On Sunday
sinclair
Strip Club Nation
Here was the problem: He visited on a Sunday afternoon. Do people really expect strip clubs to be any good on Sundays? All the hot dancers probably were still asleep from staying up until 4am the night before.
The kicker was it seemed the reviewer was actually a local (based on all his other reviews) who could have easily popped into the club on busier shifts like Friday and Saturday, and it might have upped or averaged out his opinion versus giving the club a rating death penalty. I think the approach of compositing multiple visits into a single review gives a much accurate picture of a club than a single visit, especially when dealing with dead shifts like a Sunday or Monday.
Personally, I won't post reviews or composite reviews of clubs until I have at least made a Friday or Saturday night visit when a club's full potential is apparent. Those are prime times when generally the most and the hottest dancers will be working.
Now, to the contrary, I have also visited a lot of clubs over the last few years that have been very dead even on Friday and Saturday nights--very few dancers and very few customers. I have pondered how they are even able to justify the utility bill and staff wages. There are definitely some metro areas in the United States that are ripe for a strip club scene culling. Perhaps there is value in keeping a strip club open if it is some type of tax write off or an instrument for money laundering for ownership.
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Again, i dont need to see the "full potential". I may not even be able to visit a certain club on a friday or saturday night even if i wanted to. But i still expect a certain number and quality of dancers on non-prime shifts. As long as there are a enough 7s and 8s to go around around, again relative to the number of patrons, thats all i need for a off peak time. Otherwise why are they open at that time? Day shift is popular with a number of posters here but its been my experience that there arent enough quality dancers to go around and the ones that are always seem not available. So i dont do day shift unless i have nothing else to do or the club has a reputation for a volume dayshift with lots of dancers.
For me, Sunday through Tuesday nights are my favorite times to visit clubs. Some clubs have the B team on those nights and I penalize the fuck out of them for it. I don't expect the same numbers for sure, but when the club is open and I am spending good money, I expect there to be some quality options.
But don't worry Sinclair, soon our ratings are no longer going to matter. With the use of contribution level for ratings weightings instead of the historical number of clubs, four 1 and 1 shill reviewers (each getting a 2.3 or so starting Contri rating) now equal about one seasoned member with lots of recent reviews. So if any club is really that worried about its ratings, all they need to do is create a large enough basket of shill accounts and write about 5 reviews a week to ensure that their ratings stay high. Just ask Baby Dolls in Dallas - they are masters of the technique now.
I don’t know what the new rating system will be - or how it will be weighted. I don’t rely upon a single rating - or a single reviewer. Numeric ratings are ok - but reading about the experience is what helps my decisions.
Is that when the addicts work?
I get that there are probably times when the club is going to be at its best. It's not my responsibility as a customer to figure out when that is.
I've had fun times in stops where only one or two dancers were dressed because they were on their game and the club staff was professional. I review the club based on when I was there. If the only time I'll ever see your club is when all your decent strippers are out a publicity event (which I was told by a guy who managed a club in Memphis), then that's bad luck from a review perspective.
If there's time to take another look that's a good thing, but I don't usually have a chance to do a repeat visit. The last time I did that was Pandora's in Seattle because the first visit (on a Sunday night) was so terrible compared to the reviews. As rickdugan commented, it's up to the club to have their place ready to entertain when it's open for business. I'll factor in time of day, but that doesn't let them off the hook to provide quality service.
This has happened for multiple clubs not just one... for me.