I know we already have a thread in HH about tipping, but that's for after dances and VIP's. I'm wondering what you all think about expecting a tip from a customer who sits at the stage or customers that will stand right up at the stage? For example, tonight was a very busy night, a typical weekend crowd type of thing but more busy because of the Final Four game down here. Anyway, many times on weekends customers will all just line up all around the stage, they'll stand right at the stage and watch the dancers, many if not most of the times they won't tip. So I developed a new strategy, I walk up to each customer, smile, say hello to them, ask them if they're having a great time, etc. and hold my garter out. Most of the time the customer will reach into his pocket and tip me. Tonight I was getting great stage tips from doing that. Now, there are the customers I would go up to, say/do my thing, hold out my garter and not want to tip me, so then I would smile and say "don't you want to stick it in there", then they'd say "no, I'm just going to stand here", I'd repeat again with a smile, and they'd say the same thing "no, I"m just going to stand here". So then (me rather mad at this point) said to them "then you need to leave the stage area because it's considered extremely rude to stand here at the stage and not tip the dancers a minimum of a dollar". After saying that, they got a little surprised look on their face and wound up tipping me a lot, and many asked me for a lapdance when I was finished.
That whole approach really surprised me. I ended up taking that approach because I was so frustrated and fed up with these men standing at the stage or sitting at the tip rail, not only not tipping but also preventing other customers from tipping because they're blocking the whole stage to where other customers can't walk up there and tip us, and kinda preventing customers in the crowd from seeing us.
To my surprise, this approach worked rather well for me. I'm wondering if any of you have done this and what your outcome was? I'm sure they'll be some of you who might disagree with this approach, I know the tipping thing is kind of a touchy topic, I know some think it's really rude to expect a tip, etc. I personally don't think it's rude to expect a tip if a customer is sitting at the tip rail or standing at the stage, I don't think it's too much to ask for a minimum of a dollar if that's where they're going to hang out. I've noticed for the most part, the ones that hang out at the stage are the ones who usually don't buy dances or spend much money so they should contribute or move out of the way so other customers can come up and tip.
What are your thoughts on this? Hope you all are making great $$$ this weekend!![]()



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Good for you for saying what needed to be said!

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