If the question was to tip or not to tip, the answer would be "yes".
If the question was how much, the answer would be "lots".
But what if the question was "how"?
I tip. I always tip waiters, my barber, bartender, or the pizza guy for their services. Why should the hot naked girl on my lap deserve any less?
In all of the above cases, I guess I normally tip based on convenience.
$24 pizza? Keep the change. $10.99 haircut? Here's $15.
Now what's a fair way/amount to tip a dancer? $15 = $20 seems easy. What about 3 x $25 = $75? $80 seems a bit light, even if acceptable by local standards. It's proportionaly 25% of what the $15 girl got... and if I only bought one from the first girl, and 3 from the second, I probably enjoyed the latter more, no?
I was thinking about giving her the closest convenient combination of bills, then forgo-ing convenience and tacking on an extra $X.
(ex. I give her 4 x $20 bills for $75, then say here's another $10 for your trouble. Or just give her $100 and say nothing.)
How do you guys like to get your tips, or do you just like them period?
- How about you girls who like to get paid up front?
I've thought about doing that, but I'm not quite sure how to approach it. Most girls seem to expect the traditional model. (I've never had anyone ask to be paid up front anyway.)
Do I say "here's $X.. don't stop"?
But what's the advantage over the tradional model, where it's "keep going" followed by "how much do I owe you?". Unless you have a reputation for being a complete el cheapo lamer (or sometimes, even in spite of it), that's how it works.
- I thought about giving her a large amount as she's getting off the stage as up front... but then I run the risk of her never coming back.
I've tipped girls $20 on stage (yeah, not a huge amount, I know) to try to get them to find me, but most of the time they don't.
Now normally, I'll tip you $20 on stage if I really like you, so that's probably going to be a tip, not money up front.
Should I be explicit about whether or not a large tip is a tip or prepayment? (Regardless, I was expecting her to come by... I'm not mad though, I understand people can get busy.)
- A lot of the girls that catch my eye are interesting to talk to (they're probably also good at pretending they're interested). I normally go on non-crowded weeknights, so they mostly don't mind just hanging out for a while.
If I paid up front, I can take breaks in between just to chat. I know she won't run off, and she knows I'm not just bullshitting her and stringing her along (I won't keep her TOO long).
I do hate to waste anyone's time though, so this might require me to keep an eye on the club situation (normally when I'm there, girls outnumber guys). On a busier night, I'd probably have to pay her for money she's losing out on, LOL.
Your thoughts on this?
And your thoughts about tipping in general?
Keep on doing what you're doing? Tip more? Stop thinking about it and just give me money, dammit?



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). If I have $2 bills, I'll tip those on stage cause they're cool and a conversation piece.

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