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    I have this girl who is on drug at my job. I was so stupid not to notice it at first, yet now that I know about the drugs. How she thinks I'm a stupid dancer. How she is trying to steal my regulars. How she keep trying to ask personal question about me. She wacthes me while I'm workingthe floor. She always trying to find out what I'm doing. She trying to be my friend. I know she nothing but trouble. I have never deal with a drug addit before.

    I need some advice, How do I keep her away from me and out of my business.
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    I had this problem a few months ago so I just confronted her and told how fucked I thought she was and to either play fair, get her act together or fuck off. There were some tears and alot of denial >insert eyeroll here< and I copped a little bit of shit for being"mean" but she fucked off which was fine by me.
    Some people I work with thought that was a bit over board, but IMO someone had to say something pretending everything is ok and feeling sorry for her wasnt doing anyone any favors. When someone elses drug addiction starts effecting your earnings / life its time to put your foot down.

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    Default Re: Do Anybody knows how to deal with drug addits on the job?

    I had the same issues with someone who turned out to be an addict at work. I had no idea how to deal with it either, so it will be interesting to see what the responses are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leilanicandy View Post
    ...How she thinks I'm a stupid dancer. How she is trying to steal my regulars. How she keep trying to ask personal question about me. She wacthes me while I'm workingthe floor. She always trying to find out what I'm doing. She trying to be my friend. I know she nothing but trouble. I have never deal with a drug addit before.

    I need some advice, How do I keep her away from me and out of my business.
    What do you mean by "...she thinks I'm a stupid dancer"? She told you so? Someone else said she told them? Sorry, I just didn't get your meaning there.

    There's nothing you can do about her watching you, unless maybe you ask her politely but firmly not to do so, as it throws you off and makes you uncomfortable. Whether that would work is questionable, though.

    You can reply to personal questions and attempts to be your friend by saying you are there strictly for business, and nothing personal, but you don't want to make friends--you just want to work.

    The most important thing you can do around drug addicts is to watch your belongings--they will steal anything and everything that's not locked up tight. Never ever leave any money or handbags laying on a counter, not in the club, not in the dressing room--not even for a split second to light a cigarette.

    Also, if they start acting erratic and weird, stay the hell away, sometimes they can get violent over nothing, and it can happen instantly--anyone near them can get hurt or have to fight them off.


    Good luck--the last club I worked in had a lot of addicts, on a lot of different drugs. They'd be trying to smoke crack in the dressing room with distressing frequency, and got away with it sometimes since so many people were smoking weed in there, lol.

    Sometimes that dressing room was like a pharmaceutical lab.

    They would steal anything. Like used flip-flops, if you can believe that!

    There was also a lot of violence, far more than with the customers except a couple of murders. Trying to break up those fights could be very dangerous, you shouldn't even try it if it happens--just stay the hell away.
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    Seriously, I would think that this girl will eventually end up sabotaging herself. All you can do is do you. If she's not getting in your face and talking sh-- to other people about you then leave it alone. I would avoid the girl like the plague. She will eventually get the idea. The hell with what this girl thinks and what she does. You can't let a crack head throw you off your game. Stay focused on your goals and be about your money. Hopefully, this girl will either clean up her act or get the hell on.

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    Screw her and everyone else taht acts like her. Go do your own thing and don't look back. These girls are trying to get under your skin. Screw them!!!!!!!!!!!!!1



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    i knew a bitch like this- i had her fired. she started messing w me because of jealousy, she turned tricks, did extras, was hideous, had a pimp and used drugs. i told her to stay out of the way, but i confronted her with a bouncer there who saw she was a problem. then she started messing with other girls. i told those girls to tell management. i told management. she gave the little club a BAD name. eventually, they fired her after enough complaints rolled in.

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    I deal with a girl like this but not to that extent. She pretty much just talks loudly and sews all day (to keep her hands busy). She never eats through the entire 8 hours we are there. Maybe ...maybe a handful of snack foods. We order food and she doenst eat it - ever.

    I like AP's idea. Sit her down and tell her to fuck off. In the best words possible of course. Theres no need to be nice to her at this point. Shes at the breaking point in which she is messing with your money.
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    See... coming from the other end of the spectrum... I try to be wary and avoidant, yet not callous or heartless to druggies. I once had a major oxy problem (not due to dancing... started prior to it with use at parties), yet never stole, did anything illegal a the club, or spoke to other's regulars. I just wished I could be happy and confidant like others but had no clue how (and this had me in a BAD relationship with an emotionally abusive ex). I was lost.

    I had a girl (the same girl whom I had given half my wardrobe to when she was left out in the cold by her ex) blow up on me and claim I was on heroin two weeks after I had an epiphany and quit oxy cold turkey, sober as a judge ... it hurt, especially because my personality HAD just recently changed, but for the BETTER... but what are you gonna do about it?

    The real answer with how to deal with druggies is complicated, they have a chance at a full and amazingly prolific life some day if they decide to turn around their path and the drugs wear out their welcome... or if they just grow up. If they bother you so much just don't engage in active conversations with them. Some day you may get the chance to meet an amazing person who turned their life around (probrobly won't even recognize/remember them) ... and I'm sure they would be the day to this stripping stereotype's night. They will always remember you if you were kind and still treat them fairly like they have a soul, no matter how muffled in this time of self-denial.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BeBe View Post
    Seriously, I would think that this girl will eventually end up sabotaging herself. All you can do is do you. If she's not getting in your face and talking sh-- to other people about you then leave it alone. I would avoid the girl like the plague. She will eventually get the idea. The hell with what this girl thinks and what she does. You can't let a crack head throw you off your game. Stay focused on your goals and be about your money. Hopefully, this girl will either clean up her act or get the hell on.
    I agree... people learn on their own if they are worth the oxgen they breathe, karma's a bitch... let it be the one to teach her... not a screaming dancer... that will only add to the pain she numbs with this addiction.
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    Good points, WEEZO.

    Lest you think I am trying to come off from some kind of morally elevated plane, I did many of the drugs in that dressing room, lol. Not crack, though, and I avoided the addiction part. And only when body painting or on my nights off, I can't DJ under the indluence of anything, I learned that right away!

    The best way to deal with hardcore addicts is to stay the hell away from them, not hate them. They are generally suffering far more than anyone inconvenienced by them.
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    Don't work there. If a club allows that sort of behavior, they aren't being accountable and therefore can't protect you. You are putting yourself at risk by being there.

    Even the pretty, high-end (but gawdy) clubs do not offer anything in the way of actual protection. The people that work there are still skanks. Pretty on the outside, ugly on the inside.

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    Generally, those kinds of girls scare the crap out of me. If they aren't to that point already, they will eventually get unbelievably crazy in a really really bad way. I'm polite to them and avoid them like the plague. Unless you've been at the club awhile and she's new, I'd suggest dealing with it until she self-destructs.

    Usually some sort of distraction is the answer. Use your judgement, you don't want it to trace back to you at all... But, anything that will set off her paranoia and send her on a wild goose chase is usually a good bet. What sort of drugs do you think she's using? Meth? I used to work with a tweaker who eventually went to breaking point and thought that every asian in the place was trying to kill her because they were mad about Pearl Harbor (yes, yes, I know). She confided in me (for some reason she decided that I was one of the two who wasn't out to get her) that she brought a gun to work and was ready to shoot one girl just in case. Then, she asked me what I thought. I told her I thought she was right and it would be safe for her to leave and never come back... She did just that. Then I told the manager.
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    Djoser she play these stupid catty games.


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    Quote Originally Posted by WEEZO View Post
    Some day you may get the chance to meet an amazing person who turned their life around (probrobly won't even recognize/remember them) ... and I'm sure they would be the day to this stripping stereotype's night. They will always remember you if you were kind and still treat them fairly like they have a soul, no matter how muffled in this time of self-denial.

    This is really great. It puts things in a different perspective.

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