Nickled and Dimed
jackslash
Detroit strip clubs
I just got home from my favorite strip club, where I spend a lot of money 2 or 3 times a week. I arrived at the club later than usual, a little before 4pm, and stayed till after 7pm, which is after the 6pm shift change. I know the afternoon waitress Lana, and when she asked me to buy her a drink I was glad to do so. She requested I pay my bill at 6pm, when she was leaving, and told me she would bring me a free cup of black coffee for my drive home. She left before I got my coffee, and I asked the new waitress to bring me the coffee as well as a drink for a blonde dancer I was sitting with.
When I got my second bill, it included the dancer's drink and also an $8.75 charge for the coffee. I said the coffee was supposed to be free. The new waitress went back to the bar, and returned to tell me nothing could be done. I had to pay for the coffee. I asked to see the manager. The manager came over and I told him that I spend a lot of money in the club and I did not expect to be charged for things that were supposed to be free. The manager said that the owner wanted all drinks to be billed but that he would remove the charge because he knew me.
I did not have to pay, but I am still pissed off. I don't like to be nickled and dimed. This experience makes me want to go to the club less often and spend less money. Why do strip clubs treat their best customers so shabbily?
When I got my second bill, it included the dancer's drink and also an $8.75 charge for the coffee. I said the coffee was supposed to be free. The new waitress went back to the bar, and returned to tell me nothing could be done. I had to pay for the coffee. I asked to see the manager. The manager came over and I told him that I spend a lot of money in the club and I did not expect to be charged for things that were supposed to be free. The manager said that the owner wanted all drinks to be billed but that he would remove the charge because he knew me.
I did not have to pay, but I am still pissed off. I don't like to be nickled and dimed. This experience makes me want to go to the club less often and spend less money. Why do strip clubs treat their best customers so shabbily?
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The next day at 1:30 I end up back in the same club and in the same seat against the wall. I ordered the very same thing as the night before and the waitress says the manager has told her the club will no longer serve anyone a glass of water! I can buy a bottle if I want water but cannot have a glass of water!
My argument that I sat in the same seat last night and had no trouble being served a glass of water along with my drink, fell on deaf ears. When she returned she had my drink and what looked like a glass of water. Well that turned out to be a mixed drink for someone else.
When she came back by I flagged her down and tried once again to get a glass of water. When she said she feared for her job I requested she tell the manager this: "I am a regular customer here and walked in today planning on spending more than a few hours and up to $600 so I would like a glass of water. Otherwise, I will be leaving soon."
You can guess how it ended, I was in my way as soon as I finished my drink. Dumb ass strip club managers are just fucking clueless.
Casinos do it right. They comp their best customers most everything because they know they will make it back in the money that person will spend at the tables.
I still hold fast to the belief that if it weren't for nepotism, most strip club managers & GM's would be serving fries at MickeyD's.
T ain't a BLT. She refused the manager refused so they took the sandwich back and got nothing and the guy walked out mad. What did this guy miss out on in manager 101 ? Dumb Fuck ! Take the cash !
This was the case at my old fav club, some kind of health rule supposedly. The bartender could give dancers glasses of water, but customers had to buy bottled water. After I got to be a regular there tho my fav bartender would bring me a free glass of water.
One day after she brought me a glass of water a guy at the bar asked for one too. She brought him a bottled water & charged him $4. The guy gave me a "wtf" look. I just shrugged, lol
Just plain old simple STUPIDITY.
Just because they can and we keep coming seems to be the correct answer.
That actually makes some sense. Have you ever *seen* how strip clubs "wash" their glasses? I guess that works OK when serving alcohol, 'cause it kills the germs, but water?
I order bottled water all the time anyway.
Where in most business; proprietors try to offer the most goods or service for the client’s money; in bizarro SC world it’s the opposite with SCs opting for offering the least amount of goods and services for a client’s money.
But it is what it is – I would imagine that in SCs a H.S. diploma is considered an advanced degree.
I order bottled water all the time anyway …â€
I think that would be the case in most establishments even if they are not SCs – that is why I always ask for a straw when ordering water which is usually what I drink when I eat out.
Casino pit bosses have years of experience as dealers and have support staff to show them the ropes. They are paid quite well. Casino managers you are looking at a often 2 decades and a very well trained employee. Strip club managers make little money and often are promoted from bouncer with almost no support.
You get what you pay for when it comes to staff.