Cheap Strip Club Owners
Shamrock211
I also realize there are hidden overheads most people don't even take into consideration when thinking about what kind of dough it takes to operate a titty bar. Things like insurance, legal fees, licensing renewals, payoffs etc etc.
The last 2 out of 3 clubs I've worked at were cash generating machines. The chef at one of these places was privy to some of these costs and when we compared notes we figured that between utilities, supply and payroll alone it probably cost somewhere around $2500-3000 a day in operating costs.
That being said some of the guys I worked for were the cheapest sons of bitches I've ever had the misfortune to work for. Here's some examples:
1) Carpet that went beyond filthy and was actually worn through to the plywood flooring (and this guy laundered money for a major biker gang on top of the money his place generated so its not like he was broke)
2) A place I worked at recently had an employee bathroom that doesn't have water hooked up to it. If you had to use the toilet then you had to bring a five gallon bucket with you and dump-flush the toilet and wash your hands in the kitchen.
3) Parking lots that look like Berlin after we carpet bombed it. The owner grudgingly filled some of the bigger holes with gravel after he got sued for damages to some cars instead of just paving the damn thing which would've been cheaper in the long run.
4) I worked for a guy who made anyone who needed to use a radio buy their own. The owner wouldn't spring for them even though they're essential for his employees to have in order to make him money.
5) An owner that wouldn't fix the roof which leaked all over the damn club anytime it rained, destroying the carpet, light fixtures, walls tables, you get the idea. The mold in the club was insane and eventually he got shut down and had to spend huge amounts of money to reopen rather than just fixing the initial problem.
6) A guy who wouldn't let his employees drink bottled water unless they paid for it. He had this dingy ass water dispenser that never got cleaned and put out grayish yellow water for his beloved employees.
That's just a few examples. Anyone here notice stuff like this in their local hangout/workplace?
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And I know many hard core mongers don't like the Deja Vu chain. I understand your reasons. But, at least for the several I've been in, they are very well maintained. Clean. Nice bathrooms. They do replace the couches in the VIP and purchase new carpet. Some of the other corporate clubs may do the same thing - it's just that I'm more familiar with Deja Vu. I bring up Deja Vu because you mentioned licensing fees. Since DJV has been involved in a number of lawsuits, the court documents are a matter of public record. I was shocked. I said shocked, to learn of how much each club pays to corporate EACH WEEK in licensing fees. And not much involving strip clubs shocks me.
So I think you nailed it when you said the general public doesn't realize the overhead and operating costs of the club. There's more involved in running a club than making sure the dancers get there on time and the booze us ordered in Monday.
You have to make sure you make your Law Enforcement payoffs too! LMAO
Lol. I forgot about those payments! Are they tax deductible?
I've also been in other clubs where it was well past the time to replace carpet and furniture.
Isn't "Cheap strip club owner" a pleonasm, like "lying politician" and "sleazy lawyer"?
Most of the places I go to, for the most part, seem kept up. My favorite club had some issues, but after they were closed up due to flooding issues that actually didn't affect the club at all this summer, the owner fixed most of them, except that for some bizarre reason, he moved the old, wornout couches that used to be on the floor to the VIP. EVERY dancer complains about that. My question about that is: shouldn't the VIP have a higher quality of couch in it?
The most bizarre story I've heard is the one about the Foxy Lady in Lincoln, NE. The owner ignores problems with the stage and the carpeting and the fact the private dance room isn't really a room, but he puts money into the model train set that runs throughout the building. I'm not sure why a strip club needs a model train running through the building, but apparently, this one does.
pleonasm ?? This is the tuscl discussion board, remember? But, I will give you 'Word Of The Year' award, 2011.
ple·o·nasm
ple·o·nasm [pl ə nà zzəm]
(plural ple·o·nasms)
n
1. use of superfluous words: the use of more words than are necessary to express a meaning
2. example of using superfluous words: an example of using more words than are necessary to express a meaning, e.g. "free gift" or "sufficient enough"
[Mid-16th century. Via late Latin < Greek pleonasmos < pleonazein "be in excess" < pleÅn "more"]
-ple·o·nas·tic [pl ə nástik], , adj
-ple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly, , adv
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Art,
Well you would get the second place award for the use of "phony neologisms" in an earlier thread.
Keep this up and the general public will no longer view strip club patrons as perverted, dirty old men, but rather as an elite intellectual group.
I would've been happy with oxymoron but you sprang for the gourmet shit.