Are you afraid of the dark?

absolutely no problem.

One of the cities I work in has a fairly high crime rate. Even though they don’t really care if you leave early, if you stay at the end of the night, then they will keep you in the building until the parking lot has been cleared. This is standard in most of the clubs.

Never had a problem but there is one situation that I'll never repeat. Back in the early 70's my best friend and I visited a whore house in Culiacan, the marijuana capital of Mexico. We were driving our '55 VW dune buggy on the way back from driving the Baja and visiting Acapulco, etc. We were the only gringos in the place. While I was being entertained by one of the putas my buddy took a couple of guys out for a ride in the dune buggy. When he came back in he said "I think we had better leave right now. The want to buy the dune buggy. They are offering $500 and $500 worth of pot. I'm afraid of what might happen if we say no."

We left immediately and I'll never do that again. I

I'm not worried at all. I always have Mr Sam Colt with me aka .45 automatic

In Miami I'm always on edge/cautios - did not feel that way when I lived in Dallas - Miami id a bit of a jungle.

In some places, and I think enhanced by the alcohol factor, bars can be dangerous areas.

Here in CA, the nude clubs are always alcohol free.

Personally I think some type of membership club approach would be good for strip clubs.

Swinger's Clubs use this. They don't need to have Thug Bouncers. They have Care Bears.

SJG

I feel safe at Pleasant Moments in Bridgeport, even at night and have been to the outer space club which is in the worst neighborhood in philly. Never feel unsafe and never had a problem. A buddy and I were threatened with a gun in an all black club in Washington DC in 1978 when we took some time off from moving furniture on a hot day; however, it ended well when one of the strippers we were drinking with stabbed the guy with the gun and management threw him out. That scared the shit out of me.

Also, some of the guys who ran our underground circuit said that they did their late shows, 10pm till midnight. They explained that that gave the guys about till 1:30am till get cooled down before they had to leave and go out into the parking lot.

I had never thought about that, but it does sound like closing time can be a time of parking lot violence.

SJG

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At my favorite club in a small depressed city, the dancers are escorted to their cars after closing and have been since I started going there 10 years ago. Some PL's aren't as mellow as we are. I've heard stories from dancers regarding stalkers following their car, being approached in the parking lot by disgruntled customers, threats being made, etc. Nude dancers are subject to scrutiny in more ways than I'm used to.

Daytime is safer I believe. I’m going to try that for a bit. I’ve had too many close calls at night with the intoxicated young bucks

I wonder if shadowcat has ever reported a dayshift 2AMer

I'm glad I club in the safe and secure City of Detroit.

Papi, you mean like a 2PMer report?

No

No problems at night for me, ever.

Though it is always go to be aware of your surroundings and have some general awareness. But the swivel head thing has me LOLing. If anything, what you're describing might drawing unwanted attention and or send the wrong signal. I just send a don't fuck with me or I'm not worth the trouble vibe. I've only been confronted a few times.