Language barriers at the strip club.
docsavage
Indiana
We had an influx here in Indianapolis of Hispanic strippers who could not speak English but it receded. The expectation here among the customers may still be that the strippers be able to converse with them in English. The non-English speakers failed to make money.
Is this different in other parts of the country where Spanish is more common? Do you personally care about being able to communicate with the girls at the strip club?
Is this different in other parts of the country where Spanish is more common? Do you personally care about being able to communicate with the girls at the strip club?
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Yes, because most of my game relies on talking my way into a situation and price range I like. But "going to the phones" can be fun in a gambling kinda way.
Chelsea Massachusetts was one of the first sanctuary cities, and the strip club there saw a steady stream of hot young South Americans starting their careers. There's now nothing remotely comparable within my club orbit.
Does language matter? Absolutely! I speak Portuguese probably about at the level of a slow fifth grader, but that's enough to get me unrefusable offers from most Brazilians on the second dance.
Spanish is taught in high schools, or was in my day, so if you can't speak that, it's on you. Learn some, and ask the hottest Latina in the room to help you improve. It'll change your life.
Most of the Cubans at my club leave me alone because they know they are not getting me in VIP. Fortunately I have a few non Cubans to take care of me.
I'd certainly prefer to be able to socialize more, and easier with strippers. And all other things being equal, I still go for the English speakers. But it's far from a deal breaker, and I'll often take a hotter Cuban over an average American girl.
I have nothing against immigrants. Indeed as someone who cut his teeth clubbing in the NYC metro area, I'm accustomed to it. Heck a gorgeous Russian girl and a hot as hell Latina were among my all time favorites.
But unlike the immigrant girls I've enjoyed in the past, the Cuban girls overwhelmingly refuse to learn the language. Yes I know that learning English isn't easy, but if you're going to work in a service based business here in the U.S., you'd be well served to deal with it. They are surrounded by English speakers all day long, so with some effort and practice they should be able to learn. But they're just too lazy to bother.
And you can see that with people who spoke a different language as children, and do their damndest to learn English. Heard an Asian professor from an American university talking on the radio this week. He had the vocabulary, but his pronunciation was brutal.
However, if I was moving to Cuba, I would realize learning the new language would be part of the deal. And not only would I not be good at it, I fear most people would react to me with blank stares.
You can get by with "baila," "cuanto dinero para...," "mamada," and "fijar"
I'll second what Rattdog is saying, learning a couple hundred words goes a really long way. Like being able to say things like "De dónde eres?", "Cuanto cuesta?", y "Chupáme" pays tremendous value. You don't need to know a ton of Spanish to ask a few "get to know you" questions and then negotiate a transaction.
And for anyone looking to learn, I have a recommendation: ChatGPT. I was learning a ton with Babel but have since been neglecting the babel for tons of intensive learning with ChatGPT. If anyone is curious I could give you some prompts for getting started.
i've still a long way to go... and it is difficult for me. 10 years of going to hk/ tj really hasn't helped like i hoped.
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For me personally, I've been decent at learning foreign languages generally, but I haven't tried Spanish lately. I picked up a lot of Spanglish on the sandlots playing soccer while growing up but I don't think it would serve me much in trying to negotiate service prices with dancers. "Izquierda! Derecha! Pelota! Penal penal golgolgol GOOOOOLLL ..." not.
I'm a bit disappointed when a dancer doesn't give a hoot about communicating. Or seems that way. Especially being in a club in the USA, it's reasonable to expect that most of her customers are probably English speakers. There's a type of mercenary coldness to any failure to even attempt English. I don't mind if the girl is simply unable or still a beginner, but I tend to be turned off if the girl is showing instead a disdain or refusal to try. Trying is cute! It's a sweet gesture! And really I'm always at the club in search of cute sweetness, not just mercenary service. Other guys may want something a bit more toward the wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am end of the spectrum, in which case their desires may be less hampered by language barriers. Or more hampered, since they can't adequately identify service and price? "Izquierda"?