I recently went to two strip clubs with a friend who had several hundred dollars in cash earmarked for lap dances. When we got to the stores, we noticed two things: 1. A room full of guys staring blankly at the stage, NOT buying dances. 2. Twenty girls standing along the wall talking to each other with frowns on their faces. It reminded me of the chicken and egg question… which came first? The bored customer or the frustrated dancer? I’m pretty sure the guy who paid for the ticket and the expensive drink didn’t come into the strip club intending to be bored or ignored…why is he watching the game on TV? Could it be that hardly anyone has smiled at him or welcomed him to the club? Why do you have your arms crossed? Perhaps he is uncomfortable and fears the inevitable “Do you want to dance?” that he knows what’s coming? Even as nice as you can be to “Maybe later” or “No thanks” you are met with anger and a side of mental beating?
After we were seated, let our eyes adjust, and ordered our first drink, one of the performers who had been standing along the wall came up to our table, leaned between us with his hands on the table and He said: “Do you want to dance?” We looked at each other, my friend smiled and said: “We don’t know you yet.” I guess the idea of having a 2 song conversation with us wasn’t as appealing as standing by the wall with his arms crossed, because he just went back to his friends. In a busy club situation, “Wanna Dance” sometimes works… but it certainly wasn’t appropriate for this particular night. We left that club with a wallet full of money because we didn’t “I want to dance.” We wanted an experience and no one knew how to get the money we brought!
How sad! Do patrons with spending money in hand leave the club with the money they wanted to spend because the dancers were too lazy or untrained to take it? Say it ain’t so!
More importantly, whose job is it to change things? The client, the club or the entertainers? Are these poor suckers just horny ATMs, or are they people? Do they deserve a show, or should we ask them for cash and be mean to them when they don’t deliver it the first time we ask for it with no sales skills?
The next part of this article will discuss how to make more money by using a positive attitude and creating a fun club environment. We want you to win the most money EVERY TURN, and this is how you do it!
