Fixing crappy management
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Have any of you guys or gals, for that matter ever suggested to any of the managers that they read the reviews on this site or any of the others like this one. The reason I'm asking because over the last few months I have noticed that the clubs in my area have been generally deteriorating and I don't just mean mileage. I'm talking about charging different cover costs than posted, I'm noticing inconsistent drink prices and little things about customer service going downhill. The few times I have suggested to managers that they read some of the reviews and comments on this site I got the impression that other than SW they had no idea that there were any other websites or discussion boards out there. If I was a club owner I would require that my managers read some of these postings especially the ones reviewing the club they are at and the others in the local area. As a club owner this would be a great resource and if some of the criticisms were addressed they would see both revenue and profits rise considerably. what do you mongers think should we be informing them about this website>
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They also often have reasons for doing some of the things that they do, even if it pisses off some customers. For example, some clubs jam the music up due to some study that showed that loud music leads people to drink more. Now we may suspect that this is counterbalanced by the people who do not go because of it, but who knows who is right on that one.
Idk. There are usually enough club options in most areas that I just go to another club if I am that turned off by something.
Managers know everything, that's why they're (their/there?) managers. Or so they think anyway.
I would think day shift managers would be more responsive to customer feedback since days are more regulars driven. Nights belong to casual customers who it's more about maximizing revenue quickly than repeat business.
I think some of them may know about TUSCL but may not necessarily take the time to keep up with reviews of their clubs and even less of nearby clubs.
I still think there is a chance the info on reviews may get back to them either by a custy mentioning to them or dancers that lurk on here.
The black clubs I go to are often notorious for cutting songs short even at 30 seconds which really pissed me off and I would complain about this in many reviews I wrote (and I write a lot of reviews) – the song-cutting shit is a lot less common these days and I doubt it was from club owners/managers reading my reviews but perhaps.
At the very least mentioning the downsides in a review exposes other custies to the info and this may cause custies to frequent less thus perhaps getting management's attention or more custies may start bringing it up to management and this may have an affect if enough people complain.
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most of the owners/managers I've met really don't care about making the most of their clubs. They're just hoping some combination of drinks and titties will pay the bills.Hey, if they have decent Friday and Saturday nights, are able to pay their bills and pocket some money, they're pretty satisfied. They'll watch a fortune walk out the door and down the street before they pursue it. As noted before, they aren't hobbyists like us or even casual clubbers. They're just looking to invest in the SC concept and make some bucks while hoping to keep their clubs out of the headlines.
You hit the nail on the head... After being involved with bar managers, restaurant managers, night club managers, and strip club managers (and we are talking strictly management - as in non-owners) the strip club managers always seems to be the laziest and in a lot of cases the seediest of the entire group. I have met some good guys over the years, but they are a rarity.
THAT SAID, I had an acquaintance who had partial ownership in a strip club once, back before Deja Vu took over all the clubs around here. Talking to him gave me an entirely new perspective. He could explain what seemed like retarded management decisions to me, and he could explain to me why what I thought were my brilliant suggestions would go down in flames. In short, just like we customers say "the girls sit around on their phones because strippers are lazy & unmotivated" and SW says "the girls sit on the phones because we're all sales geniuses who have done an ocular-based customer qualification process and know for a fact no guys are buying", but the actual truth often lies someone in between ... I'll gently suggest that there are decisions strip club managers make that would make more sense if we had the same inside info they do, and some suggestions that we think are obvious that again, strip club managers have more insight (and sometimes actual experience) into why those suggestions don't work.
To keep silent, then go home and post your complaint online, saying "in case anyone from management is reading this" is a lame move and doesn't accomplish anything.
I think he was saying that people who review his club don't know what they're talking about. That's kinda sad all the same, though. I think of this particular club owner as a good owner who will explain why things are a certain way. He's not like the owner of what used to be my favorite club, who essentially had his head way up his ass and now basically lost all his customers.