I have no idea what drink hustling is. Tell me?




I have no idea what drink hustling is. Tell me?
Hustling the customers to buy drinks? Or hustling the drunk customers? What was the context it was used in?
Confirmation: hustling the customers to buy drinks. In a lot of clubs, the girls have to hit quotas with how many drinks they sell, and then they get a percent of it.
Wow, at my club, you are not allowed to ask a customer to buy you a drink. You can make hints and wait for him to offer but, asking is a form of soliciting alcohol which is illegal.![]()





sometimes, and I found this to be particularly true of the Vu chain, the waitress does the drink hustle for you. She will ask the customer you are sitting with, "would you like to buy the lady a drink?" (read: a grossly overpriced drink) if he declines she'll be back shortly to ask if he's ready yet. This is the dancers que to pipe in with, "boy I sure am thirsty" etc. Of course, you are expected to tip the waitress accordingly (at the end of the shift) per drink she hustled for you. This method was helpful because it took the pressure off the dancer to hustle the drink (and kept her in good standing with the customer as not being too pushy) while still helping her meet the drink quota (example need to sell 7 drinks per shift OR pay XX amount of dollars come tip out time)
also, for the record, hustling drinks does not neccessarily pertain to alcohol. It's common in juice/nudie clubs too.





In some clubs it's the primary way of making money, having guys buy dancers drinks in return for hanging out with them. They're usually non-alcoholic, and if you WANT alcohol you generally have to get the guy to buy you, for example, a "dancer coke" and a shot of something on the side to mix in. I've seen these drinks cost anywhere from $5 to $250, and the dancers usually get around half the price in commission. Obviously the higher the price the bigger the drink. I worked one club where the most expensive dancer drink was $250 and it came in a giant fishbowl glass, must have been about a gallon of fruit juice. The bigger the drink, the more time the guy wanted you to spend with him.
In other clubs it's just a requirement to help boost bar sales and dancers either have to sell a certain amount of drinks every shift or pay $x at the end of the shift. These dancer drinks are also usually non-alcholic and alcohol must also be bought on the side to mix in if you want it.
Most guys despise the drink hustle and would rather spend their money on dances. I hate the drink hustle and in recent years have avoided clubs that do it. IMO, it is poor business practice.





yeah, it's right up there with selling t-shirts.![]()





In some states it is illegal. Indiana for example prohibits "taxi dancing" which is selling alcoholic drinks by the dancers. The law does not prohibit taxi dancing for non-alcoholic drinks. The ABC doesn't regulate that. The law in Kentucky is different. In counties that are wet, drink hustling is legal. At some Louisville clubs the drink hustle is the only way to make any money short of full service. At other Louisville clubs, club rules prohibit the drink hustle. At Deja Vu you have a three drink hustle per shift, or you have to buy them yourself.





The other thing too is that it's extremely transparent as to what is going on from a customer's perspective as well. There really is nothing more annoying than when a dancer sits down with a customer, introduces herself, and then 1 millisecond later the waitress shows up with a, "would you like to buy the lady a drink?" line which is so obviously a setup.
Undersand that the real income for a club doesn't come from the house fees etc. that the dancers pay, it comes from the bar. A simple pepsi order that the club usually charges $5 or more for only cost them about 3 1/2 - 4 cents on average so you can see with that kind of markup, they want drinks pushed as much as possible.
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Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. ~Abraham Lincoln
hmmm, interesting comments. it is true. Hustling drinks is illegal in a lot of places. I work at a club that it is not illegal and we make awesome money off our drinks. We make about 70% of the money. A small starts at 9.50...17.50......35......70.......105......210... ...350......500......750........and 1000
And yes. We do sell them. A lot of them in all the sizes. Our most common drinks are the 35 and the 105.
The way we do it is iff he buys you a drink, you have to sit there untill the drink is gone. They Get VERY BIG. the 1000 is a huge horse trouph thing. The 500 is a punch bowl. of course they pack it with ice to make it easier on us. With the 35 or bigger, you go to the vip room where dances are twice as much as they are on the floor.
I like hustling drinks. They dont have to buy them, they can just get dances out on the floor. A lot of men dont like dances though and just want us to talk, thats where the drinks come in handy. It is a lot easier to ask a man to buy you a 500 drink then it is to ask him to give you 500. Even though we only make commission, it is worth it, we pay NOTHING to work there. we also do not have a quota to meet.
I like it.





I've worked in clubs where dancers make commission off of the drinks that they sell, but we were not required to sell a minimum number of drinks. Usually the drinks were only $1 or $2 more expensive than the customers' drinks-anywhere from $5 to $7. The drinks could be alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Usually the dancers made $2 or $3 off of each drink that they sell, but there is no obligation to sell any. I focus on selling dances because that is where the money is, but the drink money helps supplement my income too.![]()
That's crazy! I never knew that about different states/clubs. I would think, leave the drink hustle to the waitresses, and leave the dancing to the dancers! Doesn't that make sense?
I guess it also depends on whether you are employed by the club, or an independent contractor. To the dancers who are supposed to hustle for drinks: are you an employee of your club? Here in NM, all dancers are indep contractors(which means you pay your own taxes, and make your own "pay checks", etc.), so we're not responsible for anything but dancing.
LOLOriginally Posted by LoveSexMoney
My club has "T-Shirt" dance......![]()
It's the worst part of the night for us....
Drink hustle clubs are non-sequitors with me.
Total rip-off.
Two cents.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
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Everybody is intitled to there own opinion. I have heard a lot of my friend from other clubs then my home club say that they HATE cocktail clubs. Personaly, I like it. Basically the way we do it is like this. We are independant contractors. WE do not have a house fee or a quota to meet. dances on the floor are 10, we keep it all, dances in the vip, which the customer has to buy you a 35 drink or bigger to get in, cost 20, we keep it all.
The club only makes commision off of or drinks. The rest of our money is ours. We keep all tips, table dance money, we only share a small portion of drink money. Like the 35, we get 24.50 from the bar at the end of the night, then we have to give the waitress 3 dollars, so we end up keeping 21.50 for each 35 we sell. That may not seem like a lot, but this is the way an average night goes.
Our goal is to get them in the vip because they have to buy the bigger drinks and dances are twice as much. so say they buy a 35, it takes anywhere from 15min to a few hours to drink. If the man is buying a lot of dances and i know he will not buy another drink, i will sit on my drink for a long time and rack up those 20$ dances. If he will buy another drink i drink my drink in about 30 min so that i will get another, (another 20 bucks) and do as many dances as possible. Some guys wont buy any dances, so you suck our drink down as fast as possible, 15 minor so, and get another drink or another man.
I have had nights where i have walked out of that club with 5-700 and never did a dance. i made it all off of drinks, so drinks can be a good thing.
yeh in most the clubs i worked in, we wernt allowed to ask the consumers for drinks, 'cause it made them uncomfortable bla bla bla... and i personally find it to forward. i just throw hintshehe 'mmm, id love a picallo'
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I HATE DRINK CLUBS!!!!!!!
They are NOT healthy for entertainers.
If your working at a club that forces you to sell drinks,then expects you to sit and drink it with the customers,RUN!!!!
Run before you become a full blown drunk and it takes you years to get out of it.
yea yea yea they will always say,"just have them buy you the fruit juices",BULLSHIT!!!!!
These clubs survive by burning out professional entertainers ,turning them into "party girls".
You show me a drink hustle club and i will show you a club that leaves many entertainers in its wake.
Why do you think its outlawed in so many states??
Oh whatever. I work at a drink club and we not only drink water but most of us tell the custys that it is water. LOL. Big Green, if you ever come to visit us, we will take you to my club so you can see first hand. i think a lot of you should come visit us, We are Cheyenne Club in Oklahoma next to Ft. Smith Ark.
You all can think what you want, but manyof our girls have been ther e al ong time unlike some othe clubs. The dont take all our money and we are very laid back. we dont have a quota or anything like that to meet. I love the club. Not the best money i have ever made but it is sstill good. Most of us pull 2-3 and 3 and up for the top girls per night.
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