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    Default Hustler Baltimore can suck my left one!

    So I got fired from my club tonight, although the GM claimed they don't fire people, they "terminate their contract". I was supposedly terminated due to too many customer complaints and for missing a shift that I wasn't even scheduled for.

    The real reason I was fired was because I was on to all their Deja Vu corporate bullshit and was extremely vocal about them taking cuts for excessive dances that weren't done, as well as putting the onus of chargebacks on dancers, even though they STILL take 10% out of our funny money and charge the customers another 10% for them. As well as managers basically making up the rules as they go along, plus contradicting each other and themselves on practically an hourly basis.

    Also, they tried putting me on "suspension" for a month for a supposed "outburst" I had, then I mentioned to the manager I spoke to on the phone that I had my lawyer look over my contract and that a suspension was in violation of said contract. The manager in question, Wolf, started backpedaling like a motherfucker and said that it wasn't a suspension, that I could come back to work when I pleased and that my contract along with everyone else would be renewed in a month.

    The next time I work, I had two managers simultaneously accuse me of trying to "steal" a Champagne Room although the customer and I didn't go in and begin our time until the host finally got up there after we had to go to three people to ask where the guy's credit card was.

    After that I went to New Orleans and Vegas and tonight was my first time back after that. They called me into the office with THREE managers (apparently I was that big of a problem?) present before I started my shift and actually gave me the option of working that night. Fuck them, they weren't getting another nickel of house fee from me! AND they tried shorting me $50 on CR money they owed me.

    Some theorize the mention of the "L" word (lawyer) freaked them out, since the shift after the "L" word was mentioned I was publicly ganged up on by 2 managers and blatantly lied to, and the one after that I was flat out fired for missing a shift I wasn't even scheduled for.

    I requested a letter specifying what my exact contract violation was that led them to terminate my contract. I don't think I'll get it, frankly.

    I'm okay for money and I can basically work anywhere I want, but I've never been let go of a club before, especially for reasons that are this, well, imaginary and borderline psycho. I told Bridgette to be careful when she goes in tomorrow, since she's been occasionally vocal there too about constant managerial incompetence. My SO also refused to work there after dealing with their crap too.

    What pisses me off is that they call themselves the top club in Baltimore but they can't attract or retain dancers. If you're the top club in a city, you think you'd have dancers banging down the door, but if you treat your employees like shit, word gets out in a small city like Baltimore. They have to import dancers from their other clubs in St. Louis and such. It's not uncommon on a Friday night to have just 12-15 dancers, less during the week!

    The thought that keeps me warm at night is when Scores opens up in a few months. The only reason guys pretty much go to Hustler is for the name. The Scores name definitely has much more cachet that Hustler. Is the management at Hustler freaking about Scores? You bet they are! They're already telling the dancers at Hustler not to bother going to Scores because the guys that run it don't know how to run a club, though the GM at Hustler's only qualification to run the club is that he's the owner's son.

    The vast majority of dancers at Hustler Baltimore are very unhappy there and pretty much counting the days till Scores opens. Now that DC has a baseball team pf their own that might be stealing some of the Orioles crowd away, plus Scores opening, plus Huslter's shitty location on The Block around a bunch of crack whores means they'll hang around for a while longer, but they'll be struggling which will equal more hardship for whatever employees are foolish enough to stick around.

    So anyhow, any feedback is welcome. Fucking Deja Vu corporate shit.
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    Default Re: Hustler Baltimore can suck my left one!

    I'd offer my condolences, Nina, but frankly it sounds like the place wasn't deserving of you...
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    Yuck, that sounds awful. I've never worked at a 'big box' strip club, but I can imagine that the corporate crap must be annoying. Unfortunatley, being vocal about bogus rules at a strip club is often interpreted as insulting the size of the manager's penis. Cuz, uh, no offense, but most managers don't run strip clubs because they gradded from Harvard School of Business. []

    Badly run clubs are the scourge of the industry, just be glad to be out of that one. To Scores with you!

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    wow. Did you talk to your lawyer again about being fired? and how it is b/s?

    Being that you sound like a good dancer, well there are always openings for them.
    You could probally make better money elsewhere, and remember to take your customers with you!!


    I know how you feel when it comes to managment at an upscale club. They sometimes get really greedy. But hey scores will open, and then they will have to change their ways if they want to keep any dancers at all!!

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    Default Re: Hustler Baltimore can suck my left one!

    i agree with casual on this one...you're better off elsewhere. it still completely sucks though. good luck at your new club...it sounds like you'll be making more money with less hassle.

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    Default Re: Hustler Baltimore can suck my left one!

    Ugh...sweetie, that sucks!! But, why bother with all of that bullshit when you can go somewhere else? I know that it's "degrading" to be fired...but, you know, you must have really hit home with some of them because they needed THREE of them to talk to ONE of you. Heh. That made me laugh.

    Anywho...just relax, take a deep breath...pamper yourself, and thank your lucky stars that you don't have to deal with them for much longer. If you want to check out a Scores, come to Chicago. LOL...we'll go party and all...

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    I hope Scores up there will be better than the one in Miami, it SUCKS, slow and trying to keep it very up-scale in an area that is known for much more. Anyway, you spoke your mind, that's cool.

    Me i have been the type that would stay away from club "dealings" and all went smooth. Pure Platinum in the day was not perfect either. A few others not seemingly treating some dancers well either. Guess i would ask management questions about my dealings, not talk to other dancers about the club, and it's dealings.

    Please don't take this wrong, but i would not in the future say anything negative about a club i am working for, or any job, this is what happens.

    Best of luck to you! EDIT: bad choice of words on first message.

    Pamela

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    wow.. scores miami is that bad?

    have u been back recently?

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    Sorry to hear about the problems Nina.

    That is just one of the big problems with brand name clubs like that. I think the managers tend to get a little big headed! A couple of girls have left the Bmore Hustler and gone to my club or others. Most have the same complaints as you - so your definately not alone. I'd talk to your lawyer.
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    Default Re: Hustler Baltimore can suck my left one!

    why is it always "the left one" that gets sucked? just a random thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pamela
    Please don't take this wrong, but i would not in the future say anything negative about a club i am working for, or any job, this is what happens.

    Pamela
    I think it is very admirable that Nina stood up for her rights instead of letting herself AND all the other girls get fucked over in the first place. I would NEVER advise someone to stay quiet about something they don't like when it is compromising their rights, wellbeing, and dignity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noelle
    I think it is very admirable that Nina stood up for her rights instead of letting herself AND all the other girls get fucked over in the first place. I would NEVER advise someone to stay quiet about something they don't like when it is compromising their rights, wellbeing, and dignity.
    Seriously your way better not working at a club where they don't respect people and you did the right thing by not letting them intimidate you ! And I truly admire you for what U did and for having the guts to talk about it !

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    I agree with Noelle, I only wish there were more Ninas out there to support each other. When everybody else is standing around like a wuss, it's hard to be the one to criticize a club's dealings. We are instantly replaceable, so it's much easier for a club to just ditch someone, than to actually listen to her criticisms.

    I also agree with Scarlett, in that most managers have absolutely no business trying to run a club. They know it, and they're insecure about it, and anybody with half a brain, who appears to see through the facade and is vocal about it, is a threat to their precious ego.

    A perfect example of poor management is raising dancer fees. Club's losing money? Make it up in higher dancer fees! Bad logic in my opinion. But that's probably another thread...

    Anyway Nina, good for you. They don't know what they've lost.

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    Good for you for leaving. Sadly, this is common. The management in strip clubs are little-boy- acting goons rubbing their dicks with wads of cash and gloating over the stable of beautiful women they rip off to survive on. They won't break a sweat until they have to get new girls to repopulate a club decimated by competition in town, AND then they'll be advertising on the "New Girls" angle.

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    Ick, I'm so glad that by random fate I didn't end up there. The only reason I didn't try was because they were like "you have to go the amatuer night to be hired" and the amatuer nights were mondays, no way in hell I could come in on a monday, so I didn't pursue.
    Sucks that they did that, though. They're morons, don't bother with 'em.
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    I'm not especially worried about finding work somewhere else.

    I don't think Hustler Baltimore will have the same problem as the one in Miami, since Baltimore is not a city known for extras or even very high contact levels like in So. Fla.

    There was some money to be made there, although the irony of it was in large part to them not being able to attract many dancers and even fewer attractive ones that could sell.

    I don't regret having spoken my mind, and I do believe that it's made some other dancers re-consider working there. But those of you who made the comments approximating that questioning management=insulting their penis size.

    I know most of us work in clubs that aren't perfect, and in 5 years of dancing, I've never worked in a "perfect" club, but at the others I've been treated at least with a modicum of respect, and most of the negatives were the usual ones, like house fees.

    I've never had to pay large house fees or worked in a club where they dole out fines left and right, like Hustler. Not to mention the schizo management.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrescentLuna
    ...They're morons, don't bother with 'em.
    Either they're trying to keep the lid on somethink hinky (such as with the excessive fines), or they are complete morons. Firing one of their two best dancers just before a big name new club is about to open....

    Maybe Howard Stern bring his crew down to Baltimore Scores. Some of his new $100 Million/year contract has to be blown somewhere. Maybe that Bangladeshi whack job will drop by too:
    http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/columns/vice/9612/

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    Hey Girl!!!

    I am sooo sorry that you had to go through this bullshit. Funny, when I went to work there, by the first hour I remember telling one of the girls that management there appeared to be trained monkeys, boy was that on the money!!!!

    Good luck in finding a new club, let us know how things progress!

    Keep your head up, at least you are no longer contributing to the propogation of the Dejapoo corpofucks!!!!


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    They can sense their employees are unhappy and more and more girls have been speaking up. They're trying to make an example out of me, and I'm aware of that.
    "She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers"

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    Well, too bad it happened, even though I wouldn't have been able to visit a club like that ($) and if you're waiting for Scores to open well...



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    Wow sorry if i came across the wrong way. Nina sure does seem to deserve better, no doubt. What i was trying to say is try not to talk about how bad the job is to other dancers who also work there. Hey, not everyone will feel the same way, and word could get back and you could get fired. That's all.

    Now telling owners/management about problems fine. It's always a risk, most clubs could give a shit because dancers are a dime a dozen these days.

    Nina does not need the BS. Good for her, she will find better. Again i was simply saying i don't think it's wise to tell other workers the job sucks working there.....Just for example.

    Lotsa luck Nina,

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    I didn't go around telling other dancers there that the job sucks.

    There were endless complaints batted throughout the club's locker room at the end of the night and on the main floor about "WTF" managerial shit. It was then that I realized that no, it wasn't just me that was noticing it.
    "She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers"

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    Sorry read your first message about the club wrong.

    Good luck hun,

    Pamela

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    Quote Originally Posted by NinaDaisy
    They're trying to make an example out of me, and I'm aware of that.
    ND, you are one of the most sensible, well-grounded and honest people on the board when it comes to giving advice on walking away from a bad situation. I think you've advised at least a dozen dancers to dump loser bf's in the last six months alone. And you were right every time.

    You did the right thing (hell, of course you did) by standing up to these knuckle-dragging cowardly turds. It took three of them to stand over you and fire you? Firing employees is heart-breaking to any sane owner. God it hurts like hell. Nobody with an ounce of sensitivity or humanity gangs up on an employee like that. The only exception I can think of is when an owner feels threatened or out-smarted. My guess is that they needed to assemble the same collective IQ on the other side of the friggin' table.

    I don't need to tell you that you are far too classy for that operation. If there's any angle in taking some of the dancers with you, you may be able to expedite their demise. This would at least give the management goons a jump on applying for their cabby licenses. They'll need those in a few months.

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    Corporately owned clubs in my opinion are tough places to work. They are too structured, too concerned about liability, and are for the most part more aggressive in collecting house and dance fees.

    I hope you have a better option to work in up there for now.

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