An Idea of A Different Way of Running a Club
A nutty idea I would like your impression of dancers and mongers:There has been no shortage of discussions here about 'What to do to get rid of an unwanted dancer who sits next to you' and others saying how they want to spend some time checking out the whole shift, or at least more than a few, before deciding on a companion (but some dancer lands next to them before they get a chance to exhale). I have even had times when the girl I eventually decide on turns out to be the one who sat down with me originally but now she, justifiably, thinks I am uninterested. Then there are the times when a dancer on stage looks interesting but then her song rotation is over, she disappears to the dressing room, and then seems to never come out...did she leave for lunch, or the day? Maybe there is just a better way to do things.
So I had the idea of the 'hottie hangout': a visible place where all the girls who are looking to sell dances congregate until YOU signal for the one YOU want to come over. To make it work management would make a rule that dancers cannot sit with customers unless they have first been signaled first from the hottie hangout. Short-circuiting the process is not allowed. If your favorite knows you are coming and is waiting for you she waits away from the hangout until you come in. Then when she sees you sit down she moves to the hangout and you signal for her. Compared to the typical setup the customer feels in control. They get to decide when they want and who they want. For the dancer there is less wasted effort. Once the customer signals them over the sale is 90 percent made.
Then I realized that the problem with the hottie hangout is that the girls in the hottie hangout would not only be vying for attention with the dancer on stage but more motivated to do so! The more motivated girls in the hottie hangout would be making sexy moves and flashing the customers. Then the second idea hit me...have the hottie hangout BE the stage. In other words dump the whole song-set rotation and any dancer that wants to sell a dance gets up on stage and makes her enticing moves. It won't be a high energy dance (unless the dancer really wants to) but the slow-sexy gyrations that IMHO sells better anyhow. Dancers don't have to wait for the start of a song to get on state and once a customer signals them to come to their chair they don't have to wait until the end of a song to do so.
Stage-tipping would still be allowed but in addition when tipping the dancer she can ask if the tipper would like her to come sit with them. If they say yes then it would be the same as a gestured request.
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This one thing I like about the bunny ranch. They are sticking to their guns and doing a lineup off the bat. If you can't decide just say it's between a and b and those two should come visit you at the bar to help you make up your mind.
And that is an important distinction. The whole rationale of the strip club being an 'adult cabaret' and not just a flat-out brothel is that there is a stage performance going on.
Supposedly the Mustang ranch is moving to the hybrid approach, although I saw little evidence of it last time I was there. Definitely seems like a winner to me. Just have to get prostitution legalized in all States. (Also I knew a couple of OTC girls who bated dancing on stage and word is many escorts do, so make the stage shows optional for them, maybe charge them an extra fee as rick's used to di if they don't want to go up.)
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I think clubs who do lineups have a similar aspect, the only problem with lineups is many of the girls go back to the dressing room or back to the bar after the lineup. If it was mandatory at these times to walk around for say 2-3 songs after the lineup it could have the same effect as what you are talking about. You could grab someone you had your eye on for dances. The question then is how often do you do the lineup? Every hour ... two hours? Just my two cents.
I see the dancers actually dancing differently in this system. The stage performance becomes act one of the hustle rather than an obligation to the club. Particularly since if signaled the dancer can come straight to the customer's chair without even having to wait for the end of the song.
As I see it the system doesn't just get A dancer next to the customer it gets the right dancer next to the customer faster. That in going to result in more dances sold.
I am principally seeing this work in smaller clubs where no part of the seating area is more than say 25 feet from the stage and the sound turned down enough so that something said from the stage to a customer, like "yeah, you want me to come down there and sit on your lap, don't you?" would actually be heard.
Now I agree, the A-plus dancers who will have a guy beckoning them to come over seconds after they hit the stage will be able to do very well under this system, particularly if they can be back on the stage quickly after finishing with one customer. On the other hand the C-minus girl is going to think 'OMG I might have to appear naked on stage next to HER!' and work elsewhere. On the other hand we all know B-minus girls who bring an A-plus sexy self-confident personality to the stage. They should do fine.
Other fine-tuning thoughts. Once a dancer comes to the stage if it becomes apparent that nothing is going to shake loose they do not have to stay but can go back to the dressing room (fix makeup, change costume etc.) until they are ready to try again. Also if a customer beckons a dancer to sit with him and does not buy a private dance soon enough to the dancer's patience she is perfectly free to make a POLITE farewell and return to the stage.
A long time ago at one Deja Vu club, when they ran their flashing red night specials, the girls who didn't get a dance had to stand on stage for a "loser's" dance. Seemed pretty humiliating. The dancers that don't get picked in your scenario might feel the same way.
Lopaw, I guess we still have to do a Personal interview. I think several minutes of talk is a better way to pick a dancer for VIP Room activities. I have to see if there is some sort of chemistry. ( How I met my present ATF)
Huh? What are you a chick or something?
Reasons: I don't mind dancers coming over to me, sitting on my lap, (usually that is, not always). Plus I can get an immediate idea if she has bad bo or smells fantastic and can get rid of her immediately if she smells bad. Plus I feel like I can get a better price on lap dances if she is asking me. If I had called her over to me first, she would know I was interested. I would probably rarely get dances from unfamilar dancers if not for the hustle factor.
@inno, I still see a lot of guys just sitting there watching, whereas under the current common system they get pressured into dances. I think it's a fun idea in a way but I just don't see it as practical from a business standpoint.
But, in any case, the average was way better than anything you would find at the Olympic Gardens with it's D's and lowers, which appears to be jestie-girls taste.
I'll assume that you were trying to be clever with that, but you should have at least thrown in a smilie face or sumthin'.
With that being said - there have been a few times that a dancer was not my type physically and less than an a "5" in my book, but when she approached & we chatted abit we hit it off and she wound up offering UUUUHM in the back. So yeah - it's a valid question.
I think the dancers want to be in control of the situation, and will not relinquish the opportunity to be aloof, play hard to get or otherwise engage in meaningless stripper shit. It's the reason so many clubs generally suck. Besides, changing to the suggested method would require more organization that most strip club managers could accomplish.
@Lopaw...Nothing requires a customer to buy a dance from and dancer they have gestured to come sit with them. So if you are slightly curious about a dancer and then it turns out that their voice or conversation is grating no big deal.
@Motorhead...There is no fixed on and off times. Dancers can enter and leave in the middle of a song even. So there is no sudden moment when it is determined that the dancer has 'lost' and certainly no 'loser's dance'. If nothing is going to shake loose for a girl in a particular crowd she is the one who decides to take a break.
@mmdv26...In some respects the dancer has more control over the situation because they are not constrained by the lineup and dance rotation, and as you said, it is one of the reasons why clubs suck. As to the work of the managers it is actually far less. Under the standard systems the managers have to coordinate a dancer rotation schedule, and then be constantly changing it on the fly as events change. It is a real pain that is completely removed in this method.
@sharkhunter...asking the girl over does not obligate you to buy a dance, or even to keep her there for any period, but it does let you eliminate the ones that were unlikely to make the deal anyway.
Here's another clue. One of the old lifers you seem to be find attractive wanted to give me a handjob right out there on the floor. Maybe people are rating it that high because extras are that easy? I think people definitely skew ratings toward clubs where extras are easy with less regard to decor. But it looks like we can now add "equivocation" to your bag of disingenuity/tricks. Pea-brain.
But no prob for me. You hang around the OG when you are in Nevada and I'll stick to the mustang and bunny ranches. Have fun!
Back to the question, dancers already are subject to a lot of rejection, putting them in a line up for rejection probably wouldn't sit well with them. It is different than an AMP because there are considerably more girls for the line up,
And the "D" girls exist for people like the jestie-girl.
From your comments this weekend you are the one with trouble scoring OTC at the BSC, not me!
A club in Anaheim - California Girls - did this.
DJ announced all dancers on stage.
The 20-30 dancers all jiggled for 5 minutes.
I think the DJ also introduced each one.
Then they formed a train and customers would tap a girl they wanted for a 1 minute flash dance (for $1). Some customers kept the same girl for several minutes - at $1/minute. After 10 minutes of this - it was back to normal - stage dances - etc.
But it did result in several girls getting picked up for private dances in the dark booths at the back of the club.
Haven't seen much of that in texas.
it's a free state - girls roam wild !
Amazing she wanted to jerk you off on the floor but that's not mentioned in any other recent review. The only mention of extras in the recent reviews (or that I've seen) is in the VIP for a couple hundred at least. But no, you probably got the amazing offer of a $10 hj right out in the open! I'd say the good looking dancers hid from you, but you'd have to actually go inside for that.
Shit what do I expect you can't even decide where you found a ROB, Sapphires or Rhino. I wonder why? Cause it's all bullshit.
But seriously enjoy driving to the middle of nowhere to pay 4's a $1000 for an hour. Although since you can apparently get extra's everywhere no problem I bet that ugly old bitch that's on HBO special gave you a discount.
I knew you wouldn't be able to stay away from me, lover! Wanna have sex later?
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1. There is no DJ
2. There is no specific time this occurs, it happens all the time.
3. It is not all the dancers, just the ones ready to sell private dances now.
4. There is no parade.
5. There is no dollar mini dance.
This system may work for guys with no backbone and little money, but for those of us who can say NO and have decent money to spend on the right girl, this system would actually TAKE control away.