Let it go - or piss you off ?
Papi_Chulo
Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)
From a recent review of "35 Club" in NJ:
"... I know I know - why am I talking about the waitress instead of the strippers? A little bit of venting for sure but also to serve as fair warning. Read on my friends to avoid the pitfalls.
Bored on a Tuesday night and nothing much going so I decided to venture out here. $20 cover on a Tuesday after midnight is crazy, but I was already there so I paid and went in. It's BYOB but that was fine since I was okay sticking with water. Had a really cute stripper approach and help me track down *the waitress* so I could get a bottle of water. I give the waitress $5 for the water and a $1 tip. She extends her arm out and demands (seriously, she actually demanded) that I give her a bigger tip. I give her a look but give her the extra $1 because what the hell, maybe it's really really good water (only average).
Get back to talking with the cute stripper, grab a dance ($30 for 5 minutes) and hang out for a little bit. Couple of guys who had brought beer were nice enough to give me one and I'm having a decently good time until that point. I go up to *the waitress* and ask her for singles. I give her $20 and she counts out 16 dollar bills and hands them to me. Then looks me straight in the eye and says - the rest of the $4 is my tip. Dead ass fam. That is what she said. I'm at a loss for words at this point. I've gone to many strip clubs and gotten the hustle from many girls but this was just straight up robbery. Suffice it to say that soured my experience there.
The strippers were all pretty chill and nobody was super pushy. Not too many people so it was a pretty laid back vibe. I stuck around for a little bit longer and tipped at the stage but didn't get any more lap dances. So fair warning - if you go here don't get change from *the waitress* - go to the door lady or someone else. Otherwise risk that 20% tax ..."
https://www.tuscl.net/?page=rev&id=32005…
"... I know I know - why am I talking about the waitress instead of the strippers? A little bit of venting for sure but also to serve as fair warning. Read on my friends to avoid the pitfalls.
Bored on a Tuesday night and nothing much going so I decided to venture out here. $20 cover on a Tuesday after midnight is crazy, but I was already there so I paid and went in. It's BYOB but that was fine since I was okay sticking with water. Had a really cute stripper approach and help me track down *the waitress* so I could get a bottle of water. I give the waitress $5 for the water and a $1 tip. She extends her arm out and demands (seriously, she actually demanded) that I give her a bigger tip. I give her a look but give her the extra $1 because what the hell, maybe it's really really good water (only average).
Get back to talking with the cute stripper, grab a dance ($30 for 5 minutes) and hang out for a little bit. Couple of guys who had brought beer were nice enough to give me one and I'm having a decently good time until that point. I go up to *the waitress* and ask her for singles. I give her $20 and she counts out 16 dollar bills and hands them to me. Then looks me straight in the eye and says - the rest of the $4 is my tip. Dead ass fam. That is what she said. I'm at a loss for words at this point. I've gone to many strip clubs and gotten the hustle from many girls but this was just straight up robbery. Suffice it to say that soured my experience there.
The strippers were all pretty chill and nobody was super pushy. Not too many people so it was a pretty laid back vibe. I stuck around for a little bit longer and tipped at the stage but didn't get any more lap dances. So fair warning - if you go here don't get change from *the waitress* - go to the door lady or someone else. Otherwise risk that 20% tax ..."
https://www.tuscl.net/?page=rev&id=32005…
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On weekends or most any busy night they charge for parking, entrance, cell phone and have mandatory drinks. if you BYO they charge you for BYO and then for each one they fetch. They demand tips. They charge you more for where you sit. if you aren't tipping every dancer as much as they think you should you are told to move to other seats and then you have to pay more.
They have a swingers club upstairs and I've have gone to club 35 with a female companion. She was into women but not into swinging. They suggested we pay more to get into the swingers club so we could get into the club for free. They suggested it several times to the point of being annoying I will say the swingers were always cool. Once they knew she was uninterested we left alone.
So why do I put up with it? I don't any more. I only did because my favorite club doesn't permit women and I was with a lady that wanted to go to a strip club. I think if she had realized how they picked my pocket, she'd have stopped going.
The club sounds like a $ pit, one to where if you arent spending big $$$ gtfo. The staff probably all has their hands out expecting to be greased for providing little to no service. I probably wouldve been pissed enough to call her out of her name and probably get a manager but the manager probably would not care to rectify the issue.
Instead of going to a manager, the next time around I would have offered $2 to other staff if they would give me change for a 20 or whatever. If it's a club you ever plan to visit again, going confrontational with the staff generally isn't worth it.
There was a local spot where I lived several years ago that charged ten percent. It was a clear policy, though; and I probably could've talked the owner down from that. Ate it one time, though; and after that I never went to a club without change again. To this day, it's the only reason I set foot inside a bank.
Usually club staff are helpful in making change - to assist in feeding the dollar parade. It’s smart - as it goes back to the club as they get a cut anyway.
Or tell her just give me the $20 back. Which she wouldn't likely do. Worse case mess up something on the sly that will cost them a hell of lot more than $4 to fix!