I work in a Los Angeles-area club that has been undergoing a remodeling effort for the past few months. Some of the changes are nice (new stage, new seating for customers, and new paint job), but I'm more concerned about plans to install machines that will collect our lap dance money.Currently, the customers pay us directly for lapdances, and then we pay the 40% split to the club at the end of the night. (They get $8 for every $20 dance and $60 for every $150 half-hour VIP room. I know some of you would see that as an issue in itself, but that's how it is everywhere in LA
Anyway, when these machines are installed, customers will have to insert $20 bills for every dance they do, as they go along. This will mean no more trips to the ATM after a long dance session, and I assume that they will require exact change. As if this wasn't bad enough, the machines will be preset for increments of time that will vary according to the particular day (cuz some days are nothing but 2-4-1's), so you will have to lapdance for that set amount of time no matter how long or short the DJ plays the songs. I assume that the club will still employ floorwalkers to keep their own dance count to make sure that we are being honest.
I guess my question to all you ladies (and gentlemen) is do you all foresee this turning out well at all, or do you think (like I am inclined to) that this will cause the club (and my $) to go to hell in a handbasket. They already installed these machines in our sister club in another LA-area city, and they were universally despised by dancers and customers alike.
P.S. In case you could not infer it from my post, yes I work at a Deja Vu, and yes this seems to be some kind of mandate from the corporate powers that be.



Currently, the customers pay us directly for lapdances, and then we pay the 40% split to the club at the end of the night. (They get $8 for every $20 dance and $60 for every $150 half-hour VIP room. I know some of you would see that as an issue in itself, but that's how it is everywhere in LA
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