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The Square Above Charlie Weaver
I was at a midscale steak restaurant (a $30/per person plus drinks place) and recognized my waitress as a girl I had VIP'd with at a strip club about 6 months before. We discreetly talked and she is still stripping there, but only two days a week. She invited me to come in and VIP with her again.
I didn't discuss it with her, but why would she waitress instead of strip on a given night? Surely an extras girl would make more money stripping than waiting tables even on a slow night. From what I know, she is single with no kids to support. I dunno, maybe for health insurance? Thoughts?
I didn't discuss it with her, but why would she waitress instead of strip on a given night? Surely an extras girl would make more money stripping than waiting tables even on a slow night. From what I know, she is single with no kids to support. I dunno, maybe for health insurance? Thoughts?
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Others may be trying to ween themselves off of stripping.
Several Vegas dancer I have talk to have legit job at times so they do not have suspicious empty spot on their resume.
It could be to have some legit employment for tax purposes. If they have some on the books income, they could claim to live frugally. With no income you get into that no visible means of support area. Also let's them get Social Security credits, as if a stripper thinks that far in advance.
I had a stripper friend that worked weekends in a big city, and one weekend she'd clear 5 grand, the very next weekend she'd be in the hole because she didn't even make enough to cover her dancing fees.
Think of stripper for her as overtime. She covers all her basic bills with the waitress gig, whatever she makes stripping is bonus money. Probably not the case but it's a good theory isn't it?!?!?!
That said, serrano's comment might be the explanation. Or the desire to have some income for the IRS to see. The strip club income could then be something that goes under the table.
She might also find the strip club a bit overpowering and only want so much of it.
She said she started stripping part time to buy a car and help with debts and has not stopped.
I actually believed her not that it mattered as she was quite hot and carried her end of the conversation.
A few months after I last saw her at the club, I attended a suburban university graduation ceremony on the far side of Chicago many miles from the club, where I watched "my" older stripper receive her doctorate. The Dean of her college announced she also was moving from "instructor" to Assistant Professor. During the reception after the ceremony, she walked up to the group I was with and greeted a mutual friend - then turned very white as she recognized me. I "introduced" myself and asked some dumb question about her dissertation - which gave her time to calm down. Other than a quiet, "Thank you" we really didn't speak. And, unfortunately, I haven't seen her since.
I learned then not dismiss completely everything a stripper says, but I also learned not to every totally believe anything a stripper claims. Just like anyone else, strippers will tell half truths and slide around questions they don't want to answer. I also learned some women will work hard to accomplish goals, whether the goal is enough lap dance cash payments for the next hit of Oxy or Meth, or enough money to pay this month's student loan installment.
I met a dancer in Dallas that got a law degree while she was dancing. I saw here in a business setting and we both went through the same "introductions." She saw me at a restaurant a few weeks later and thanked me for being cool in that setting. I congratulated her on her new job and wished her well.