Minimum Standards
Rlionheart
I recently was at a club around 7:30 when a guy walked in whom you could not avoid noticing. This was because he was loud. Not so loud that you'd expect management to do something, but loud enough to be noticed. He was dressed in torn and dusty work cloths and appeared to need some hosing off. He drank like a fish and sat at the stage and made fairly crude comments to the dancers. He had a couple of friends with him who were quieter but it was clear that he thought he was the alpha-dog. This seemed strange to me because I saw no tips nor trips to the private dance area. Nothing but bad taste comments and 7 year old behavior.
It became so obnoxious to me that I left and went to the place down the road; but it got me to thinking:
What are the minimum standards to which practiced users of SCs hold themselves? What sort of dress, personal hygiene and behavior are appropriate for and work best in the venue?
Obviously this guy is a character at the far end of the spectrum, but do such folk ultimately wind up moving the range of normalcy?
It became so obnoxious to me that I left and went to the place down the road; but it got me to thinking:
What are the minimum standards to which practiced users of SCs hold themselves? What sort of dress, personal hygiene and behavior are appropriate for and work best in the venue?
Obviously this guy is a character at the far end of the spectrum, but do such folk ultimately wind up moving the range of normalcy?
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However I would not let a customer/s run me out of a club because of their behavior unless I was of course worried about my safty.
I aim for biz casual. That may be more that 'mimimum' dress code, but I think all involved benefit from something other than jeans. I don't want to look like I have no money (= no attention) but I don't want to be peged as a high roller (and get mugged)either.
just joking art, whereever you are :-)
I would've warned the guy nicely once and then he would've been done. I won't have an asshole customer insulting my girls and driving my other customers away.
Maybe its time to climb the SC ladder to a better place.
I can't imagine walking into a club without clean clothes. (No jeans). And the grooming basics - shower, shave, brush teeth.
But then, I don't think I'm typical. I'm not the afterwork, stop in for a beer, and dash. For me, it's a night out and it's typically a long stay.
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Sorry - I certainly don't mean to put down the hardworking laborers in this country, but I cringe when I see some guys walk into a club wearing a dirty, greasy, mechanics uniform with a "Joe" patch sewn on the shirt. I see it all the time (at certain clubs).
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Enter the word "etiquette," and limit the search to www.tuscl.net and you'll come up with lots of entries. I just tried it. There's all the advice you could use there.
And especially to Club_Goer - what a great feature!
The clubs I frequent are filled with guys in jeans anytime of the year, and shorts in better weather. And yes, some of the clubs are OK with guys wearing sweat pants, too!
So, it depends on the club as far as what is appropriate to wear, but good personal hygiene is required in all cases. Most construction workers who are hot, sweaty and dirty want to take a shower before going anywhere after work. It's guys that don't shower for several days that smell pretty ripe and create an odor problem anywhere they go, including strip clubs.
I have minimum standards for dancers. 8, 9, or 10 if I can get it. I figure I'm increasing my odds if I've taken a shower and am wearing business casual. The slobs who want a $3 dollar Bud Lite and a will settle for a 4 can dress as they please.
btw, i'm always spotless, clean, freshly showered, with clean launderd clothes when i enter a club. i expect nothing less from myself.
As for dress, I typically would go for a very clean look. I like a really nice polo and some nice jeans. I think it works out well. I dress up for work all the time, I just want to relax a bit at the club.