I haven't been on here in forever. I recently started dancing again after taking almost a year off. I intended for this to be a short story, but it ended up being a novel. Sorry.
I went from dancing, to porn, to escorting, and then back to dancing. In over 10 years of dancing, I was fired for the first time from a club last summer. I was accused of giving a handjob at a club that doesn't allow extras.
Some of the people there knew I used to be an extras dancer and they knew that I had escorted previously. I had just taken my escort ads offline and decided I didn't want to do full service sex work and chose to work full time at a non-extras club. I know better than the do extras at clubs that don't allow them.
A waitress cleaned the stage and used the same cloth she used on the floor to clean the poles with. I suggested to the manager that she should use two separate cloths for sanitary reasons. Soon after, I was being pulled aside by two of the four managers and told I was getting fired over comments I made online.
I asked the managers to tell me or show me what it was I said because I swear on God I didn't make any comments toward that club anywhere at all. They couldn't or wouldn't show me and insisted I knew what they were talking about. Soon after I left, a customer messaged me and told me they overheard two of the managers arguing and that one thought he saw me giving a handie, but also felt he jumped the gun on firing me without being certain. It was absolute bullshit.
I decided I was completely burned out from sex work anyway and decided not to pursue dancing at any other clubs. So I joined the workforce and ended up getting a really great job that paid over $30 an hour. Unfortunately, it was a temp job that ended abruptly after 8 months.
I still didn't want to return to sex work, so I began feverishly submitting my resume to other temp agencies. Thankfully, I was only out of work for about 2 weeks. I got a measly office job in Dearborn. It paid significantly less than the previous position. Despite paying weekly, I was still barely scraping by paying for rent and common bills. It was impossible to set aside anything as everything I made was going into rent and bills.
And then the unthinkable happened. My old piece of shit car gave out on me. It had two issues in February and March leading up to ultimately dying on me. The car is worth maybe $500 and running condition and it would be well over $1,000 to repair. And the repair that was suggested isn't even a guarantee to get it moving again.
I don't have the credit or any money saved for a car loan. I was already barely scraping by with this stupid ass office job as it was. A friend bailed me out and told me they would send me money to pay for rentals in the meantime until I can figure out my car situation. It's been over a month and I still haven't figured it out and I'm still renting. Thank fuck for my friend for bailing me out with this one situation at least.
That office job wasn't going to enable me to save any money at all. I felt I needed a second job. Anybody who has searched for a job recently knows that it's extremely difficult to land anything right now, so I decided to return to dancing. I only had weekend availability. I knew auditioning might be a problem. I called around.
Flight Club only allows auditions via the Pole Position app. No weekend auditions available, it has to be during a weeknight.
BTs was willing to let me audition on a Friday, but I had to be there at 6:30 p.m. dressed and ready to audition at the tail end of day shift so I could work night shift. If I were able to leave the office job a bit sooner than 5:00 p.m., then that may have worked for me. But the office manager said no. I couldn't show up to the club and get ready there for an audition, so I moved on.
Silver Criket only allows auditions Sundays -Wednesdays. The manager I spoke with was kind of rude, too. He wouldn't answer any questions, not even how much tip out would be. It kind of bummed me out because I was low-key set on hoping to work at Criket. Given that my car is such a piece of shit and an embarrassment to drive, I like the idea of working somewhere where I didn't have to deal with valet and being embarrassed every time I pulled up. Not that that matters anymore because that car doesn't even exist anymore.
I really didn't want to renew my cabaret license for Legends and Players.
A good friend of mine has been working at another club for numerous years. She has been doing significantly while at this club. I reached out to her and she gave me some information about tip out and what it's like working there. So I called them. They told me to stop in on a weekend and just talk to one of the managers. No audition.
I showed up last Saturday and did exactly that. I swore to myself I would never step foot in this club, but I felt like I didn't have a choice. I can't keep renting cars and I can't keep relying on friends to help me out when I should be responsible for paying my own bills. I need a vehicle and the only way I can get a vehicle is if I come up with fast cash.
I didn't tell anybody where I was dancing at and I'm still not going to. But I have always judged this club because of the things I read and hear about. I told myself I would never go there, even if I was on the brink of homelessness.
I did a lot better than I thought I would last Saturday. I know it's only "new girl money", but I hope to keep having nights like last Saturday. I know I'm not going to walk out with what I did last Saturday every time I work, but even if I left with half of the amount, I feel confident that I will be able to afford a car with cash in no time.
On Monday of this past week, I decided to quit my office job. I felt like that job was holding me back as it was barely paying for anything at all. I was renting cars solely so I could get to that job. I hated that job so much and I don't yet regret quitting it; and I hope I don't end up regret quitting it.
Even if this club doesn't end up working out for me, at least I have the freedom to audition elsewhere now. But I learned a lesson to not judge a club based on what I hear and read about it. Everybody there was really nice. The dancers we're relatively friendly and there was no cattiness. Nothing at all like working at Flight Club or Legends. All the customers I met were pretty respectful. It's a bummer that it took me over 10 years to learn this but I feel like I probably should have tried this club out a lot sooner. I was always committed to working at Legends and Players it was the vibes and atmosphere of those clubs that burned me out so much.
Good luck to you and your endeavors.