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    Default Tough Time... What to do? (longish)

    I've been dancing for almost 9 months, 8 of them at one club. Things used to be pretty good there, but its going downhill for many different reasons. First of all, things were never super amazing at this club, but it was convenient and I was happy there, as it was a very friendly and drama free club. But:

    1. The money has gone wayyyyy downhill lately. I went from averaging around 250 dollars per shift to averaging about 100 in the last month. Tonight I'm about ready to freak out, cause I only made 60 dollars in 8 hours. That's less than minimum wage!

    2. There has been soooo much more drama lately. Things went from friendly and fun to too friendly and hurt feelings between a lot of girls, and they're always trying to draw me deeper into the issues going on between them and pick sides. But I've always been the type of girl to go in, make my money, be fun and silly with the other girls, and then go home. A lot of them have been developing complex OTC relationships with each other though.

    3. There was a huge influx of new girls. They constantly break rules and it drives me crazy and cuts into everyone's money.


    So anyway, now that I've gotten that long stuff out of the way, I don't know what to do. I know that the obvious answer is to swith clubs. But I'm in Eugene, Oregon, and its not that easy. The nicest club in town is super bitchy, and is well known for that fact. I'm at pretty much the second nicest, IMO. I've heard that the money is better at the more divey places, but I feel weird about it... like I'm downgrading or something.

    I could also travel to the Star's in Salem or in Bend (a little more than an hour's commute). Or I could go try somewhere in Portland, although that's a 2 hour commute. I could also try to do private parties. AGHHH what should I do???

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    You could try out the dive places. I know how you feel about downgrading, but if the money is better without having to compromise yourself, then try it. If it sucks, don't go back.

    There was this one club in town known to be very shitty. I refured to try it there. I went in there one day to just party, and they offered my a job. They told me if I worked there, I'd never have to pay house fees, I didn't have to go on stage if I didnt want to, and they just offered to help me with anything if I would work there, cause thy were desperate for hot girls.

    SO I tried it out one night. Being the hottest girl in there, all the guys wanted me. The bouncers hooked me up all night and worked hard for me to make money .They would almost prescreen customers, and then send me over if they had money.
    I actualyl made a lot of money there, and really enjoyed it. The girls weren't very nice to me, but the bouncers and management were awesome, and it was a fun, more laid back place than most clubs around here.

    Unfortunatly, since it was soo slow there, it was very hit or miss, and afetr a few shifts of makign no money, I went back to my old club. I wanted somethign more consistant.

    But try a dive, it might work well for you.

    Or try the nicest club in town and just deal with the bitchiness. If there is better money there, youmight just have to put your head down, and do you best to ignore the bitchiness to make money. Just do your job and go home.

    Spearmint rhino out here is in my opinion the best place to work mone wise. But I HATE SR with a passion. I try t o avoid working there at all costs. But then I realized I was giving up a lot of money by not workign there, or going in and sayign, god, I hate it here, I hate it, it sucks.
    So I started just workign there consistantly. I dont liek the club, at all. But I liek the money. SO I go to work, do my job and go home.
    Gotta take the good withthe bad. Go where the money is.....

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    Who gives a shit if the club is bitchy? You're not there to hang out with the other strippers. Go try the nicest one! Hell, try all of them. Like Kaylinn said, you can make a lot of money in a dive.

    I would certainly check out Bend, too, if you're so inclined. It's a nice club, really nice staff and management, and I bet it's good in the summer with the golf and all -- as Portland gets quiet because the weather's nice and everyone wants to be outside, Bend is one of the places they go.

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    When clubs get slow, the drama starts as girls compete more sharply over a smaller pool of money. It's no fun, but just keep to yourself for the time-being and it will all blow over.

    It's possible that your club is going through a seasonal slow-down. It's summer, and you're in a college town, so a sizeable part of the population leaves town every summer, which puts a drag on the whole economy. If there are a lot of new girls at the club, I imagine the whole area has been slow, so girls are club-hopping hoping to find a place where business is still good.

    I don't think there's any reason not to try out the "better" club in your area. Girls often talk shit about other clubs, so don't believe everything you hear. At my old club, I heard every possible rumor about the club I work at now -- that the girls were "snobby" and "stuck-up" and "cut-throat", that there were extras, that it was run by the mob. In reality, the girls at my new club are mostly pretty nice, the customers are decent, and it's a great place to be. Remember, you are always going to hear a skewed story about other clubs...girls who work with you now didn't like the other club for whatever reason, or they'd be working there. Maybe they couldn't compete, maybe they had a bad experience or got on the wrong side of management. You just don't know.

    That said, things may be very much the same at that club, too. If the whole area is slowing down for the summer, there will be fewer customers, bitchier dancers, and a whole bunch of random club-hopping new girls, of whom you will be one.

    If you have regulars at your current club, you might be better off riding out the slow season there, where you have at least some guaranteed income. If you don't have any regulars, you have nothing to lose -- it's never a bad idea to check out the other clubs in an area, and maybe this is the motivation you need.

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    Default Re: Tough Time... What to do? (longish)

    I would go for the best club in town. Fuck the bitchiness! Go get your money, girl!!!



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    I loooooooooove Stars in Bend. Wish I could go back. It's a great place to work!

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    try it. that was my situation in chicago before i moved out to vegas. i was doing pretty good at my club, but it got slower. we all thought it was the fact that the weather was getting colder but i went back there and worked a night last week and it sucked. i'm never going back. besides, if it doesn't work you can always go back to the club you're at now.

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    Default Re: Tough Time... What to do? (longish)

    Alisha, that was exactly my situation in Chicago before I moved to Vegas too!!

    I was in college in WI, and I would drive two hours to work in Chicago twice a week. It really wasn't a big deal, my cousin and I would go and split a hotel room. So we would end up spending like an extra 50 bucks each per weekend to work in Chicago, and we made way more money than I would have made in WI. A lot of girls do really well in Wisconsin but I just don't. (except at the Sugar Shack. And even then, not as much)

    The point is, if the clubs are much better 2 hours away, you could make easily 700-1200 per weekend and only have to work two days as opposed to making it in like 4 days at your home club. Try to find somebody to car pool with, or stay at a hotel tho....

    The reason I say this is you get so exhausted with the drive, the work, then the drive back. I once drove my car down an OFF ramp after work I was so tired! And no, I had not had one drop of alcohol. After that, I stayed over nite.

    PS-Kaylinn just for curiosities what shit club did you work at in Vegas? I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours haha
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    Default Re: Tough Time... What to do? (longish)

    You are not at work to make friends. You are there to make money and people are going to be a [email protected] to you if you are making money. I agree with xoxo when it slow down the drama starts. Maybe you need to try a new club. If you don't like it you can always walk out. Good luck=)

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    My solution to life: if you ain't happy, move the fuck on.



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    I went and auditioned at one of the clubs I thought was divey. Turns out, its really not so bad. It changed its name and is under new owners. I auditioned, made 10 or so onstage, and the owner was there and he seemed nice. It was pretty dead, but this was during the day and I'll be doing nights. So I scheduled myself to work on Monday night. I'll update after that and tell you guys how it goes.

    For now, I'm also gonna stick with the club I'm comfortable with at least once a week to keep a foot in the door. I know I have money potential, looks-wise and personality wise, and I really wanna be able to work it.

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