Arrived mid week in early October. I got to the front, and saw two clusters of dancers: one at a table and one sitting with the madam/manager/owner/whatever. No customers at this hour.
The owner/manager wanted to scan my ID; I refused. She kept coming up with different arguments, including telling me that I every bar in PA has to scan IDs and I won't be able to get a drink anywhere in the state without an ID scan (obviously false, and there is no such law). She also said "I have to protect my girls" which pretty clearly means that she's retaining customer data.
I refused, and as I was walking to my car, one of the dancers started yelling profanities at me.
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"...as I was walking to my car, one of the dancers started yelling profanities at me."
You stay classy, 7th Heaven.
Just curious. If not for some sort of compliance reason, what purpose does a strip club have for scanning customers ids? “Legitimate” businesses use customer data for marketing, but what purpose does a strip club have - other than to have a record of who’s there in the event of a 2am’er incident and LE is looking for witnesses? Or am I being too naive, and they have some nefarious intent?
It probably is CYA (insurance or possibly town mandate). However, club scans have been leaked into the internet this year, and obviously the longer the retention period the more likely the data will get leaked. Depending on who has access to the system, there is also the possibility of blackmail.
Finally, if one is a law abiding citizen, then LE has no business knowing where we are, so the club keeping it for LE purposes is decidedly undesirable. Going to clubs is still legal after all.
Scanning IDs to determine who is in the club is beyond fucking useless unless you scan IDs on the way out. They want t0o sell your information is the only reason
You did the right thing by leaving. Fuck them. I’ve never been to any bar in Pa that scanned ID’s. I’d do an about face and leave if some bar required it.
Same with the “no phones” policy. I walked into some crappy strip club n Atlantic City, Bare Essence maybe(?) and they said “no phones” and wanted me to hand it over. I said, “no thanks, I’ll put it in my car.” As I was walking to the car I thought, “fuck this place” and drove away.
I never take I’d into the club . Couple weeks ago I went to enter cheerleaders New Jersey door guy asked for id told him I left it in the car and went to get it, but once I got in my car, I said fuck this place and kept going
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