I still stand by my original opinion though. The puishment may have been harsh, and yet that's the way the world works. Like I said, right or wrong, there is a consequence. To think that no punishment would happen for her not showing up is simply naive. Did she call the club to tell them she wouldn't show up? If she didn't, that's like any job where if you don't call or show, then you get fired. That's common sense. Many jobs require you to bring a doctor's note if you are so sick you can't come in to work. She signed an agreement that said she would be in that night. I don't doubt she was sick, but you have to look at the other side of the story. Here is a manager who had a dancer ask to leave early one night. He asks her to sign an agreement for her to show up on a given night in exchange for that and she signed it. She doesn't show, so in his mind, the punishment of firing her more than fit the crime. I personally wouldn't have gone that far, but I certainly can understand why someone else would have. For all you know, he may have had three other dancers flake on him that night. So he relies on juliette to come in and she doesn't. She has a typical "I was sick" excuse with no validation so he says, "screw it...you're outta here". I feel bad for Juliette. I do. I also understand there are also two sides to every story also and there have been more to the situation than she knows. She had to expect something would have happened for her not showing, and so hence here is the consequence. It didn't have to be cut and dry in my opinion for the result that happened. The manager didn't have to say, "sign here and if you don't come in you're fired". To me, it's common sense that at least SOME action would be taken on the part of the club management. One action may have been a slap on the wrist. One action may have been a fine, and one action may have been her termination. I don't believe for a second that Juliette didn't at least think once that she was going to get fired for not showing. Like I said, I dare you to find me one employer that would not fire an employee when the employee said they would be at work the next day and didn't show, didn't call, or didn't provide validation for their absense. Especially when the employee said, in writing, that they would be. Again, those are the consequences.Originally Posted by Bridgette link=board=27;threadid=10088;start=msg125283#msg12 5283 date=1087751371
Actually, a lot of Vegas clubs are starting to schedule dancers now and enforce it strictly. I understand your point here about the schedules, but to me, that point is irrelevant in the case of Juliette. The club asked her to come in on a certain night. They told her she was being scheduled to work that night. The fact that not every dancer in the club was told of a schedule, or was told that it was a rule being enforced doesn't matter. Even the fact that she wasn't told of the consequences isn't relevant. Who in the world established that business, or even life, was fair? Again though, you just have to understand the circumstances. To think that termination wasn't even a possibility is rather naive. A bit harsh, yes. A bit understandable, also yes in my opinion. Look at it like this. If you were to put your hand on hot coals, the consequence may be a 3rd degree burn. You didn't ask for the burn, nor is the punishment of a burn fair by comparison for you just touching something. However, I'll bet you learn a valuable lesson that the next time you touch something you aren't farmilliar with, you will understand that the consequence may be extreme pain so you will be more careful. I guarantee you the next time Juliette gets ill, she'll do everything in her power to make sure the club understands and is accepting of her absence because she now understands what the worse case scenario feels like. I see this as more of a positive lesson in life for her rather than a negative experience in fact.Those Texas clubs are very much like the LV clubs in that they don't have schedules, the girls for the most part come and go as they please



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