Last Tuesday (which is typically one of my personal busiest days) it snowed and was calling for icy conditions overnight. Only 4 girls showed up (out of 8 to 12) and 3 customers through the door the whole shift. We ended up closing early at 6 and there was no night shift.
It becomes more about the roads and the distance many of the girls/guys have to drive. Also, school cancellations play a part because they disrupt everyone's routine.
I remember one storm where school’s were closed for 3 consecutive days. On the 3rd day my ATF got to work and I went in the late afternoon to see her. She was in the Champagne Room when I arrived ( the waitress informed me). When she finally came down she was thrilled and told me that the plow truck drivers had been coming in all afternoon, all feeling flush after all the overtime, plowing non-stop for 24 hours. In one afternoon shift she made over a grand, mainly providing extras. It’s an I’ll wind that BLOWS no good.
I find snow days at New England clubs are a perfect day to avoid them and work long hours. Luckily the best clubs are in Rhode Island which gets very little snow.
Other than when roads are extremely icy, we get so much snow and cold here that I don’t think it has much impact on club activity levels. A bigger issue is that plenty of folks head south for part of the winter if they are able.
There was a time when more clubs would hang in there, but IME not so much anymore. Most in the areas that I frequent just close now when heavy snow is expected. They really have no choice since states and/or municipalities are now quicker than ever to declare a state of emergency and order people to stay off the roads.
But even back when there were more clubs that would open up on snow days, IME they were always slow, with very few dancers or customers.
Hurricanes build something, but after watching the behavoir of people in gas lines down there the last time, I think character is not the right word to use.
My experiences have always been snow/and or ice or clear but super fucking cold = people don't wanna come out and freely spend money. It is often fucking cheap weirdos coming out when it is like that. Idk my experience is limited w/ working at clubs when weather sucks, but I feel like these clubs in snowy/icy places are better in the warm weather. ymmv
@.M.I. "I'll take snow. It just falls gently and lays there"
You've never experience a plain's state blizzard? 😜 Horizontally blowing snow over slick, icy roads. Even after it stops snowing the wind blows the fallen snow into the air to swirl around you and suddenly cut down your vision. It just doesn't 'lay there.'
In Kansas City a little snow isn't a showstopper; it's the dreaded 'wintry mix'. Sleet, freezing rain, ice-particle rain. That snarls travel, especially outside the downtown area.
SCs downtown stay open since traffic is slowed outside the downtown loop. Not much customer traffic except for guys already downtown for work. Leave work early, go to the sc, then head home after rush hour.
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Usually, though, both dancer and customer attendance trends downward.
It becomes more about the roads and the distance many of the girls/guys have to drive. Also, school cancellations play a part because they disrupt everyone's routine.
I'll take snow. It just falls gently and lays there.
Hurricanes build character
But even back when there were more clubs that would open up on snow days, IME they were always slow, with very few dancers or customers.
You've never experience a plain's state blizzard? 😜 Horizontally blowing snow over slick, icy roads. Even after it stops snowing the wind blows the fallen snow into the air to swirl around you and suddenly cut down your vision. It just doesn't 'lay there.'
In Kansas City a little snow isn't a showstopper; it's the dreaded 'wintry mix'. Sleet, freezing rain, ice-particle rain. That snarls travel, especially outside the downtown area.
SCs downtown stay open since traffic is slowed outside the downtown loop. Not much customer traffic except for guys already downtown for work. Leave work early, go to the sc, then head home after rush hour.
Well, it snows a little bit like once every 10 years. And that melts as soon as it hits the ground.
But sometimes we have hail.
SJG