I guess I'm asking this question because I only made $220 tonight and that really pisses me off, which I'm trying to positively interpret as a sign that I finally know what the f*ck I'm doing. When I first started dancing 10 months ago I would have found this sum perfectly acceptable. However, after getting more regulars and improving my hustle (thank you SW!) I'm used to making at least $400 on a weekened night.
I work in a divey club in south-eastern Michigan where it is full contact and there are also more clubs per capita in the Detroit area than anywhere else in the country. If a newbie wants to make any money in this area she has to be willing to put in the time to learn how to hustle, fend off perverts and make some regulars. Its completely sink or swim. I've seen many sink and am grateful that I learned how to swim.
I really shouldn't be ranting. I guess I'm just saying that its probably a good sign that you're improving when your expectations start shifting. Has anyone else experienced this?



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Granted, I'm a private party/agency dancer so my income is not really up to me that much at all since I work through agencies.
Not even a freakin' pain-in-our-asses, thorn-in-our-sides 2for1!!! And the bartender reported that their combined total tip tally for her, for the whole night (we have a two drink minimum per person) was FOUR DOLLARS. This was the most obnoxiousl of the two parties, but the other one wasn't giving it up either (they at least weren't trying to INSERT their single dollar bills into the stage dancers' pussies, at least. Ooh. Gold stars for them!).



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