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    Default Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    I've been having a semi-crappy couple of weeks. Last week was slow in general and this week I missed a day and that set me back. I keep a spreadsheet to see how much I'm making and averaging, etc. and compared to the last two months I was way down. That kind of thing gets into my head and I start thinking I've lost my touch or something (it could never just be an off week, it must be me, ).

    This type of thing always gets me when customers speculate on our earnings, i.e. "Oh, you girls make thousands of dollars a week blah blah blah." People really have the impression that we pull in so much cash. Sure, we do well or we wouldn't be in the business, but cracking those $500, $1000, $1500 marks are challenging even for the best of us. And if we get down about our potential it makes it worse because we wear that doubt like a thigh full of cellulite.

    It's hard to get back to making bank when you haven't done well for a couple of weeks, at least for me. I can give myself all the little pep talks, but until that cash starts to show itself I can hardly be convinced.

    Tonight was great, so I'm hoping I got my mojo back. I sure needed a kickstart though. Whew. Hope you all had a prosperous evening!
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    Default Re: Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    money has momentum, good and bad.

    Good luck to getting your mojo back! I had a good night too

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    Default Re: Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    Yayyy. Its a good sign when we start to have good nights. My night wasn't bad either.

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    Default Re: Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    man i hate it when a guy looks at the fold on my garter and says something like "DAMN, can i get a dance for free, doesn't look like you need the money" or something completely obscure like "you girls probably make in a day what i make in a month." orrrrrr how about when they get one dance and ask you for change for 100 and you don't have it yet. then they look at you like they're fucking amazed. sometimes i just want to be upfront about it and say "look, sometimes we walk out of here with little to nothing. sometimes that goes on for a month when it's slow. customers are increasingly cheap. this stack on my garter may LOOK like a lot, but it's mostly composed of 50 one dollar bills." besides, even if you ARE making good money, it isn't like you don't fucking need it. at least 90% of us would not be doing this if we didn't need the money. that's also why i hate when girls talk about how they "need to make a lot of money today" in the dressing room. NO SHIT, REALLY? i was just going to hang out at the club out of sheer bordem.

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    Default Re: Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    I did ok last night, sold 14 dances which is decent for a small rural club since they don't take any money out of our dances here, and we get $50 base pay, but we had a foot of snow on Friday, and I only made $58 plus base pay then.

    I focus more on steady money than big nights. Since I work 6 nights a week on bookings, there will always be nights of $100 or so in the mix of a week.And there will always be random nights where we can sell 20-30 dances as well. ($20 dances) And some clubs are worth more than others.

    The key is in my opinion working enough days for your money to average out. Working a few days a week doesn't allow for drops in the customer count some days, more girls some days, or no money customers some days.

    This business will never get to the point anymore (unless you are a rare dancer) where $500-$600 or so can be consistently made nightly (after tip outs).Those days are gone.We're in a declining industry now, not a growth one. We all make that much off and on, but not night after night.

    We really have to learn to focus on WEEKLY earnings AFTER tip outs, (before tip outs doesn't count).

    Just like in a traditional job, people look at what they take home for a week or two weeks, or month, not a day. In sales no day will be the same, and we are in sales.

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    Default Re: Finally, a good night......and thoughts on income

    ^^ ^ Exactly. Unless I need the money immediately, I keep my earnings in a safe spot and don't even look at them besides to set a reasonable nightly minimum goal - and I deposit them at the end of the week, that way I don't get discouraged if I have a bad night because at the end of the week its made up for.

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