Well this if my first post so Hello. I am a barback at a Gentlemens Club in South Texas.As of last night I dont want to work there because of the owner wanting us to stay open till 4!!!! A.M. Heres the story....
Last night a popular club reopened and half of our staff relocated over there. So I come in to work saying hi to all the girls and what not. As I am putting ice and stocking up beer the day manager says hello and mutters.."oh yea were open till 4 today"I stop right where I stand nearly bumping the bartender with his drinks.I ask and the manager if its just tonight since the popular club tonight has their grand re-opening. She says no this will be set in stone. First thing I say is this is my last night.I explained to her that this is my second job asisde from being a manager at a store. I dont need to be here till 5 A.M. I have a family and house i want to be in sleeping. She says she didnt know either until she got here. The owner just made it happend without any meeting. So how it works is we sell non-alcoholic drinks till 4. Well I tell my close friends who are dancer and they are in the same shock and awe I was in. I then find out more information for the dancers and they said they would keep a few only after 2. Well during the night it was alright. It was Super bud Tuesdays. Made decent in tips. By 2 a.m when we close all the girls were gone but one who was on stay making tips by the only 2-3 customers left.Alot of us told her to just get off. She complained she was making tips which she was and I dont want here not to make money. But do it when we are actually working this is just dumb. We all want to go home. We eventually close earlier than 4 since the owner wasnt around. (See the thing is the club is right next to his house.Hes just like 1-2 mintue walking distance from the club. All there is between it and his house is his garage.Going back to the story I had already stocked up everything, cleaned, said bye to the girls and escorted some of them to their cars. Once I get back in its just me,the bartender, and the night manager talking about how its bullshit. We dont get paid overtime. These girls need to be home at 2. Some of them have baby-sitters waiting for them to get home. Others have school or work the next day for the once who have a day job.The night manager was talking about how he told him he was gone that the only reason he stayed that night was because he didnt find out till he got there. Same position I was in & the night bartender. He said the owner told him he would give him a raise and what not but he told him do that but he would still leave.
So long story short(hehehe I needed to rant to something)Would any of you Dancers,bartenders,DJs, anyone from the club work those extra hours or leave? Would you say something about it to the management or owner? What about the Better Business Bureau?
On a side note I wouldnt mind breaking away from it. Financially I can survive just fine and it would give me time to rest and have time to myself.But since my management job is so time consuming I liked the club because it gave me a social life. Before I would just go to work and come home in a repetative cycle. I can say i have changed a bit since working there. It funny how people react to when they find out I work at a strip club. Well thats about it. Thanks for reading this long post to all who reply.


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