Do I cut this PL? (Long.. sorry)
Bj99
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So, most of my customers overwhelmingly prefer me, or maybe have one other girl they like. It’s not that all customers prefer me, or I don’t like to share, but I am more likely to get to the ones I know are going to get dances from me, and I can get pretty busy. This guy come in early, so he can be a little pickier. He usually get dances from me, but occasionally has told me that he’s there to see another girl. I don’t mind. I just don’t rush over to him, if I have other customers in the club. That said, he is always adamant that I’m a favorite and that he wants me to always come over. Sometimes he flags me down, or goes to the stage and asks for me.
Today, I was sitting in the booth off to the side where dancers tend to sit, when it’s slow. He walked in and came right over and sat next to me. He was telling me how he was really hoping I’d be available, and that he sometimes gets into a girl, but he’s always into me. Another girl came up to him, and kinda dismissed me. She was saying how she hadn’t seen him for weeks and was acting like he’s her regular. She said the dj told her he was waiting on her. I felt really embarrassed (I’m not aggressive, and I hate to be in awkward situations), so I said “oh, I didn’t know. I’ll let you guys hang out.” She said “thank you!” And I got up and left. He was saying something, but I felt so panicked. I just went and sat at another table (at least those guys bought dances, so I felt a little less stupid).
Anyways, the customer went and got dances w her. When I talked to the dj before my set, I asked him ab it, and he said he hadn’t even talked to that girl today (so the dj didn’t tell her the customer was waiting for her). While I was on stage, the customer came up and tipped me 20. He said he didn’t know what happed and he didn’t have an appointment w that girl. I told him I was just really embarrassed and felt awkward. He seemed sorry, but I hate feel awkward so much).
Okay, so do I cut him? He’s been a long time customer, and all of the girls love him, and he gets dances from pretty much anyone who sits w him, which is nice really. He did come tip me 20 and apologize and try to explain. On the other hand, he got dances w her and no one forced him. I tend to cut customers who let girls act stupid, bc I really try to never behave that way myself, and I like to punish the customers who let girls be rude (just being real here).
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Being that he came back to you with a tip of $20 says alot. I could see if y'all had arranged for that day/night then that would have been a diss to you, but in my opinion he just in the moment wanted to try something else.
But I hear things like, I'm living with so and so now...because the bf hit me for the 2nd time...and she's mentioned this twice...
anyway sorry to interject my shit in there...give this guy another chance and talk with him, that's my 2 cents.
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to me every single visit to the SC is a new day / new canvas. i try to give all dancers a fresh start every time i go.
I’d give him another chance.
My thought is that you should choose between your dignity and your bank account. And then don’t second guess the choice. I don’t think either choice would be wrong. You’ve stripped for assholes before and put up with both customer and stripper bullshit before. You’ve also told people to fuck off before, sweetly or directly. Think about it overnight and then go with your gut.
You talk about awkward situations, and I'm sure it was just as awkward for him as it was for you. Neither one of yall obviously handle confrontation well, but at least he had the awareness to come and try to make it up to you. I say give him some slack. But maybe that's just me.
@ skibum, I know you wouldn’t let a girl be so disrespectful.
I have to admit that I didn’t stick around to see how he would handle it, and I immediately went to another table.. he still should have dismissed her, but I guess he does care how girls treat him. :P I’ll prolly talk to him ab it, if he approaches me again, and not go out of my way to get to him otherwise.
@ huntsman, I honestly think having some dignity, and respect, earns me some of the best customers. I just don’t want to be spiteful or over sensitive either.
@ shadowcat.. right??! What a stupid bitch. She’ll try that shit on the wrong girl sooner or later.
next time you see that guy just go up to him, start all over as new and forget about that situation. waste of time and energy to remain upset over shit.
Now, the lying bitch in question... call it disorientation, drink, or whatever, but you missed one crucial bit - he sat with -you-. Personally, I'd blackball a dancer for pulling a stunt like that, but keep in mind - he might have problems with being assertive as well.
Ultimately, I think there's three places to blame - the PL, for not sticking with you when he wanted to at least hang out with you; the dancer who came up, for being a liar; and yourself, for not catching that you got played (as someone who often lacks situational awareness, I fully understand this by the way.)
tl;dr: Don't cut him, at least not without giving him another chance. Seems like he's one of those "good customers," especially since he dropped you a $20 - if he's as much of a regular as you implied, you'd just be losing a potential good income stream for a single incident.
@ anon. You are absolutely right. I should have ignored her and looked at him and asked what he wanted. My issue isn’t so much w him, but w him causing me difficulty with other girls. I drop customers all of the time, if they do something wrong. He didn’t do anything that wrong. He just didn’t do it right, but then neither did I.
My thought exactly - you didn't give him much of a choice and kinda bailed on him; he didn't bail on you - so you left him at the mercy of the hyena
I can understand not wanting drama; but again you didn't even give him a chance to choose by immediately bailing - it can even come across as you not wanting to be with him that day and were handing him off (not saying you felt that way but can be interpreted that way).
You don't have to get in a confrontation w/ another dancer; but if you were already sitting there; then you should have stayed-put and at least give him a chance to choose - both her and the guy came over to you, but you were the first to bail.
Yes, she was more cheetah than lioness. Should have at least been a leopardess and stood her ground against a lone hyena. Love that analogy. A little crude, but it really is like that.
@ Dirk, I do expect customers to speak for themselves if a girl does something like that. I really thought he’d set me up by coming and sitting w me, when he had an appointment w her, or was “seeing” her.
But several dancers do. Some get desperate enough to break the dancer-code. (Survival. That bitch really needed money).
Next time in a similar situation, if you decide to fight it - it won't be for money, but for putting that bitch in place.
In practicality, I'd not sweat the small stuff - you went to work that day to make money while staying out of trouble.
(There are fights worth fighting, but not this one)
I'd definitely not punish the customer by cutting him off, though he does not get the "most favored status".
Keep in mind - many customers get their senses numbed seeing lots and lots of beautiful naked women.
Two women fighting for a man! This doesn't happen in real life. Not for strip club customers (except maybe Skibum)
So i don't know what exactly you expect a random PL to say in that situation. But i would have probably just sat there (even if i was probably thinking "What are you doing?" like in the above encounter), and i would have expected you to sit there as we were there first, until some question relating to some action was asked by somebody. I mean just the "DJ say you were waiting for me." ? Uh, okay. So? That would be generally a confusing statement to any PL that actually didn't do it. Maybe you expected him to call her out and say i don't remember talking to the DJ. But he could have been slow, or maybe he didn't feel like putting her on the spot if he had previous favorable experiences with her. But i bet he didn't expect you to just up and leave while you were assuming/imagining the worst.
Is that really a thing though? Do PLs "set up" other dancers to fail miserably or embarrass themselves? That would be an incredibly douchy thing to do and not something i expect in general from anyone. But from the PL side, i tend to give strippers the benefit of the doubt regarding intent. That is i don't think the worst of them first. Foolish? Maybe. But that doesn't mean that i'll spend large amounts of money without doing my due diligence first though. Now if I was a stripper, no way in hell would i trust another random stripper. They seem to be their worst own enemies. I've seen so many strippers fired or quit because of some other jealous stripper.
To me it sounds like you (and to a degree the PL) got played badly by the other girl.
@ Paul. I wish he’d told her that she was rude to interrupt him w another girl, and refused dances w her today. And gotten them w any other girl. I don’t expect him to defend me, or go chase me down, but he didn’t have to reward her.
She's a ruthess liar and a cheat. If she ever tries that crap on you again, I'd call her on it, and I'd bet that every other dancer in the place as well as management would have your back!
When I was a less experienced & not TUSCLarly educated SCer, I would let dancers do as they please even if it wasn't something I agreed with - these days as a confident SCer knowing the SCs well, I won't let dancers get away with things such as barging in when I'm with another dancer b/c it is up to the custy to choose - I think another dancer barging-in is rude mostly to the dancer I'm with and I correct the situation, but I probably would not have done that as a less experienced SCer.
As a quiet, reserved guy, I used to be the same way in the club, but after being on TUSCL I have learned how to turn away an aggressive dancer.
Maybe you should tell him about TUSCL.
He needs some assertiveness training but if you like this guy as a customer, your call should have been to ask him if that was what he wanted it might have given him something to grab on to, rather than him thinking you don’t care one way or the other.
Hard to say positively because I’m more of an aggressive type but maybe he just lacks confidence.
Yes. 3 ways - Long, hard, & deep.
BTW, it was Jefferson, not Jackson.
If no, I don’t see anything wrong with what this guy did.
It’s a strip club, not a dating site (well, maybe it is for some of us PLs).
Nobody “owns” anyone, dancer or customer.
I used to get so annoyed when I’d go to a club and get “claimed” by a dancer. So much so that the other dancers would not approach me because a dancer had laid claim to me. I even had to start going to different clubs for months at a time and wait for the inevitable stripper turnover at my favorite clubs, just so I could meet new girls.
That being said, what the girl did wasn’t right. She’s obviously cut throat and most girls have more edicate when a dancer is sitting with a customer.
Well liked appears to not equate to being a good spender. That’s a negative.
Not stepping in and saying that he’s speaking with you - is a sign of disrespect. That’s another negative.
The lies the dancer told were inappropriate, and shouldn’t be tolerated. But, that’s not the issue with the customer.
I would have handled it differently, but I wasn’t there. Some dancers cause me to focus on them - either by their confidence, their incredible body, or just by their beauty. If I was chatting with you, I’d definitely not want to be interrupted. A dancer butting in would barely get noticed. I don’t like rude and pushy dancers either - so the other dancer would have been brushed aside quickly.
However, I’m not a nice guy. Definitely not a sweet clubbing guy. I know what I want, and I don’t want to be interrupted when I see the girl I want. And I’m sure you would be “the girl”
But either way, why would you "cut" anybody that might pay you on any given day/night? Seriously now, this sounds more like a PL concept than one I would normally see espoused by a dancer. On any given day, I'm assuming that you allocate your time based upon what you believe is in your best economic interests. Why would that change? I could understand if you decided that he is no longer worth ditching another prospect for. But on slow days/nights with few immediate prospects, or if he actively tries to get you over so that he can pay you, why would you not try to take his $$ from him?
Now as far as the dancer who came over and conned you into walking away, that is another matter entirely.
I kinda also think he must tell all of the girls they are his favorites, bc girls rarely interrupt when I’m talking to a customer, but it’s happend a few other times w him.
That interaction got in my head a little. Girls who are ruthless become closed off, and unhappy, and it shows. It winds up affecting their money in the long run.
I’m also glad flagooner fessed up. I was thinking your thread was about me until he admitted it. And I have to agree with Flag. She was a solid 9 and in her twenties so did you really expect either flag or I to stay with you? I also originally thought your story was a little confused with all the wine you were drinking because I didn’t even bother to tip you later.
I get that you are being snarky, but anyone in sales knows that some customers just aren’t worth the problems they cause.
And, if you treat them well, word spreads quickly among dancers. They look out for each other.
In my experience, this atmosphere is pretty rare. I go there almost as a cleansing experience after visits to high hustle clubs.
How is he supposed to know if you did or didn't have a signal with her to help you get away from him? Your job is to make him feel special. In slinking away meekly, you failed him in this regard. He may have accurately interpreted your weakness as indifference -- you didn't care enough about him to stand your ground. He is not your boyfriend. He owes you no loyalty to ditch the other bitch -- he is the customer. As far as I am concerned, his tipping you $20 is way, way above and beyond what is necessary.
It may sound harsh, but I would say you need to grow up and grow a pair and defend your station. It isn't catty. it isn't snarky. It is business. Same shit happens in department stores when one clerk rings up a sale cultivated by another associate. If they all receive commission, then it is called stealing.
Look, there are only bullies and victims. Which you gonna be??? If you cannot find a way to pleasantly defend your territory, you may face a lifetime of being taken advantage of. Consider this an opportunity to improve yourself and make yourself happy, first.
If I were you, I would nip that shit in the bud and let your co-worker know you won't tolerate what she did to you. What SHE did to YOU!
She played you by claiming the DJ said the customer was waiting on her. As to the customer, it sounds like he is wishy washy with you and all strippers. I wouldn't drop him, but I also would no longer rely on his word. Next time you sit with him, I would simply ask him if he's really sure that he wants you and not anyone else...
By your own admission, you left while he was saying something, which *might* have been a “huh?” or even something on the order of “WTF are you talking about, bitch” to thenother girl, if he were more assertive.
When you got up and immediately sat with someone else, he might have assumed you were pissed, and if he’s the non-assertive type you portray, he wasn’t going to go to someone else’s table to get you back.
Now, he absolutely should have smacked (figuratively) the other girl down for her behavior. At the *very* least, told her no thanks. But if he though you were pissed, he might have decided to salvage what he could, especially if the other girl was one he’d seen, or wanted to see, before.
Of course, the bulk of the blame lies with the cunt who just up and tried to cut you out.
You might want to gently explain to him that he’s free to call the girls out on their asshole behavior when something like that happens.
I'd just stop giving him any preferential treatment and not approach him.
If he approaches you and asks for a dance, why not do it? No reason to throw away easy money.
If he just wants to join you for company or asks why you aren't giving him the attention he is used to, here's a novel idea... take that opportunity to tell him.
If he makes a noticeable effort to get back in your good graces, give him a chance. If not, just let him be and move on.
I'm for giving people a second chance. I have to realize that not everyone can live to the icredibly high standards I attain. But I don't give too much slack because I don't like to be made to look like the fool.
The next time I was in, I apologized to dancer #1. She said it was no big deal, but she clearly remembered the incident, so it registered with her.
On the spectrum of shitty treatment, what he did barely registers. Both you and the PL enabled that dancer's bad behavior: you ran away immediately and he bought dances.
The way the other dancer acted might be a base way of claiming her prey?
Your reaction - or lack of action - says that he wasn’t worth speaking up. You knew of his habits and you knew of his $$$, and he wasn’t worth the effort.
Sometimes a lack of action says just as much as an action. But either way, he doesn’t seem worth it.
If he was MY regular, I wouldn’t have left, but he isn’t anyone’s regular. I think my main thing is that I thought maybe he did want me to leave, and I didn’t want to risk forcing him to spend time w me, and being where I wasn’t wanted. Or for him to send me away, when she had been so brazen. It was an embarrassing and awkward situation for me, and not worth the money.
I really don’t know if I should have stayed put. Im the type who pulls over when someone is tailgating me, so that they can get their ticket. As far as she goes, her behavior won’t work well for her. She’s only been there for two months, and lots of dramatic girls don’t make it six.
@ flag. That’s what I’ll do. Put him on the back burner (which is what he pays for, and deserves, and maybe wants), not the BBBJ. ;)
@OP...the "something" he is giving the dancers is money $$. i tell hoes all sorts of crazy shit like, "I'm in love with you," "you should have my baby," but the the words they understand most is money. but, i completely understand that some hoes cant play that game because they are straight shooters.
Fuck you
1. It doesn’t make sense to go with the Tuscl hive mind if everything inside you is saying this is not who you are or what you want out of it.
2. Keeping men like this around WILL make you jaded, closed off emotionally, and unfeminine.
3. There is something to be said for traditional gender roles. It’s emotionally healthy! :)
Nothing needs to be so final in any stripclub interaction. You could use "light hearted" humor the next time to define whether the next interaction will produce the same result. The gain for the OP is that this customer's money would probably go to you and the interaction with him isn't complicated by him being too demanding of you. Play the game anyway you wish, but "easy money" is not to be avoided by his failure to commit. Be a better sales person and don't get butt hurt by the insignificant!
80 is not enough to act thirsty and have girls wanting to get dances from this PL. i think you dont chase, and you probably dont have to. thats what he wants, he took a jab at your ego. he knows the pecking order and caught you off guard by getting dances by other dancer. he left an impression, as they say.
I think the other dancers actions show that she was almost desperate, and considering your description of the customer, he’s not a good spender.
When he was with you he should tell other dancer whoever approaches him that he is with some other dancer and cannot take dances with other girls.It was his mistake.
Make whatever choice makes you happiest / least annoyed / least stressed. He's not a big enough spender for you to alter however the hell you feel like treating him moving forward.
There may be more to the story for the other dancer to just think she can get a custy by actually lying to his face - the strip-club world too-often revolves around innuendos and thus misunderstandings often happen; as well as outright unethical strip-club behavior - it's all part of the strip-club ball of wax and why it's often best to just be direct while doing it politely..
Perhaps the other dancer thought he wanted to be w/ her and was sorta saving him from having to get dances w/ you; or she's just a certified-cunt.
I can now better understand why you would have excused yourself seeing that you got hit w/ a situation where you thought the guy and the dancer had a prearranged-meeting - in the end as Subraman says "be polite but don't be a little-bitch" - I think in this situation you were being "too-nice" and too-accommodating and it kinda bit you in the ass which can often happen in SCs to both custies and dancers - but again, you were trying to do the right-thing based on the info you had and hard to know when someone is being deceitful - as I posted b/f, next time just sit there and let him choose since he approached you anyway.
Bj99 seems cool, so whatever I've typed up isn't personal. What seems personal is the little seed of drama that's growing by dwelling on an embarrassing moment. If it's small potatoes, let it be small stuff and don't sweat it. Cut the customer? Why? His only issue was failing to be anything other than PL pup chasing a squirrel.
@ PaulDrake, yes. All of those, plus he’s nice looking and slim (slim guys are physically easier to dance on).
However if he's letting one desperate dancer tie up a lot of his time, then he doesn't want confrontation in the club and doesn't want to be left alone if there are announced two for ones. I let one more desparate dancer tie up a good bit of time with me because I enjoyed her dances even though she wasn't the hottest girl. After I noticed a problem with hot girls not approaching me because of her I cut back her time with me. For me that was a satisfactory compromise because I wanted at least one set of two for ones from some of the other hot dancers. I really saw it as a waste though if a hot dancer I liked didn't ask nor do any dances on an announced two for ones or asked the wrong person who said no. One hot dancer was a bit of a spinner but looked incredible to me. I saw some guys say no to her. If the dancers don't get a yes within a minute or so, they go back in the dressing room during the announced two for ones sometimes. One hot Asian girl cut me off when she noticed I was spending less and less in the club. It didn't bother me much at the time because I didn't want to spend much. She was always trying to up sell to the VIP room so she gave up.
Next time he comes in, I’ll sit w him and address it. I’ll appologize for bailing on him and for any drama he felt. I’ll explain that I just felt really embarrassed bc I thought I was interrupting an appointment, since she lied. I’ll give him a free dance to make it up. I’ll also explain that there are no hard feelings, but that I don’t like to be in those situations, and he can just flag me down, if he wants me in the future.
I’ve been through many other girls w him, and the chances are this one won’t be around long either. It’s crazy how much drama a new stripper can cause, when if you just wait, she’ll be gone soon anyways.
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On a separate topic - I don’t think that customer deserves a free dance. I won’t argue with your choice, as I respect your judgement. It helps to let your head clear - before making a decision - and I’m glad you did that.
WTF, she has 3 boobs like the alien in Total Recall.
As for your resolution, kudos for not being a jerk *and* for not going too easy on him.
Also IMHO that first pic shows you have good abs.