Dejected Dancers
The earlier-posted issue of whether rejection bothers dancers is closed to new posts, so I've added this from the Pink site, and its consistent with what I've seen at certain upscale clubs during less busy hours over recent months. In fact several times I would just slip certain girls a large bill as I cannot stand to see such despondent and disheartened dancers - you be surprised how it perked them up. One time one jumped up from her seat and started working the floor with a super-energy level. An old post from the Pink site:
"So how do you deals with all the "no's" you get in addition to all the "yes's?" I worked in Phoenix and that place did a number on my self-esteem. Aside from being the least money I've ever made from dancing, the constant rejection killed me. I was used to working in a stage club in Oregon that didn't even offer table dancing. Having to go to table after table and hearing from one to twenty "no's" before hearing a "yes" made me feel completely undesirable. I would go home thinking, " a hundred guys tonight don't think I'm worthy of five bucks (that was the price of dances in AZ in 1996). It made me hate myself and question whether I was even attractive at all. Sure, I saw girls I thought were drop-dead-gorgeous go through the same thing I was. That didn't comfort me at all, though. I still felt totally rejected. I sunk into quite a depression after living in Phoenix. Even today, six years later, my self-esteem is still not the same.
So how do you deal with the rejection without it ruining your self-esteem and truly impacting your life?"
"So how do you deals with all the "no's" you get in addition to all the "yes's?" I worked in Phoenix and that place did a number on my self-esteem. Aside from being the least money I've ever made from dancing, the constant rejection killed me. I was used to working in a stage club in Oregon that didn't even offer table dancing. Having to go to table after table and hearing from one to twenty "no's" before hearing a "yes" made me feel completely undesirable. I would go home thinking, " a hundred guys tonight don't think I'm worthy of five bucks (that was the price of dances in AZ in 1996). It made me hate myself and question whether I was even attractive at all. Sure, I saw girls I thought were drop-dead-gorgeous go through the same thing I was. That didn't comfort me at all, though. I still felt totally rejected. I sunk into quite a depression after living in Phoenix. Even today, six years later, my self-esteem is still not the same.
So how do you deal with the rejection without it ruining your self-esteem and truly impacting your life?"
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The only time I've ever felt bad about saying no, I was in a club in Providence and spent a lot of time with a really cute coed-type who I really liked at first, except that she had a bad cold and complained about it all evening, which got really tiresome. I went back the next night hoping to try someone new (this place had a lot of hot girls), unfortunately she immediately spotted me and came right over. I should have gone to a different club, it made me very uncomfortable.
And then there is the rest of us. I write proposals to clients and I really believe we can do a great job for them. They often say no, and select some firm I think is not our equal. I ALWAYS feel dejected when that happens. Then I go over 2 cubicles, whine a bit to my friend, and move on. Such is life.