I've been having an issue with both of the above recently. I work at two clubs, one more frequently (the 'main' club that is frankly better quality in a lot of ways, and one of the 5 other clubs owned by the same group), but the other smaller, more blue collar one once in a while too.
At the main club, there is one bartender in particular who, I feel, steps waaaaay over the line. Yes, it's a strip club, but let me explain. Our club's main bar is inside the main stage, or, that is, the stage is built around it. This stage is notorious for being an arduous obstacle course, with all kinds of gaps and moats and narrow passages, we have to be very careful not to kick bartenders or customers in the head. The bartenders often need to get to customers via one of the 'moats'. Understandable that some traffic issues occur, but generally, everyone works as a team. All that's just background.
This one bartender wears extremely provocative outfits - I mean, I'm talking basically stripper outfits. The other ones wear black, cute but not suggestive. Okay, fine. I know at least one of the other bartenders had a problem with this, because I overheard the girl in question defending herself to management. She said "It's a strip club! I don't want to see girls in turtlenecks when *I* got to a club!" The manager basically agreed with her. SIGH. There's a lot of middle ground between a turtleneck and a corset top with booty shorts and fishnets!
But it doesn't end there. My bigger problem with her is that she ROUTINELY exposes her boobs to extract tips from customers. Every time she takes a tip she whips 'em out and takes the dollar by squeezing it between them. And to top it off, she'll do this RIGHT NEXT TO US as we're dancing. TOTALLY upstaging us. The other day I literally had my ankles on a big tipper's shoulders and she came over to drop off his beer, pulled 'em out and stood there waiting for her tip - and then had to BANTER WITH HIM!!! I literally sat there, ankles on shoulders, all but drumming my fingernails for this bullshit to be over.
Did I mention that in addition to all of the above, she gives ALL the dancers serious attitude? Like WE are getting in the way of HER doing her job? All the other bartenders cooperate with the stage obstacles very well. Not her. Dirty looks, eyerolls, the whole nine.
Am I overreacting? I mean, if you want to strip, then STRIP!!! Pay your fee, pay the DJ, and get up onstage where the competition is fair. This is a constant battle on every shift, yet management seems to suppport it - based on the conversation I heard. I worry that saying anything will only cause drama.
The other club, the smaller, more blue collar one, has shot girl dances that are so outrageous I've literally never seen anything like it. The girls basically give them all-out lap dances right out there on the floor. Clothed, or maybe just a flash here or there, but I'm talking SERIOUS mileage. Hardcore, raunchy grinding, two way contact. AND THEY DO THIS FOR A DOLLAR.
Let me tell ya, it's HARD to compete with that some nights, and the distraction factor is even more frustrating. I'll have someone on the hook from onstage. I get off & start over to them, and he and all his friends are now 100% absorbed in this shot girl dance instead. Why should they pay $20 for a dance with limited contact when they can get ground to a pulp and grope like mad for $1??? Apparently it's been this way forever, and this club is even sort of proud of this 'feature' of theirs.
Anyone else ever have issues like this? How did you deal? And really, am I just being a diva for having problems with these policies?




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I believe you Dottie and you have my support



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