I’ll preface this by stating that I’m not describing a thinly veiled attempt to get a regular (me) to visit the club for a little cash drain; I’ve received enough of those calls from other dancers to recognize the difference.
Every once in a while, a stripper friend (let’s call her “SCD”) will phone and ask me for a “pep talk” regarding going into work. SCD cites several contributing factors to her burnout, including the negative attitudes of certain dancers, her weekly Los Angeles-Las Vegas loop (2 days in L.A./3 days in Vegas/2 days off) and her interests outside exotic entertainment. However, SCD’s number one lament remains the unpredictable nature of the customers in either city, which baffles her because “They come to the club to see us in the first place!”.
On the other side of the issue, there are certain guys I know who question the validity of my using “dancer” and “friend” in the same sentence when I mention SCD’s pep talks. They unwittingly validate SCD’s opinions with statements like “she wakes up thinking about money,”; “these girls act like you owe them something if they sit with you,”; and the old stand-by: “Forget about those bitches, ‘cause they need us more than we need them!”
So, what comes first? The chicken or the egg? The stripper or the customer? Is it an absurd question because SCD and her customers appear dependent on one another?



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