Whenever anyone in my life hears words like “strip club” or “stripper” or any other variation of such, they’re immediately intrigued. Typically with questions, but sometimes with unnecessary comments. Either way, it always piques an interest.
Previously I published an article talking about what it was like working as a server or as a ‘bottle girl’ at a strip club.
Since publishing that article, I have expanded my horizons and worked at a few other clubs in Michigan. This time, as an entertainer rather than a server.
It doesn’t matter whether you are working as a dancer or as a server when it comes to the entertainment side of the strip club, because let’s be honest, most of the time the servers are also offering entertainment themselves, whether she is the bubbly, outgoing one, or one of the baddest b*tches in there.
The biggest downside of the industry is trying to leave the industry. I thought I was done, I had my fun, I made my money, had hella stories to share from my year in the industry.
Yet here I am, back in it.
This happens to a lot of girls that try and leave altogether. Switching clubs isn’t as scary as it seems. And sometimes girls (like me) make the switch from server to entertainer or vice versa.
Yet nearly every time someone says they’re leaving, or tries to leave, they end up back in the same exact spot sooner or later. It’s too good to leave – being able to play dress up and pretend to be someone you’re not, choosing when you’re going to work, for how long, where; the flexibility is insane. And the main reason we do this: The money. The money is too good to leave. When you switch back to a normal job, all you can think of is all that you could be making more as an entertainer.
Plus, the industry is so much fun. Don’t get me wrong, we all have our bad nights and even our bad weeks, but the industry is so much fun. It’s constantly full of energy, being able to express yourself, and being hyped up by customers and other girls.
And when you do leave, you miss it. You miss the staff who actually took care of you, the girls you bonded with, your customers and being in the spotlight.
I don’t regret my time in this industry, I’ve had one hell of a time in it. But at the end of the day, you can’t ignore what’s beneath the glitz and the glam.