Encouraging a CF to work a certain day
PaulDrake
Off again on again PL
1. Pay a lot more - $200 at this club goes a long way and would pretty much buy out a shift. That would essentially double my spending but it is still cheap compared to what a lot of you guys pay in other parts of the country. However this is probably a terrible idea, there are other dancers and I should just find someone else I like.
2. Pay a little more - I have considered offering to pay her house fees on the day I want her to work. That would be $10-20 so probably not enough cash to make a difference, and it is hard to explain with out being needy/weird.
3. Offer to buy lunch - This is the only idea I think makes any sense. It's easy to suggest "Hey on X day I have more free time and would love to buy you lunch." This idea doesn't feel needy/weird and I get a better experience out of it.
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All of this is a long way to say: your best bet is to be a good enough customer (whatever that means to her) that she'll just come in to see you, because 1. you're a good customer and she is guaranteed a decent payday, and 2. in the back of her mind she's nervous that you might find someone you like better
Buying out a dancer for $200 for her entire shift? Damn that’s cheap, where are you located? Somewhere that’s BFE in West Texas or something?
I have seen dancers spontaneously show up on days outside of their normal schedule. Whether she shows might have something to do with whether she is on track to make goal already and the level of importance of any commitments that day - maybe that's one of the days the kids stay with her, so that day would never work.
Have you thought that maybe she doesn't work those days because she doesn't want to see you?
Don't commit to some plan without talking to her about the situation first. See if she has a suggestion. This could give you an indication if you want to pursue it or not.
Also, while this isn't a negotiation per se... a common rule is not to open the bidding and I think that applies here.
I speak from experience.
At this point it is about half the time me saying what day or days I can come in each week and about half the time her saying what day she will be there and I show up then.
Part of the problem for sure is that I want to come in midweek when this particular club has too many dancers vs customers.
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