A perfectly valid unit of time in a strip club is a song. It’s pretty common to hear things like “there’s time. I don’t go up for six songs” or “gotta hurry, I’ve only got two songs”. Typically a song is between three and four minutes long. The length of the song is set by the DJ who usually ends the song at the appropriate time. I’ve measured the average length of the songs occasionally, using the handy lap counter feature on my iPod nano. During the day the songs run will run from
I’ll forever be frustrated by dancers who take off into the dressing room for a couple songs and leave me waiting for what feels like an eternity. I think dancers lose track of the fact two songs for her and two songs for me are two different things. Two songs equal six minutes of time. If a dancer works a six hour shift (360 minutes) those two songs will represent roughly 1.67% of the total time she spends in the club. If I spend one hour in the club (60 minutes) those two songs will represent 10% of the total time I will spend there. It’s kind of like dog years. Those two songs will feel six times longer to me than her.
If I wait four songs the numbers get worse. That’s 3.34% for her and 20% of my time. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a strip club that could survive without the live entertainment. The drinks are horribly overpriced, the music is too loud and not what I like. The furniture is miserable and lighting is bad. Once you hang out at a club the novelty fades quickly. The novelty at some club’s fades the second you walk in the door. It can really miserable waiting for a dancer in a club.
Actually making customers wait is a passive aggressive way some dancers deal with customers. They are happy at the thought the customer is stuck waiting for them. When your job requires you to interact with customers on a personal level this will happen. You wouldn’t be a human if the dick heads didn’t get you down. But don’t take it out on the good customers. If you drive away the good customers you’ll be stuck with the dick heads.
