Just wondering. How did you know when it was time to leave your first club...or any club after that...in search of something better?
I'm not sure if it's the time of year, or the club, or my attitude that's responsible for the ridiculously bad money I've been making lately. The club definitely isn't helping; they've got outrageous "specials" practically every day and night of the week, offering two-for-one deals out the ass (aka a welcome mat for all the losers who just have to haggle and "get the most for their $20"), $2 drink night (so all the cheap bastards can come out and get drunk for less than $10 and spend NO money on dances..great, just great), etc. Literally every shift, there's some kind of "special" going on that always ends up working out really well for the cheap bastards, and not so well for the dancers. The whole "devaluing the product" thing is definitely going on here. Every fucking day of the week. I see it happening, custies are getting used to never having to pay full price for anything.
Plus, the GM recently "cleaned out" the music selection, and got rid of literally all of my favorite Latin dance songs...just because he personally doesn't like Spanish music.I can deal with that; that by itself isn't a good enough reason for me to leave a club...but on top of how dead it's been lately, and how bad the money's been...it's getting to me.
Then again, maybe it's the season. I've never experienced a winter in an SC, since I started dancing last June, but everyone claims winter's the worst time. Maybe it'll pick up.
Maybe it's me, too, at least to some extent. Slacking off, giving up too easily, reverting back to the newbie-esque nervousness, visible lack of confidence and terrible sales pitches that I thought I'd left behind for good last summer. It's a vicious cycle--terrible money nights shoot my confidence, and when custies pick up on the lack of confidence, they take advantage of me, give me a hard time and don't spend much...lather, rinse, repeat. Maybe I just need to brush up on my sales techniques, body language signals, etc.
I'm reluctant to leave my club though, because a) I guess I kind of have a silly attachment to it since it was my first real club (I danced in Italy while on winter break two years ago, but that was just on a whim for a month, and doesn't count as my "first club" IMHO)
...b) I live in a very blue-collar city with only one other decent option. If I leave my club and end up hating the other one, I'd have to drive *two hours* to the next city. yikes.(I could try to work both clubs at the same time, but the other club doesn't allow dancers to work anywhere else...and in the same relatively-small city, it'd be easy for them to find out.)
...and c) my current club is very clean and safe--cameras, attentive bouncers, no unwanted police attention, and absolutely minimal extras. That does count for a lot in my book.
Anyway...what would you do if you were me? And what were your "signals" that it was time to move on to another club?


I can deal with that; that by itself isn't a good enough reason for me to leave a club...but on top of how dead it's been lately, and how bad the money's been...it's getting to me.
(I could try to work both clubs at the same time, but the other club doesn't allow dancers to work anywhere else...and in the same relatively-small city, it'd be easy for them to find out.)
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how did you know about the new GM? No, we haven't gotten him yet...maybe it would be good to stick it out and see what he's like. Maybe he'll let my favorite DJ put most of my Latin songs back in the system where they belong. Maybe he'll do away with the incessant specials and out-the-ass 2-4-1's. Or maybe he'll be an unholy terror....in which case I'll make like a ninja to your former club before all the rest of the girls here start going there in droves.
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