Do you enjoy real crowded clubs where it's hard to find a seat?
casualguy
It may be hard to find a seat but that typically means there are a lot of dancers. I would say I don't like it that crowded because if you're alone and go off and get a dance, someone will likely take your table before you return. Either other people enjoy the crowds a lot more than me or that's the only time they have available to visit the clubs they want to. Which is it for you? I don't really understand the people who enjoy crowds and want to go stand in long lines and crowds like on Black Friday after Thanksgiving. I do understand enjoying seeing lots of dancers but there's a tradeoff.
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But if it's a great club and I just happen to be there when it's crowded, those are the breaks if I can't get back there another time.
On the other hand, if I am just going to drink and not spend much money on dancers then I would prefer it to be crowded to avoid the silent awkwardness.
Sundays (tonight!) are good nights to go if you want to avoid the crowds.
Yank
Alone, like I usually am, I prefer far less crowded and laid back. You get more time with dancers to chat them up, and feel them out regarding whether you should get a dance from them or not... plus they tend to have less of the "wannadance" robots.
Depending on which club I go to, I expect there to be no seats or limited number of empty. At Tootsie's in Miami, getting to max capacity is hard, even when it was packed with people, I was still always able to find seats(just not great ones).
At PP in Columbia, if all the seats are taken, I am ok with that as long as there is energy in those seats. Sitting and talking with no attention to the outside world around you is horrible to the dancers as well as your fellow customers. If you are at the stage, tip! Don't make one guy do all the work. Don't ogle a girl the entire time she is at the side stage, then give nothing.
If there is tipping going on, flirting, guys going to get dances and coming back, and energy movement, again, I am ok with it being packed.
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SIDENOTE:
What is the proper etiquette in a packed club for keeping one's seat?
Let's break it down to:
A Seat at the Bar?
A Seat at a Table?
A Seat at the Stage?
to answer your sidenote, tipping the bouncers helps to keep your table, although I've also noticed at one of the clubs I visit that if you keep your beer or whatever at your table, no one will ever sit there, which I suppose would be the honor system, but I wouldn't count on that at any random club.
I usually just leave my drink covered as you suggest. And as Dan suggests, I think we all go by the honor code system.
At PP, where the bathroom is relatively close, two minutes that you are gone is not much, even if it is packed, you should be able to make it that quickly to the bathroom.
At Tootsie's, where the bahroom, is a mile away and worst to get to on a busy night, I just bring my beer and admit that I will be finding a new spot to sit later. One time, they took my beer with more than 3/4s full, one of the few times, I called over for the floor manager and demanded a new beer.
Oh well.
I think what turns me on, isn't whether there's a big or little crowd. It's rather whether or not I feel like I can get away with the hanky-panky that I want to get away with. For instance, in a very slim crowd and a lot of girls and a lot of privacy, I'm turned on because I feel like I'm able to find a girl who will give high-levels of service to me for the right price in a relatively secure atmosphere. Similarly, in a room that's very very crowded, but where there are tons and tons of wasted high-spending patrons, and tons of girls circulating through and giving lots of lappers, then, again, I feel like I can get the sort of service I want because "everyone's" doing it in the place, it's a no-holds-barred atmosphere. Both ways might provide what I want -- crowded or nearly deserted.
"rowdy drunk frat-boy" types
"redneck" types
Another good point. Just goes to show that there are good, valid reasons to go to a club ANYTIME!
Make sense? Did I offend? I'm not sure about the gist of your question ...
(My apologies to any actual stupid people who may be reading this.)
Heh. Yeah, totally agree with Chandler here.