Cattle calls suck...
PaulDrake
Off again on again PL
So recently found a dancer I liked at a different club that does cattle calls. Every hour or two all dancers must go to the stage and any guy can grab them for an instant 2-for-1 dance combo deal (with a free tshirt). The whole thing is awkward. The lap dances are half hearted. Dancers hate is as they don't make much from it. And as someone who wants to hang with a dancer for an hour or two it sucks to have to pay off the club to keep a dancer sitting with me.
I guess really cheap/amateur PLs like this sort of thing?
I guess really cheap/amateur PLs like this sort of thing?
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I know whenever I’ve had to do something like that, management decide to do it randomly. And they do that when customers and dancers aren’t doing too much interacting.
But then it’s a musical chairs type of thing where customers give $2 for 10-30 seconds worth of a “mini dance”. And the whole thing lasts for about 5-10 minutes.
All the girls I know despise the cattle call and find it demeaning. I have to admit I like the cattle calls as a way to see all the dancers at once. But in the clubs I go to, they only do them when it's crowded, and I only do slow dayshifts, so haven't seen one in years
@Subraman - At first I told my fav to just head down for the cattle and come right back up when she was done. But she is pretty hot and gets picked every single time and I hate being kept waiting. In the future I'll probably just give her the cash to pay off the club so she can skip it.
In my fave club, if the girl was in a VIP, she didn't have to go up for the cattle call. So if the timing worked out, I'd take her into the VIP just as the girls were getting notified of the cattle call; they always seem appreciative for getting "saved" from it.
A stripper will usually come back to her regular despite a cattle call. I’ve had dozens of girls refuse a 2-4-1 cattle call dance when they were headed black to a regular. Seems like only a newbie would think that she has to dance for every random guy who asks.
Who the fuck wants a strip club tshirt?
I dunno Cash, most of the time after a cattle call, close to 100% of the girls sell dances (due to the 2-for-1 promise)... and who knows how many of those girls get their customer to keep going after that. I honestly have no idea whether it generates marginal extra money for the club, or whether it's just driving dances that would have eventually happened anyway, but not beyond belief that it's a little jumpstart.
Of course, the joke here is, in nearly every club that does this, they cut the songs short on the 2-for-1, so it ends up being more like 1.5 for one at most. The clubs just can't abide the idea that the customer might be pleased at the experience he's getting, for the extra 60 seconds. Just reinforces the idea that management cares just as much about "hustling", as they do about business.
First off, yes the club does make money off them. The club does not make money off you sitting there locking down a girl for hours at a time. When they do these 2 for 1 specials most of the girls usually do get dances. At the very least it’s a lot more then were getting them before. As already mentioned, these songs will be drastically cut down.
Now from the PL perspective if she’s all that then talk to her. If she doesn’t want to go up offer to get the dance or otherwise compensate her for missing the opportunity to make some money. You could also say “I understand, go work and I’ll hang out here till you come back”.
Keep in mind that she didn’t come to work with the goal of sitting there talking to some PL all shift. This is her job and workplace, and she’s not getting paid hourly. In order to make money she needs to hustle. In my experience if you keep that reality in mind it will be much appreciated.
Just depends on the situation what is the best thing for her to do.
Exactly. There's always more to it -- especially when it comes to regulars, who earn their "talk time" by being a consistent source of good payment. That said, my experience is that cattle calls only happen when the club is packed (at least in the DJV clubs I go to), and the more packed the club is, the more the regular has to be spending to earn that table time. It's exactly why I don't go when the club is packed. Monday dayshift: no cattle calls, no 2-for-1s, no other customers for her to hustle
I love the 2-for-1 specials.
However, I don't buy dances from the cattle call.
My thought was - it creates an odd vibe - where the customers choose the dancer - and it’s like choosing a dance partner who is on the spot and can’t say no. Granted - it’s not that any dancer is attracted to any customer - so maybe it works better as the dancers know how to get the customer wanting a lot more.
Oz in Clearwater, FL has a 2for1 deal about every two hours. All the girls parade around the main stage once, then try to go grab a customer for a two for 1 dance. The patron also gets a t-shirt or baseball cap with an OZ logo on it. The dances are half hearted because the girls are getting paid half as much and I"m not going to wear the logo give away. This tactic is stupid. I don't go to OZ because of this.
Landing Strip outside of Detroit has a different variation on this though. Club has a long stage right thru the middle of the club. Not sure how often they do it, but they will have one song where every girl ( except the girls that are in VIP ) will get on stage and walk around the stage for that one song. No 2-1 deal or t-shirt give away. But in that one song, you get to see the entire line up for the evening. I actually like this. You get to make eye contact with a girl that may have been sitting on the other side of the club and you didn't see before.
From what I understand, the girls do pretty well on that one though. They get 18 of the 30 dollars, and as far as I know, the songs don’t get cut short.
Many a stripper seems to complain about $$$ in the club and PLs not getting dances - thus I think it's shortsighted to dismiss 2-for-1s as if somehow being beneath-them - perhaps not all cuties think the same-way, but when I interact w/ a dancer I'm cognizant of not wasting her time - i.e. if I get a regular-dance from a girl, I always go in w/ the intent of getting at least two to make it worth her time/investment - i.e. when I go for a 2-for-1 I go in w/ the same intent of getting an additional regular-dance on top of the 2-for-1 - and not uncommon I may get more than than if I'm feeling her.
I def don't think PLs liking 2-for-1s means they are cheap - who the hell doesn't like a deal and will get it every time they can whether it's dances or a dishwasher (Black Friday anyone) - don't many a dancer try to get to the club earlier so they can get a cheaper house-fee? - IMO a 2-for-1 is a win/win for both PL & dancers b/c it's a lot easier for the dancer to sell the dance and decent chance to parlay that into more biz. If dances are under $20, then I don't think a 2-for-1 is fair to the dancer; but $20+ I think it makes sense for everyone - seems many of the clubs these days don't play full-songs anyway (even during non 2-for-1) - many a club seems to be playing songs around 3-minutes (some 3:30) and that is often not really a full-song except for certain songs - i.e. IMO the reality is during a 2-for-1 the dancer is just investing an extra 3-minutes or so - i.e. I think a custy has to invest a lot more on a per-song basis than a dancer - i.e. IMO an extra $20 to $30 per song is more painful for the avg custy than an extra 3-minutes for the dancer (w/ the caveat that I'm not a dancer).
So it seems the OP does not wanna do the 2-for-1 but wants her to just sit w/ him instead?
Some of you lockers don't even let the dancer fucking breath - I wonder if she's even allowed to go to the bathroom w/o the locker falling to pieces and feeling dissed b/c she's not tending to him like the damn king of fucking-France - so I could be misunderstanding the OP's comment - but it seems he wants her there as some type of PL-life-support to where it doesn't even register that she could make some additional quick-$$$ to help out her bottom-line.
Paul, if he's giving you right of first refusal, then I don't see why this is such a big deal. If she's sitting with you that long, I'm guessing that you're paying her anyway. In these situations I usually just factor the expense into my overall tipping, either by doing the dances or paying for her to skip. Most girls in most clubs keep most of the LD money anyway and if the club skims a few extra bucks from the gimmick, so what?
The nice thing is, if I do choose to get a VIP at this time, the "2-for-1" cut-off songs (that is the 1.5 songs) only count as one song, so it's still a bit of a deal
@Papi: Do we really need to hear you whine about so-called "lockers" again? If you need one particular girl that badly, then be worth more to her than the handsome well dressed white guy who is locking her down. Otherwise wait until he sees fit to let you have a turn. ;)
As if you don't complain about shit w/ your constant "Baby Dolls Sucks" nonsense just b/c your self-centered prickness does not fly there in a club where dancers are not drug-addicted lost-cases and your superiority-complex gets checked (and other shit you complain about).
Self centered pricks seem to define right and wrong by how it personally affects them - if something doesn't affect them, then it's "whining" - if it affect them, then it's a "legit gripe" - you constantly talk as if your shit don't stink but trust me most people can smell you and what you're about.
The reality is for most SCers, IMO, a strip-club is a big-expense that they try manage one way or another, or avoid if they can (thus the large-amount of spectators) - I believe having specials are good for the club and the dancers not b/c they are "giving away the house" or b/c of the vast amount of $$$ the PL is saving, I think the specials work more on a psychological-level b/c the PL "feels"/thinks he's getting a great deal when it's not really that awesome a deal.
I can only speak for myself - but a dancer-showcase, or specials, def get in the mood to spend and have fun - granted, I'm a variety PL where I like getting lots of dances from many different dancers - thus specials will probably on me more than a guy that likes to sit w/ a dancer all night long as if they were on a honeymoon.
So now the dancers are communal property, to be passed around as every man in the club sees fit? In your worldview, they don't have the right to choose who they sit with? Could it also be that, in your arrogance, you believe that you know better than they do what's good for them? Ok, so now that we understand that you view dancers as communal property, what's next? LD ration cards?
And how would this not affect me negatively too? We all lose out to bigger fish at times, but the alternative would be to force dancers to act in ways that we want instead of how they want. You call ME self-centered and then plow along and advocate treating dancers like state owned property, unable to make their own choices because you feel shorted. Hmmm...
Oh yeah, and Baby Dolls does indeed suck. But I say that about all corporate clip joints, so they're not alone.
I'd venture to say most dancers stick to regulars b/c they have to; not b/c they want to - sure they like their regular's "regular $$$"; doesn't take a genius to see that - i.e. I would imagine most dancers would like to be able to make the regular's $$$ and be able to make a bit extra working the room a bit - this seems sensible to me but I assume not to you w/ your self-centered ego-trip - dancers stick to a regular b/c they have to - if they don't the regular will feel "dissed" b/c he "won't tolerate that kind of disrespect" .
As I've mentioned in the past, IMO a regular should def get priority, but not exclusivity - the club is open to the public and IMO it's a douche move to cockblock every other custy in the club for hours on end b/c "she's your girl" - a guy's wife or GF is his girl; not a stripper - off the top of my head I can't see an instance in society where being a complete-hog is acceptable and the accepted way of acting.
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No where have I said dancers gotta do things the way I like - I'm just saying they should have the choice w/o the regular's heavy-handed approach of "sure you can give another guy dances; just don't bother to come back".
I can see dancers preferring to stick to a regular so they don't have the work the room - but I can also see dancers liking to make a quick $50 or $100 on a couple of dances from a PL that approached them on-stage b/f they get back to serving the king - it's her choice - I'm just saying they should have the choice w/o fear of the "dissed king".
"Like I said - self-centered dicks see it just from their POV - as long as it works for them then it's A-ok."
It works for me so it's A-ok.
But ok Comrade Papi, let's assume for a second that you really are the voice of the PL People's Revolution, trying to free defenseless dancers from the economic oppression of us selfish d-bag Imperialists. What new rules of behavior would your regime mandate? Forced circulation to all PLs? Time limits on dancer/customer interactions? Hmmm...sounds like Communist Cuba...I wonder how those policies worked out for them? ;)