my small town club has been making some changes, changes that are going to wind up giving us a bad image...
the first that irritates me is the new lighing system. it isn't really that effective, unless the idea they had was to blind every one it has no real purpose..we now have about five laser beams each of a different color scanning the room like a security system that hits you right in the eye and makes me look retarded when trying to talk to a customer (plus the custies get blinded too which makes it really hard to focus on anything in the room), yet i don't want to sit there and complain about this, so i got to the owner..who loves them......![]()
then we have a series of new djs who are total asses and say things like "these ladies are horny tonight! who in here is horny?! do you wanna get some tonight? holla if you wan a horny lady right now?" for one, i'm not horny, two i certainly don't want the guys to think they can "get some" from ANY of us, and third, that is just tasteless.
then we get to the BIG problem, one of our new DJs has been taking the female custies while they are tipping dancers, and getting them onstage to strip during that dancer's song. i think this is a problem. i feel if you really want to be a dancer, get an application and try it out as an employe. not only does this irritate the dancer on stage, but the guys go wild over it and throw money at the female custy on stage, rather than tipping the dancer for being such a good sport, plus, the girl doesn't even have the decency to tip the dancer for the time on stage OR buy dances, tip other girls with the money etc. they just pocket it and sit back down the rest of the night. that is taking OUR money and giving it to someone who doesn't even work there and not even circulating it back through the club. i think it is rude and looks bad on the club. it could just be me not being "cool" but i take my job very seriously and i don't take kindly to these things. the owner won't start an ammeture night but she allows the dj to pull up customers who don't ever intend on working there, and don't give the money back...am i just being too miffed about this? i have tried talking to her about this but she seems to think it is all for the better. she wants to make the club "more like dallas" (we are in east texas) but of all the clubs i've worked in/been to as a custie these things just don't happen there. they take notice in the lights being too distracting, the djs can't just say whatever they want, most cussing and such is restricted, and custies are NEVER allowed on stage unless they have a special for bachelors and birthdays in which they don't remove their clothing and they don't dance.
i just needed to get that out..i did come to east texas to get away from the huge crowds and work in a more laid back environment but now she's making all kinds of decisions that really are making the club worse. i've tried giving her tips about how to spice things up without pissing off other dancers and still making the patrons happy, but she's dead set on this stuff. i think it is a little odd that not three months before this one DJ was fired for saying the F word on the mic, and we were under a very strict music selection, classic, country, and techno/dance only. no ands, ifs, or buts, and NO ONE was allowed to jump on stage no matter how they were haggled. the club was great. she didnt' want the custies to get too rowdy and she liked the older crowd he had. now she's had a complete turn around and all chaos is breaking loose. we get nothing but broke ass college students with no manners, and i can't even walk to my stages without getting harrassed. i would change clubs but the only other two in the area are total dives...and i mean they may as well have dirt floors because the only guys that go there are pigs. any one have similar rants about this or any words of encouragement? i'm really starting to lose my patience. i've delt with it for two months now and it only seems to be getting worse.
thanks for listining ladies and gents.



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i really am hoping that the owner stops coming in so that steph can get things back in order. thanks for you replies, ladies. i'll put some updates if anything changes.

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