Dancer tip out fees?
casualguy
I heard at one club I attend the dancer's tip out fee is a flat fee no matter when the dancer shows up. At a popular beach club, the dancer's tip out fee goes up to $100 if she is not there by 9PM.
What kind of dancer tip out fees are in your area?
What kind of dancer tip out fees are in your area?
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If you go to a club where the manegment controls the LD area and you pay them instead of the girl you can be sure it is because the club takes a substantial cut of every dance.
FONDL is right about tip-outs being common. In most resturaunts the tipped employees (waiters) tip out to the non-tipped (busboys, service bar, food runners, hostess, etc). The bartender is the best because he gets tips and often gets tipouts from waiters based on their alcohol sales (as does a service bar or bar back). Usually a tipout for a waiter is based on their sales, assuming that a good waiter will collect an average of 12-15% of their sales in tips the tip outs are usually between 2-5% of their sales.
I believe most clubs around here collect stage fees of about $50 to $100 from the girls at the start of their shift. They pay extra, or a fine, for showing up late or for leaving early. Tip outs are paid by strippers to the DJ and other staff at the end of their shift. They are supposedly discretionary, but there is a minumum that is expected. Total tip outs often add up to more than the stage fees, especially at the big money clubs.
A lot of the tip outs that I've heard about, I couldn't remember accurately - probably only half-listening at the time, and most of the rest are unsubstantiated.
However, one of my ATF clubs has NO tip out. I'm sure that's part of the attraction for the girls to dance there. The only "fees" the girls pay there, is the $1/song jukebox (of course multiplied by 3 for each stage appearance). Within the last year, mgmt, in trying to get the girls to work on time, initiated a fine, which I guess you could say is part of their tip out. The fine amounts to $1/minute that they are late in arriving.