"Fuck You, Pay Me"

That's the first page in Founder's book, first sentence.

I can think of 2 times that strippers told me that money had slipped out of my pockets onto the floor during a dance. Another time my wallet was missing, and she searched the couch crevasses of the VIP room to find it, and returned it to me without taking anything. Sure, some are hard asses who look down on customers, and I have been quoted a dance $5 above the posted price - but I think most understand that we work for our money too, and are not looking to outright fleece us.

Thank you, Lurker, for a less cynical perspective on strippers' motivations than that posted by the OP. Strippers have *often* pointed out money that has fallen out of my pocket, especially in the VIP room. Of course they're pointing out ten or twenty dollars when they're about to get two hundred, but still . . .

We have a tendency to put all strippers into the same category. But not all of them have the same predatory motivations.

Just like not all PL's are rude obnoxious jerks.

We shouldn't generalize.

I actually appreciate my customers. My "fuck you, pay me" sentiments are only reserved for the disrespectful pervy pricks.

Money is the motive, but I've gained true friendships with many customers.

If I got that vibe from any of my stripper friends I'd ditch them quicker than you can shake a stick. Nearly all of the girls that I am regular with or hang out with are much more appreciative and most treat me exactly the way I treat them

Responses miss the point. All I'm saying is that dancers are in it for the money and only ever the money (and I'm not judging them for that). Just because one points out a couple bills you dropped doesn't negate that. It just means that dancer isn't shortsighted enough to risk a long-term customer for $40 that day.

If the point is that someone doing a job - is doing the job to make money - then more than strippers are going to be lumped into that category...

^^^That makes very little sense, if you think it through logically.
Most people work for their money, not only strippers, and many are ethical, that isn't a big secret.I know strippers that volunteer, at a homeless shelter, I have seen a cashier in Walmart run to hand back money to a shopper who dropped a bunch of bills from her wallet and didn't notice it, I have had a stripper buy me lunch, just because she liked me as a customer.
You need to work on that, it seems a bit paranoid to say the least.

No, our responses don't miss the point. You expressed utter cynicism about strippers and their motives and many of us are calling you out on it. Of *course* strippers are working in a strip club to make money, but that doesn't mean that they never have feelings for customers or that they're predators or that everything they say translates to "Fuck you, pay me!".

Damn, dude! If my attitude toward strippers were as bitter and cynical as yours, I would find another hobby.

It pretty much is fuck you pay me most of the time. Maybe the fuck you part isn't true unless you're an asshole but the pay me part is probably all their thinking most of the time. Then again that's all I think about too.

^^^^ Agreed mister master of Chess!

Strippers have their base motivations. But, if we're being honest, we have ours, and ours are in no way more noble than theirs. The secret to having a fun time in a strip club is learning how to take care of our base motivations (on both sides) and also get along.

I'm pretty cynical about dancers, especially in the beginning. But I'm open to be proven wrong on a dancer-by-dancer basis. I wouldn't go to strip clubs if I honestly thought I was disliked by default just by walking through the door.

If they are with me they think "Wow! What a RICH STUD."
If they are with RickyBoy they think "Wow! What a DUMB FAG."