^^Nah, not necessarily. They're too afraid to throw less than $1, in my experience. We're higher up, so we've got more leverage when we whip them back.

I'm not sure why coins are so insulting, in and of themselves. I am not offended by metal currency over paper currency (but for real, it makes a purse heavy sometimes).

I remember one day some young guys were tossing up coins at me while I was twirling around, and I just instinctively caught them. If I do say so myself, I am a very good catcher. Then it was a game where they just kept tossing, and I kept catching. I made about $20 in thirty seconds, so that's cool, right? What's so bad about that? It was fun- they weren't being violent assholes about it. And if a guy gives me six or seven dollars as a tip, even in a handful of change, well that sure is better than no damn tip at all. It's annoying only because of the room it takes up in the purse. I feel the same way about a guy giving me $60 in fives.

What I don't like about coins is that they're just inconvenient to tip with! And guys WILL NOT move up to five dollars without crotch/ or boobs right up in their faces (this has been my direct experience).

The Alberta/ Manitoba thing...with the coin toss at genitals. Well, I dunno. Altogether I think a lapdance, even our racy Ontario variety, is less uncomfortable than that. I know there are Western dancers who would disagree on that principle, but wouldn't you just rather have paper money tipped at the stage, which you can later collect? Rather than coin toss for prizes? I would, but I'm not saying I'm right.