Some nights at the club just smell like no money. You can sense it by 11:00 p.m. and unless there's a strange turnaround, you walk out with a mere couple hundred bucks for 10 hours' work. That can be pretty disheartening. However, I've picked up some good tips from other dancers recently, and today's tip involves turning binge drinking into a clear profit for you, changing a shit night into an ok one.
It goes like this:
Step One - Find the loudest, drunkest table in the room. I find this trick works even better if there are a few ladies in the group too (more on that later)
Step Two - Approach. Be above average charming, witty, energetic and positive. Importantly do not mention the possibility of lap dances!!! You want to come across as a party girl, not a dancer at this point. This group isn't looking for sexy dances, they are looking to get DRUNK.
Step Three - As soon as you notice drinks getting low, offer to pick up the next round of drinks for the table from the bar. Don't ask for a drink for yourself. 95% of the time they will offer anyway.
Step Four - Fetch drinks. This is the most work you will do, and most often it involves walking less than 20 feet to the bar. Order the required drinks, and a soda water with lime for yourself. Charge the table for the drinks they ordered, AND one for yourself. Pocket the $10-15 for "your" drink, and make sure you and only you drink your water so that the table never knows the difference. Ask the bar for as much change as they can give you, and the rest in small bills like 5's.
Step Five - Serve drinks. Serve the ladies first, shake your ass, make a big show of being a sexy server. When you present the change to whoever got that round, do not hand it to the guy (or girl). Leave it all sitting on the tray and extend the tray towards the dude so he has to pick it up himself. Most of the time, this will net you a tip. I've very rarely served drinks and made no tip. If the tightwad does take all the change, usually a cheeky smart-ass comment will have someone else tipping you anyway. Sit with the table, sip your water, be a fun time, and before you know it, it will be time to fetch the next round. Repeat as necessary.
Now I know $15-$30 doesn't seem like much, but if you sit with this table for an hour or so, that's 4 or 5 rounds, and all those tips add up. Otherwise you'd just be sitting off in a corner somewhere staring into space thinking about how crap the night is, wouldn't you?
And you know what? The drunker these people get while you remain sober, the more money there is to be made. Often times I've had two people pay for the same round of drinks, once as I left to get them and once again when I brought them back. NEVER correct them when they do this! That's money straight in your stripper bag. Consider it a tip. Two Saturdays ago, it was dead as could be, and I sat with 5 people who announced straight away as I arrived that they were not interested in lap dances, and that they were just here for a few drinks and to watch the stage. I told them that was fine since I didn't feel like giving lap dances anyway. By the end of two hours, sipping water and fetching them drinks had netted me just under $300, and in the end two of the group got a lappy anyway.
The moral of the story is that as long as you are flexible, fun, friendly and SWITCHED ON there is money to be made in a club any night you are there. You just need to sniff it out, that's all. Just remember to act increasingly intoxicated ;-)
Good luck!
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