I will never understand it

No matter how long I dance or how many places I go, there are a few things about the strip club industry / experience I will never quite understand.

For example: Men go to the strip club to have a good time. This generally means not pissing people off and behaving with common courtesy, right? Yet there is a whole subset of customers who will repeatedly try to do exactly what they've been told is not allowed, and then wonder why people react negatively.

One guy paid for a private VIP dance with me tonight, and upon being seated, immediately asked "what can I do?" (always a sign he's going to be a pain in the ass). I told him "sit back and enjoy" and he of course proceeded to try to do everything else. NO you can't lick me. NO you can't suck my nipples. NO you can't put your hands on me during the dance - it is illegal here and against club rules. NO you can't touch my crotch!!

He asked again "well what CAN I do?" Again I responded that he could sit back, relax and enjoy the dance, and added that he'd get a much better dance if he'd just relax and let me do my thing.

Then of course he asked me what *I* get out of it. I guess he never thought about the fact that I'm doing it for the MONEY. I flat out said, "I get the money". At that point I could see the frustration on his face. He wanted to hear how much I'd LOVE for him to lick, suck, paw and poke all over me for the duration of the 3 songs he'd paid for.

As I'd predicted, he just had to try and get a poke at my crotch again, so I stopped the dance and made him leave the VIP area before finishing his dance. We have to collect up front, so he just wasted his money.

This type of guy never seems to get it. Or he doesn't care. The strippers don't want to be licked, sucked, pawed and poked by a bunch of strangers all night long. Plus it is illegal and we don't want to go to jail or get ticketed for a sex offense, or fired.

We just want to do our jobs, and most of us are happy to do the best dance possible, if the customer would simply relax. A stripper who is constantly having to tell you no or dodge your mouth / hands can't do a very lapdance! Of course, the stripper still gets paid, which means the customer ruined his own service and basically wasted his money. I will never understand why this kind of guy doesn't get it.

Never thought I'd be so glad to return!

After 2 whole weeks of making crap and spending much more in travel costs, I am thrilled to be back in one of my consistent money-making clubs this week. I will work my butt off here and hate it, but will be thankful for the cash and the fact the club owner allows me to book in pretty much last-minute.

After this week, I'm off to Atlanta to visit a good friend, work, and enjoy a little down time. Stripping on the road does get tiresome, mostly because of the lack of company. I am a social person and strip-tripping wears on me mentally. I can handle it physically, in fact I work much more while traveling than I do when I'm "grounded" somewhere, because when not traveling I get distracted with other fun or relaxing things to do.

I'm a bit disappointed about losing so much money traveling around to clubs that had too little business, but glad to make some of my money back this week. I changed my route just to come to this club instead of where I had planned, because I couldn't afford to risk working yet another slow club and losing money another week. Besides, no one likes to work for nothing!

The last 2 weeks' income is absolutely the worst money I've ever made, by far, in my entire 14 years being a stripper. One day I made $10, and I hadn't even paid any fees (most clubs charge the strippers nightly fees). I've also had $20, $40, $50 days after fees. Not worth my time even if I weren't paying travel costs.

On the bright side, I am glad to be able to make money this week, and looking forward to getting to a city and spending time with a friend at the end of the week!