The other night I visited one of the local clubs, which in my mind is considered to be a semi-high class club (not a dive, but trying to be very high class place, but won't get there) I chatted up the waitress. The waitress is probably one of my favorite girls there without a doubt who is very honest. I told her about one dancer who I truly just don't like (too much hustle, no looks, and average dance). She explained to be that the girl had been hired and fired 5 times for drugs (Dispised the girl originally, hated her more now). She explained that the girl isn't well liked by most of the girls either (this was confirmed when talking with another waitress and dancer). I know the board all the time talks about her girls being fired for drugs/prostitution etc, but this is the first time I ever personally heard it confirmed.
The second shock came later that evening. As the waitress and I talked and chatted at the 2nd unused bar, which is outside the champagne rooms, I noted the line to get in (3 couples were waiting). She then preceeded to give me some dirt on each of the girls about the extras they preform. While I know extras happen, and a HJ occurs often I was surprised by these kind of services being offered. This was one of the reasons that I held this place in high regard. Just surprised. Anybody else get hit with surprises while at these places?
FONDL: The Block, as it's been described to me, sounds like a dead ringer for the way the Combat Zone was up until the late 80's. You can still find that sort of behavior in other areas in isolated clubs but there was something about the competitive atmosphere of having many clubs and many dancers competing for the same customers that made "the Zone" and, no boubt, the block, stand out.