Lap dances on credit
chitownlawyer
Florida
Saturday, December 3, 2005 5:32 AM
I had an experience the other night at a PT's club that I think has left me pissed off. I went into the private area with a dancer. She told me I could get one dance for $40, or 3/$100. I said that I would get one dance and see how it went. She said she needed the money up front, and I gave her two 20s. About halfway into the dance, I told her I was going to get three (meaning I would end up paying her another $60.). She then stopped dancing in the middle of the song and insisted that I get her the rest of the money then and there. She had the good graces to apologize, but said that it was "policy."
I later got a dance from another girl. I knew I was going to get three dances from her, and reached over to the hook in the booth where my jacket was hanging, to get the money. She said, "no, that's OK, you can give it to me when we are done." So, it was obviously not "policy" that the customer must pay first, or at least not an inflexible policy.
So, what's the deal with dancer no. 1? On one hand, I feel insulted, because I have certainly never stiffed a dancer (in fact, a dancer friend of mine thinks I grossly overpay). On the other hand, the dancer didn't know me from Adam, and I didn't expect her to call Experion and get my credit score.
This was the first time in ten years I have ever been asked for the money upfront (not once, but twice, by the same dancer). Is it most people's experience that you have to pay first, or that payment comes at the end?
I have to say, as easy a mark as I am, I don't tip at these prices, particularly not when I am used to $10 laps at Favorite Club.
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