Bringing your cash into a club.
Joe from NJ
New York
I always worry about being removed from my money at a club, so I always spread it out. I never carry a money wallet anyway, just a money clip. I leave the phone in the car. Many clubs will not let you bring in a phone anyway.
This may seem "weird" or excessive but I have never been ripped in a club (I have probably now junks myself).
I spread my money around. First of all I decide how much money I want to bring in the club first, I leave the rest in the car, somewhere not that obvious like the glove compartment, but under the mat for the rear seats, etc. You can always go out for more; any door man will let you go get more money.
The rest I distribute around my body. I start with a couple of $50s in my right sock and a bunch of $20s in my left sock. I usually wear crew socks, and the money goes on the inside. It may feel funny at first, but one quickly forgets about.
Then spread money around. Right pocket gets the moneyclip with the $20s. Left pocket gets many $1s. I use a large paperclip (the triangular type) for the $1s (and 5/10s). I am usually in a pair of khaki pants, with deep pockets.
In my left rear pocket I put $5s & $10, which I use for drink orders, with the change (usually in $1s) going into my right front pocket.
The left rear is reserved for the driver's license, if required. I usually go in without one, and occasionally have to go out to the car for it. I don't want that to get ripped off either. Never bring in a credit card.
This may sound like a strange system. But I am very use to it, so I know exactly where to go for a particular purpose.
I go the the restroom to retrieve sock money, or if the club is dark enough, bend down "to pick up my napkin".
There is a added benefit by having only some money in the moneyclip that I pay the dancers with. So they see only a modest bankroll, and not take you for a "high roller" to remove you from much money. You show that you are good for the next dances, but don't try to talk me in the $300 VIP room.
So if I am stolen from, I have minimized my losses.
What do you guys do to protect yourself?
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I have never been ripped off and I have been in many low end clubs. However, I don't drink that much and I think that may be a factor.
Whatever the fuck that is...
Secondly, dude, are you one of those guys who gets out of his car, locks it, then has to go back 5 times and do things in the exact same order to check if it's all locked or else he has a panic attack?
Really, you need to lighten up. Nobody is going to steal your money.
Well, maybe in Jersey, but in the rest of the US it's really not a problem. And I go to clubs in South Central LA, and I've never been robbed.
Keeping money in my car would also not work for me because most of my regular clubs have valet parking.
I keep all my cash in my wallet, in the front pocket where I (and the strippers) can feel the bulge. The wallet only comes out when I part with some cash.
Live and learn.
I had a very expensive lesson about this in a dark American SC where I mistook benjies for washingtons.
Anywhere else in the world I keep my wad in one pocket; no special contorted security procedures. I no longer bring my wallet with me into the club after having a Toronto dancer once attempt to pick my pocket.
I've found the biggest risk to my cash comes from the bartender or waitresses shortchanging me versus being pickpocket or even being overcharged by a dancer.
Never take my wallet into a club. I leave it in the car along with my belt and phone. I use a small leather business card wallet/holder for my ID and all the cash I plan on spending. This fits neatly in my shirt pocket or any pants pocket I may want to put it in.
And based on past experience I now will not count money to pay a dancer unless I can see well enough to not mistake 100s for 20s. I can't afford that kind of mistake.
I would agree if you have to separate all of your cash like that to be safe maybe you should find a different club to go to.
I can't recall even putting money in a sock...
But a thieve is a thieve and thieves will always pounce on an opportunity.
Most SCers haven’t gotten pickpocketed b/c most dancers are not pickpocketers IMO.
But one should always take precaution in the unlikely event one runs into a pickpocketer dancer.
I got pickpocketed while visiting a black dive in Houston in March of this year (wrote a review about it). In this particular case, having my small denominations in one pocket and my high denominations in another, mostly for convenience, caused me to lose about $15 dollars I had in one pocket vs. the $300 I had in the other. The ROB couldn’t get to the $300 b/c she was actually on my lap and sitting on the side where the $300 where.
As others have mentioned in other threads – when there is alcohol, sex, and $$$, involved; extra care may be in order.