I visited the Great Alaskan Bush...

I visited the Great Alaskan Bush Company on July 4th (Independence Day) at about 4:10PM, just after it opened, and was the only customer in the entire place. Not a single dancer was in sight either. So I asked the friendly waitress when the dancers would appear, and she replied, “In a few minutes.” I’d heard that one before, so I started thinking of alternative activities for the remainder of the afternoon. But shortly afterward, the DJ came by and commented that I looked a little bored and reiterated that the show would begin in a few minutes. I promised him that I’d tip well, and I took a seat at the stage. Sure enough, by 4:20, a dancer appeared on stage and did an enthusiastic and erotic dance solely for me, just a few feet in front of me, and with some contact as well. I tipped her $7 for her effort. Although this was much less than she would’ve collected from a larger audience on a busy evening, she nevertheless clearly appreciated it. The next dancer appeared without delay and also did a nice, effectively private, dance for me, and I tipped her similarly. This continued, as about a dozen beautiful, erotic dancers in all did their stripteases, non-stop (I saw the entire rotation twice), for two hours, solely for me!

Several of the dancers joked with me about the nice private show they were providing for me. One very sweet dancer (Heidi) came over after her dance and sat next to me, drink in hand, because, she said, she was lonely—an ironic twist on strip clubs, where it’s the guys who are usually the lonely ones.

No dancer asked me to buy her a drink; on the contrary, the waitress came by and provided me a second drink—on the house. None of the girls even asked me if I wanted a private dance; I was already getting them, nonstop, at a considerably reduced price, and it would’ve been a bit rude to the dancer on the stage to steal her entire audience. But one promised that, if I chose to purchase one from her when other customers arrived, there’d be a money-back guarantee.