i work at a pasties bar where we tip $10 to the dj and $5 security.. no lapdances where i work.... girls don't typically make much where i work because of the "no lapdances" factor (not allowed in parts of ventura county),, usually around $100-150...
i dont work at lapdance clubs because i am terrified of lapdancing and dont trust men enough to get that close to them. i like the type of club i work in because it is all dance on stage, and skill pays off. there are very few clubs like this in soCal
apparantly no one except a couple of us who work there takes their job seriously. its more of a place to either get out of the house and have the only social life these girls have ever had, or for fat burnouts to go die. no joke on the fat part. i've been told i'm the best looking, and most talented one there...i dont find myself a hotshot or anything, but i take my job seriously and have found that improving my dancing and pole tricks at this job has literally paid off. i make more than anyone else there.
because no one recognizes the place as their JOB, these girls are out of control, taking 3-4 songs to get on stage for their turn, leaving a lot of time that a dancer is not on stage, getting ridiculously drunk every night and practically passing out on stage, and most of them are the most unintelligent, underachieved idiots i've ever met.
i'm sorry to sound mean, but i'm the only one there who went to college, dont' have a drug or drinking problem, and dont have a kid who was taken from me by the state etc...
and not only the girls, but our bartender is out of control (see last paragraH) and our security doesnt help at all when there is a customer posing as a threat.
(i.e. one time a customer reacher over the rail and tried to grab my breasts. i told security imediately and he said "i didnt see it" and the guy was allowed to stay without a warning..
i want to stay there because i'm the only one who makes money sometimes..and i like the majority of customers.. but im usually annoyed by other dancers etc making my job harder..
ok, the most frustrating quality of the other dancers is that they know when their turn is, and take FOREVER to get their ass on stage..they are either smoking pot, gossiping, or eating. and its really annoying. the reason it bothers me is that if everyone's being slow, it takes longer for the rotation to start over after everyone's had their turn=less time to make more money since out tips are only stage tips
i feel like going crazy when this happens because i have bills to pay and dont have govt. checks coming each month in the mail like the rest of them. i've addressed this to the djs and they try telling the girls to hurry and they just yell at the dj and say theyll go up when they feel ready but if the dj skips over them to the next girl they go as far as going and stopping the music (pushing buttons on the equipment) and throwing fits. and get away with it. w. t. f?!?
i've made less lately in the past 2 weeks because of this getting worst
this last night i made almost 3x as much as i usually do and the bar got mad at me because i didnt share the wealth. i'm not required to tip the bartender and she got mad that i didnt, and she didnt make as much as she usually does in tips.
Oh, one thing about security, the other girls dont tip him because they dont like him...i tip him every night..and he's mad because i didnt tip an outrageous amount.
ok, i earned my money. i got up on stage and busted my ass. i talked to customers, i did my job... i got lucky because i made more and a lot of it was from a specific customer who thought i was the prettiest one there..so he tipped me about $100 total that night. and i tipped everyone i was supposed to.
am i supposed to tip more? in ways i feel that's unnecessary because of my above reasons, and if i tipped everyone including someone extra, i'd make out with less..and it would be as if i didnt make more than average. why should i share. they didnt dance for it..
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this other part is slightly off topic but i wanted to bring it up because i brought up the bartender...
our bartender often enjoys dancing behind the bar for attention, which, when we were under a different management, she wasn't allowed to do because it distracts attention from dancers and creates an unnecessary competition..
lately she's been climbing onstage when one of us dancers (including myself) is performing and dancing around and demanding 1/2 the tips, or running off with some of our money. no one else calls this out because my fellow dancers are cowards and too preoccupied with their social lives and reputations at work as friends/popular to resolve it. but they complain in the locker room about it nonstop. i have asked her not to go on my stage because i dont want her there and i genuinely love to dance and i cant' concentrate with her flouncing around and taking a few dollars here and there. she's a spoiled brat at work because the managers let her get away with anything so she doesnt respect my feelings against what she does and hasnt stopped it. getting mad that i didnt share my wealth last night topped it off.
this is not the first club i've worked i've worked nude clubs that were 100x more professional and girls would NEVER behave this way. i was taught that being a dancer is like being a hostess in a way. you are a lady when you work not a total psychobitch. when the girl before you's song is done you get onstage immediatly after and get off stage as quickly as possible when you're done.
i can't believe how much gets overlooked at my work and dont know what to do.
any suggestions before i go insane?


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