I'm slowly and surely becoming a total lush.
The club I work at is such a party club, drinking with customers is just part of the game. It's the one thing that gets my hustle going, and the one thing that ruins it! I need a drink or two to get into the groove to hustle, but then three or four drinks later I'm basically useless, sitting and waiting in the locker room for a friend to finish working and drive me home, or wasting time sitting with a regular who has already spent all their cash. It slows me down, makes me act like an idiot, and hurts my money - but I don't remember this when I'm buzzed!
The biggest problems are
#1: I don't know how to politely turn down a drink.
#2: We have constant waitress turnover, so it's not like I can have one waitress who knows to bring me virgin shots and drinks. They all forget or I never find an opportunity to fill them in. Once I asked a new girl for a Pink Pussy (fruit juice) and she's like "YOU KNOW IT'S VIRGIN, RIGHT?!" in front of a customer who thought I was drinking with him.
#3: I like drinking! But when I'm buzzed, I'm so happy that I don't care about making money.
I'm only 24! But I'm a paid drunk! I do ALL sorts of stupid things when I'm buzzed, like last night I KISSED one of my regulars a few times in our VIP room during some dances! OMG! I feel so dirty! I mean, he's a nice, cute, single, young guy with an interesting career who throws money at me and if I hadn't have met him at work I'd probably be really attracted to him, but he's a CUSTOMER. That's crossing the line and I know it. I really hope no one saw. This isn't the first time I've kissed an attractive customer while intoxicated. I know it's wrong, but I still do it every once in a while.
Has anyone else had this problem with drinking?
Suggestions for working totally sober? Overcoming nervousness and prudishness without alcohol?
I miss when I first started out and I couldn't drink because I was under 21. I don't know how I did it!



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