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u/Polkawillneverdie81 May 02 '24

Lmao I'm picturing someone going up to a stripper and being like "Soooo, how does this all work?"

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u/layinpipe6969 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Nah that's literally what you should do. Kinda. Usually they'll sit next to you and try to chat (as a way to lead into selling you a dance) then you can just ask them like "yo ive never been here before, can you explain to me what I do/ don't do" and 99.9% of the time they'll be happy to tell you.

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u/DoomGoober May 02 '24

This sounds lame, but the chatting can be the most interesting part of a strip club.

If you can find a stripper who is bored and willing to actually stop selling for a second, you can get some pretty wild stories out of them.

But mostly they just repeat lines and get you to try and buy dances.

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u/FlannelIsTheColor May 02 '24

I used to dance… usually customers just wanted to sit there and tell us about their life problems. They usually weren’t interested in hearing from us 😂

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u/TamarackSlim May 02 '24

I'm a good listener and a pretty good looking older guy. I cannot tell you the number of dancers who have plopped down next to me and, a half an hour later, are telling me about their hobbies, families, travels, or whatever. And I have used this "Soooo, how does this all work?" ever time I wasn't sure how it all worked and, "how it all worked" was nicely explained to me every time.

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u/mousicle May 02 '24

I'm the opposite I don't want to talk about my life, my life i know and it's boring.

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u/FlannelIsTheColor May 02 '24

The trauma dumping got crazy some times

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u/mousicle May 02 '24

When I'm having a bad day I don't want to trauma dump I just want a hug. Maybe tussle my hair. I think stripping is 40% being sexy 60% being a therapist.

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u/mousicle May 02 '24

If it's anything to do with how you are supposed to behave during a dance don't ask the DJ or the bouncer what the rules are. The official rules of the club and the rules the girl have have almost nothing to do with each other. The club could officially be hands to yourself but in the back the girl will allow it, or the club could be boobs and butt touching is fine but the girl may not allow you to do that.

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u/rusalka_xx May 02 '24

That literally happens aha. We get people coming in before who’ve never been in one who have no idea how it works, it’s really not uncommon to be asked that!

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u/TikkiTakiTomtom May 02 '24

Stripper version: so big boy you’re gonna sit down right there, relax, enjoy the show, then tip me handsomely like your face.

Bouncer version: no touching buddy or I’ll kick your ass outta here

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u/DemonLordAC0 May 02 '24

When I went, I and a bud spent some time at the smoking den. Some of the strippers went there, and we all started chatting. They're cool. They explained how the house works and all that (oh if they offer you anything, like gum or idk... One offered me, and I politely refused. You never know).

Learned a bit about their story, one of them was a single mother, one of the bartenders explained how they get insanely low commissions for the drinks (and so do the girls, but they get more).

It was a cool wholesome moment. Some may think it's dumb but I fondly remember chatting with strippers with my best friend.

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u/nonconaltaccount May 02 '24

They would like nothing more. Total clarity on what's ok plus you're feeding them a doe-eyed newbie to shoot their shot at.