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    Darcy Foxx
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    the night started out and i was booked for 4 shows, all reasonably close together, all at manageable and well thought out times. my first two shows went off without a hassle, i had two great groups of guys, and all was good.

    after driving around for ages looking for a carpark, we arrived at my third show in the CBD at 9.30 on the dot. we went into the hotel, and it was like a fucking nightclub in there. we spent 15 mins trying to find the guy, and when we find him, he says, "umm... i called the office this afternoon and changed the show to 11.45pm" apparently, nobody bothered to let me know.

    so i call the agency and i'm told, "oh, i only just got into the office, has nobody told you that all your shows have changed?? you're supposed to be at eden hills" WTF. i didn't even know i had a show at eden hills, which is about 20 mins away from the CBD. by now it's 10pm, and i'm like "but i have to be at marion at 10.30", to which they reply, "no, you're booked for 10pm at marion". HELLO, I HAVE A PRINTED OUT EMAIL IN MY HAND WHICH SAYS MARION - 10.30PM. and then i'm told, "oh, and has anyone told you about your other show at onkaparinga at 10.45?"

    at this point i have absolutely no idea where the hell i am supposed to be, so we just head for marion since we didn't even have an address for eden hills or onkaparinga. we get to marion at about 10.20. i'd been told to pick up $190, the guy there tells me it's only $120. so i go back out to the car to get my phone, call the office again, and once again, nobody remembered to tell me that they'd payed a deposit so i only had to collect $120.

    after the show there was a text on my phone telling me to go to onkaparinga first (10.45), then eden hills (11.15), then back to the CBD to the hotel i'd been at earlier by mistake (11.45). considering it's at least 20 mins travel between each place, and i have to perform a 20 min show, not including 10 mins getting changed/setting up time, that was an impossible schedule to begin with.

    so we head to onkaparinga. i've been given an address, "29 ****** road". turns out there's two roads by this name in onkaparinga, one that runs from #1-30 and the other that goes from #31+, and they're quite far apart. so we head to number 29 and end up in fucking farmland. after driving up and down a dirt track, i call the guy, and he's like "go round the roundabout and it's across the road from the tennis courts" and i'm like "wtf. dude there are no fucking tennis courts here... only sheep". i finally realise we're on the wrong road when he says, "you're looking for 38 ****** road" 38!!!! i was told 29!!!

    it was after 11.40 by the time i got to onkaparinga, and 12.30 by the time i got to eden hills. didn't get back to the hotel in the CBD til 1.30am and by then the guys had gone so i missed out on a show.

    then i got called out to a 21st birthday show way out on the other side of the city, so we drove halfway there, then got a text saying it had been cancelled because there were girls there causing major dramas about having a stripper.

    my cd, which has worked perfectly in the past, kept screwing up too, and i hate when that happens cos it looks so unprofessional.

    oh, and we nearly ran over a koala that was running across the road. wtf???????

    it was an absolute fucking DISASTER of a night. everything that could go wrong, went wrong. i was half expecting us to get a flat tyre, or for me to get my period mid-show, or for my heels to snap in half. in the end i only did 5 shows, and missed out on quite a few others because we were running so late... usually i don't have that much stress in a night unless i've done 8 or 9 shows.

    so... how was everyone elses weekend??

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    I just found out I can't get a car loan so I can get more shows by having a car... so come Indy I won't have an effing car and will lose out on thousands!!! Thanks for asking!

    And your night sounded shitty. Remind me not to work for this company!! O_O I hope they're normally better than that.

    And seriously, cancelling 'because my girlfriend is butthurt' shouldn't be an excuse. -.-


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    Darcy Foxx
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    yeah they're usually pretty good, i guess it was just lack of communication.

    i blame the full moon. seriously, a fucking koala was running around on the road in the suburbs. there can be no other reason apart from the full moon.

    that fucking sucks about the car... can you get a driver or a friend to drive you around??

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    mine was average. only two toy shows, and someone cancelled a waitressing gig so i covered that (god, i hate waitressing! haha) got paid %50 for a $15 calander tho, the guys were great, actually, i was happy with my saturday night, sure it wasnt action packed with shows and money, but $550 for an easy night with great crowds, i wish every weekend was like that for me!

    i have timing issues with shows too...a 30min show actually takes 10-15mins longer due to clean up and getting ready, yet alot of companies seem to get the shits when they have booked shows only 1 hour apart in time, yet over 30mins driving distance apart. they just forget the extra maths of 30min for show + 10mins on arrival + 5mins for pack up +5 minutes micellanous (selling calnders and drunk guys wanting a million hugs good bye) plus the 30mins to get to the next venue... = latness for the next few shows *sigh*

    sucks you had a shitty night darcey.

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    yeah i cleared $600 last night, which is good in the grand scheme of things, but for all the hassle and drama and stress, it sucked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx
    yeah they're usually pretty good, i guess it was just lack of communication.

    i blame the full moon. seriously, a fucking koala was running around on the road in the suburbs. there can be no other reason apart from the full moon.

    that fucking sucks about the car... can you get a driver or a friend to drive you around??
    OMG....you have me laughing about the koala. i feel bad for the poor thing, being out in the road and all, but still, a very strange image. in my area, it would be the equivalent of seeing a bear, deer, or coyote in the road.

    although, in my hometown, my high school bus almost crashed when a gaggle of wild turkeys ran across the road....that night was a full moon too....i remember because i was secretly trying to plan a pagan ceremony without my mom knowing....

    all that aside, glad you made some cash that night, at least.
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    Nothing too full on for me except I was lucky one of the girls who arrived along with me and a dancer friend (who I didn't know would be up here til she arrived the same time as me) decided to only spend 24 hours here before buggering off.... so my 7 shows turned into more like 10 or 11 shows! $$$$

    It was a bit hectic on friday and I only did 10 min shows alot compared to the full 15 min pub shows I was meant to do because of timing... however that is life.... I sold a few calendars... gave away a few more... all in all I had a decent week.

    That f-ing sucks Darcy. At least the other bookings didn't complain too much about you being late... or did they?

    It's a right royal bitch when you have no control over the time you are going to arrive and you are going to be arriving late... and they all are in a grumpy because you are late... I was on the horrible receiving end one waitress booking because the strippers were majorly late as well as one of the topless waitresses.

    It was very very stressful trying to keep them all happy and entertained. Basically it was just plain horrible. Another reason I do not like waitressing.... I am the one (when waitressing) who has to deal with the guys if the stripper is late... argh! I'm just a bloody waitress... I can't control the situation... argh!


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    Darcy Foxx
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    most of them were okay with me being late, but a few guys got bitchy and one show cancelled all together.

    when it comes to work and appointments and stuff, i am seriously the world's most obsessively punctual person. i actually start stressing so much about running late that i break out into hives, so i usually make sure all my shows are planned very carefully, and if it looks like we might be pressed for time, i get my driver to pick me up half an hour early. so this weekend was just awful for me, i don't think i've ever run that late to shows in my entire stripping career. i really pride myself on being one of very few strippers who will turn up on time EVERY time... and i hate it when things out of my control prevent it from happening!

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