. I have had DJ's hand me part of my tip out back because they knew I didn't make shit that night. Of course, I insisted they take it.

    The housemom is a different story, however. I work with two different moms and I never see either of them unless they're collecting my house fee or it's the end of the shift and they're nosing around for a tip. These women do not speak to me at all during the shift. I don't use the items they provide, so I don't tip more than $5 or so. If I unexpectedly need a tampon or perfume or whatnot, I'll tip more, but that rarely happens. One of my friends usually tips the mom $25 or $30 a shift, but I think that's because she's typically drunk by the end of her shift.

    If someone is helping me make money, I'll take care of them, (the waitresses at my club are great about that) but otherwise, I tip out minimally.
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    Default Re:Tipping Out at the end of the night

    I just started working in a club in nyc, and there doesn't seem to be a big crowd. It was my first night but it seemed to be unusually dead...

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    Default Re:Tipping Out at the end of the night

    ask some of the other good dancers who are well liked or top earners, no need to get into a huge discussion about it, just ask how much they usually give the dj

    tipping out is important but I have the attitute that I am the one taking off my clothes and I am not just going to give my money away
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