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    So the club that I'm working at now is a lot bigger and has a lot more girls and a lot more activity than the clubs that I've worked at before. We also have a lot less interaction with the DJ, barely any at all. You never make a trip to the DJ booth for anything as it is up a very treacherous flight of stairs with no rails on either side. We aren't really meant to go up there. We pick the genre of music that we want but we don't pick our own songs or artists. The only interaction with have with the DJ at all is when we tip him at the end of the night. The DJs are good because it's a large club with 3 different stages always running so they have a lot to juggle. They don't really promote tipping or dances though other than a short "____ is now availiable for private dances" when you finish your set. So my question is this... how much should I be tipping? We have a mandatory $10 to the DJ tip out but I've usually tipped 10% to all my DJs at other clubs (which is usually a lot more than $10!) but at this club I'm a little less willing because I just don't have the 'friendship" that I've had with the DJs at other clubs who I had a lot more contact with in picking my own music, chatting, and them talking me up on stage. So for that reason I kinda feel like I shouldn't be quite as generous with the DJs at this club. What do you guys think? I've generally been tipping $20 nightly which in some cases has been less than 10% is that fair? What do you ladies do?
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    If I have a really great night, I'll tip more than the minimum. If I messed up on stage for whatever reason (which happened to me in the beginning) and the DJ was patient with me, I'd tip a whole lot more than the minimum. I guess it just depends on the kind of night I'm having.

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    Our music works the same. We pick a genre, and he picks the songs. I dont even know some of the DJ's names, as I RARELY have contact with them. But we have to tip $20 or 10%, whichever is greater. I say tip 10% or slightly less, regardless of how much contact you have with him. IMO, DJ's are vital in keeping up the energy in the club, etc etc. Your friendship with him/her or lack thereof should have nothing to do with the amount you tip. There are girls at my club that bank, and then hand the DJ a $20. And believe me... the DJ's remember who takes care of them and who doesnt. I want to be one of the ones who takes care of the DJ because I believe that what goes around comes around in some form or another. Do what you think is right, regardless of what others around you are doing, and you'll have a happy, guilt-free drive home. I like feeling like santa at the end of the night when i have a great night. The first time I tipped the DJ a $50 it's like the man had never seen a fifty before!! He thanked me like four times!! It felt great. And they remember that stuff too. Just my $.02

    Just re-read your post... Perhaps peek at what others are handing him and make it a point to try to do a bit better than that, and throw out the idea of 10% maybe. That may be the key to the guilt-free drive home .
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    Our DJ generally gets tipped $5, maybe $10. I tip between $10-15. I can tell it's unusual- the first time I tipped him $15, he was like "really??". So. Observe the norms of the club and I agree- do a little better. There is no use in being extravagant if it is unheard of.

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    If you interact with him when you tip him, how about giving him a really nice tip and telling him what you really like then? He might remember for the next time you dance because money talks.

    HTH.

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    At my club the DJ fee is 25$ So I always give 30$
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    Tip him a little extra and when you do thank him for something in particular that he did. Even if he might not actually have done it, he will do it in the future!



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    I dunno, the DJs at this club don't really do anything for the energy. They don't seem to effect it at all either way. It's like I said they don't talk us up on stage, they rarely encourage the customers to tip, they don't say much of anything other than to introduce us. I guess I just don't see any reason to go much above and beyond for that, do you know what I mean? The only reason I'm feeling kinda iffy is because at the other clubs I've worked at I've always tipped the DJs well, but they were doing a lot more for me. So it doesn't really make sense that I feel stingy for tipping the DJs less at this club for doing less... blah I'm confused! There is one DJ who shows a little more character on the mic so I guess I should tip him more.
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    Well we have both a DJ and an MC. Both are really good people. Anyway, when both are working, I tip them BOTH $20. Most of the other girls tip more than that, depending on how much they made. I'm really cool with both the DJ and MC. The MC has told me some of the horror stories of dancers who do not tip out accordingly, such as skipping music, country music played on a girl who only listens to hip hop (oh the horror), or shitty ass intros when they get on stage. I want no part in that!







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    Wow...now here comes something you might not expect to come out of me but hey...I'm fair if nothing else. Give him the min......no seriously. Alot of the bigger clubs have there music rules and theres not realy anything you can do with that. But if he's not promoting you, pushing dances and such and doing just the min. for you, return the favor. There ALOT of crapy djs in this biz, dont encourage them to stick around (never saw THAT reply copmming did you???)
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    lol thank you! See that's kinda what I was thinking but I was feeling really guilty about it because I guess I'm just too nice, but hearing that from a DJ I feel a lot better! Hell, I don't mind tipping $20 a night even though our min is $10 but when 10% = $30 or greater that's when I start to think well gee what did this guy do to deserve that? I have no prob tipping more when the DJ goes above and beyond though. One of the DJs at our club just randomly started playing country for a couple of girls who like it. I'm a definately a country girl so I ran over and asked to be put on the country list. I know he's gonna take A LOT of shit from the others girls for it because they are mostly hood rats so I'm gonna tip him more than I tip anyone else just for the fact I know he's gonna get bitched at for going out of his way for the few white trash beautiful redneck girls at this club. Country meets ghetto.... this is gonna be interesting. He and I were talking about it in the dressing room and one of the girls was like "You're gonna be the only one dancing to it and pisses the rest of us off. Do you wanna get stabbed??" So I was like "Hold on let me run out to my 4x4 and grab my shotgun and I'll let ya know..." lol
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