@troop: Yeah, sucks when you've had better, and can't anymore. The club scene itself around here ain't that great anymore, except for those places that defy the new law. Good thing the lap dances haven't caught up to the stage yet, though I think it's only a matter of time.
@vm: Hah! I wouldn't last two minutes doing that kind of work. I just barely last the hour in a hotel room! :)
@daisy: Why do I feel entitled? Because I am, to a certain extent. I have the money, and I am entitled to use it any way I please, and any way the dancer will agree to. I know the law disagrees with me, but the law is wrong. I don't force myself on anyone, and do my damnedest to make sure she knows what she's agreeing to, and that it's her choice. I am creepy, fat and ugly, not to mention out of shape, so no male model explanation for why girls do it. Some girls' favorite color is green, and I don't have a problem exchanging that for my favorite color, pink.
@jackanonymous: Exactly.
@stiletto: Re: the commonplace nature of extras and the guys who want them. I suspect that has more to do with the place one works than an absolute across the board statistic. There are a number of places around the country where extras seem to be the norm, and if one isn't getting them, one is getting gypped. Here in Louisville, there are about three or four clubs that should be named "Alice's Restaurant" and a couple where seeing naked tit is an "extra". The rest fall somewhere in between. As far as dancers staying around, you pretty much hit it on the head. I could wish for more sane treatment sometimes, but there have been more than a couple dancers on here, even in my brief tenure, who royally deserved the jumping they got. A few good apples can ruin the barrel.