Money jam
grand1511
Euphoria
Had a weird situation last night at my favorite club. Went in with enough cash in my wallet for a VIP session, a few more individual dances and stage tipping money. The VIP turned out to be not as satisfying as hoped for. Then right before leaving, an old favorite found me and we had several dances, a few more than I had cash on hand. No problem, I think...I'll hit the ATM in the club to settle up. (I typically avoid that ATM because it has an outrageously high transaction fee.) I punch in my card and the only option is to take $20. Cancel and repeat thinking something weird happened and get the same message so I take the $20 and figure I'll try again. This time the ATM says it's out of order. I think I took the last $20 out of the machine. I don't want to do a credit card charge for the money as the service fee for that is astronomical. The dancer and counter girl agree to let me leave to go across the street to the ATM there to get the rest and come back to pay. I think our long, rich history together makes that possible. Story ends very happily. It's the closest I've ever come to coming up short on settling up with a dancer....and got me to thinking there must be some stories out there about guys who run up "tabs" they can't pay. What are the ways clubs/dancers deal with that?
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I learned my lesson a long time ago about ridiculous fees & temperamental ATM's.
Oh to drown in those waters!
seriously... cash only, stay within budget. Nothing good can come of credit cards / atms in SC.
Always park your car facing out.
Always know where the emergency exit is.
But I also do keep track of what I spend and, in those rare instances when the cash runs out, then so do I. If I managed to spend everything I carried in with me, then I am probably drunk and someone has made lot of money off of me already. The cash running low is my "time to leave" trigger.
Yeah, people actually say that.
In our club we'll try to work with you any possible way but ultimately if the tab's anything over $40, you're either gonna get the shit kicked out of you (usually your decision, not ours) or we'll just call any one of the many local cops we're friends with and watch how fast people discover money they claimed they didn't have when the boys in blue show up.
Total pain in the ass, yet sometimes very satisfying. Its amazing how many stairs we can find for you to fall down on your way out of the club.
Good idea, no need to settle it like intelligent humans. And no, both do not have to be so!
Unfortunately, intelligence seldom figures into the situation. Most of these guys are drunktarded.
<$10 ATM charge. I prefer NOT to carry large sums of cash to, inside, leaving a club, or anywhere else for that matter. Perhaps my occupation leads to that, but each to their own.
Pretty much what I was trying to say above. Can't understand why the posts were not working. One last try to finish...
<$10 ATM fee. I don't care to carry large amounts of cash to, inside, or leaving a club. Actually, anywhere or time. Perhaps my occupation is the reason. Anyway, each to their own.
I don't grasp the concern of using a club ATM. We visit a club, often PAYING to park, PAYING to enter, purchase OVER PRICED drinks, PAYING $20 and up for a 3 MINUTE dance, then bitch about about a less than $10 ATM fee. I don't like to carry large sums of cash to, in, or exiting a club. For that matter anytime. Perhaps it is my occupation that leads to that.
If this works, I now understand what happened above.
Makes sense. Not right now do to work, but sometimes I go to clubs 3-4 times a week, so I do have to watch amounts or not go at all. I prefer to go more often and spend less than go once and blow all the funds on one visit.
This thread is a good example of the fun we would miss if Founder ever puts in an "edit" feature.
Bottom line don't use a < by itself.