Pandemic Strip Tripping, St. Louis and Huntsville

I went to two cities in two weeks and here’s what happened.

Huntsville was very busy, but was full of broke, bored people who just wanted out of the house. They can serve alcohol until 11 and at that time, the bars closed and a ton of people came in, but they were also just bored and weren’t ready to go home, not necessarily wanting to be at the strip club. When you go in the club you have to wear a mask and once inside, no one was wearing them and I was blown away by this. There was no social distancing in here and I’m fairly positive that’s not what the state wants them to be doing. Every girl I met said she drove 1+ hours to go there and they all said they stayed in this one hotel that was $85 per night, meaning everyone there had to make about $100 per day before they made zero. The club took $50 plus $5 per dance and I worked 1.5 days (the second day had no people and I left). I had paid for 2 days of air bnb and gas to get there and after what the club took and my expenses I ended up making $50.

I am in St. Louis now and I have used this site to get info about where to travel but I don’t think it’s reliable anymore after coming here. There is ONE club open here. I read reviews and one mentioned being outside but not in the way I perceived. I thought it meant they had *some* guests outside for more space and social distancing but what it did mean is there’s an event tent outside on the parking lot and they put a rent-a-fence up with tarps on the fence. Everyone has to be out there. They are allowed a maximum of 25 patrons. 25. It’s supposed to be 25 people total including staff but they allow 25 men in. There’s a portable 5x5 stage and the whole scene is just awkward and ghetto. The high temperature yesterday was around 60 and at 5 pm it was 55, by night time it was in the upper 40s and there was no one there because it’s too cold to sit outside. Everyone has to wear a mask but apparently you can’t get corona from doing a full contact dance so those are allowed in here.

I wasn’t able to work yesterday, Hustler made me wait 2.5 hours to get contracted and then said the fire inspector was coming so I got there at 1 and didn’t get hired until 7 pm. Fucking most ridiculous situation ever. I left and came back and when I left I went to Diamond Cabaret they were closed. I’ll try working today but I have very low aspirations. When I was waiting for eternity to see a manager about 20 people came in and all but 2 were there for the arcade.

If you know of a place where clubs are actually closer to normal I would love to know about it. In threads people mention that their club is mostly business as usual. I have lived in this area for a really short time and I really don’t know if this is just a shitty area for clubs, my suspicion is that it is but I wouldn’t know because I didn’t work here pre pandemic. The girls here were on their phones last night looking for jobs if that tells you anything about the club scene during covid. The club also told me their governor will let them have patrons inside once the infection rate hits 6.5, it’s 7.5 now and I read this week that the infection rate in the Midwestern states is rising with some states hitting peak numbers of cases this week.

Idk if I picked the wrong place or the wrong time or where I live isn’t reflective of the state of the rest of the country because we no longer have to wear masks in my town since the infection rate has dropped so low, I thought everyone was headed that way but guess that is not the case.

Very bummed! I’ll leave here after today, I don’t see how this can amount to anything here.