Creeps in Cars

I was talking to a dancer about good and bad customers. We weren't talking about anyone specific or in the club at the time, just broad generalities. Most of what we talked about wasn't a revelation, but at one point she said "You want to see some really bad customers?"

So, she pulls out her phone and shows me three videos of three different guys trying to follow her out of the club parking lot to wherever she was going at the end of her shift. The videos weren't great, because they're from a phone mounted on the dash pointed out the rear windshield. But one of the videos was at the end of a day shift and you could pretty clearly make out the same big black pickup tailing her.

In all three cases, her solution was to start driving evasively (take quick corners, drive in circles, etc.) and as soon as the guy realized she knew he was there, he'd lose his nerve and break off. And then she'd drive a few more loops to make sure he was really gone and then go home. The three videos were shot over a stretch of time, perhaps over a 3 year period (including the dead pandemic year). So, it's not like this happens to her every week, but she noted that there were a couple of these instances that she didn't film. She also said it was a good excuse to buy a faster car (which was funny, but a bit dark).

Anyway, perhaps I'm naive but I'd never thought about this being a thing that dancers need to think about or deal with even infrequently. And, because this was a revelation to me, I guess I'm asking the dancers here to share if this is something that has happened to them. It might be educational for other customers on here.