Things that keep me occupied in the AM hours? Photos. I have been going through hundreds of photos of myself from a recent shoot. You get a few really good pics and some really horrible ones. And then the rest. Kind of funny. After scrutinizing myself like this I know why teenage models are preferred for high fashion photo shoots......basically no body fat and fresh faced.
Chhaya is sprawled out in all her length next to me, she is sleeping and is fully immersed in a dream because she is whining loud and wagging her tail. I am thinking I am going to take out my contacts and go to bed fairly soon......
Are you all ready for another of my work stories? GOOD! Get your popcorn ready......
Last Saturday was busy but more important - I stayed busy. Some nights can appear busy, meaning there are a lot of people in the club but most of the girls are not making any money and the energy is low. And other nights there are not many guys in the club but the girls are still making money. You never know. I get annoyed when there are a lot of guys in there but they just kind of sit there like deers in headlights - BLEH.
Anyways, I was sitting at the bar, relaxing and watching a movie on the big screen when some old guy came up to me and asked if I could come and sit with him and threw in the magic words "I will buy you a drink". I rolled my eyes while slowly putting on my heels. I could not care less whether somebody buys me a drink or not. But I didn't want to be rude, so I walked over and you never know.....it could end up being an interesting conversation or somewhat profitable. Well, within a minute I was ready to leave, he was drunk, annoying and bitter - so I quickly excused myself, I do not need money that bad.
At some point after that I was making a round. Meaning walking around asking for dances. I walked up to some guys, smiled and introduced myself, did some minimum small talk and asked for a dance. One of the guys thought that I shouldn't be so to the point and sit down instead and talk for a while. No thanks. See, I am not always in the mood to have lengthy conversation with guys, getting "interviewed" - it is sometimes annoying, exhausting and does not always lead to getting any dances. So I said NO and sashayed away and sat down with some other guy that I had talked to earlier that was funny and actually spent some money. See, I do not mind talking - if it's fun or interesting.
That one guy that thought I should sit and talk to him followed me, came up and told me he thought I was rude and that the customer is always right. LOL. Ok, what customer? I told him to take a good look at me and informed the fellow that I, Tatiana is ALWAYS right in the club. I decide on who I want to talk to or not and for how long, I decide, nobody else. I am rude for asking for a dance too quickly? Whatever. I told him to leave me alone and go find some more agreeable dancer. I am not that dancer, I am way too bossy and sassy and I think that dancers in general should be more like that. And there are plenty of guys that get dances after I approach them with only a smile and a "YOU NEED!?".
Some guys come in and think they can say and do whatever they want because they happen to be in a strip club. No honey, maybe you can treat your old lady like that but not me. Some dancers are scared to lose out on money and suffer through all kinds of abuse. Me, I demand respect first, the money comes second, I am not desperate for it.
Like the other night, I observed a girl I work with sit at the bar with a drunk and obnoxious guy. He tried to shove his hands forcefully down her crotch a few times, she giggled and squirmed. That would not happen to me. He would be sorry he even tried to come close to my panties with his fingers. Has anyone ever made a surprise move and grabbed me someplace unwanted in the club? Yes. A few times, very few. And I have always made sure to make it PERFECTLY clear to them that I am not ok with that.
Oh, the girl with the obnoxious guy did not get any dances from the whole ordeal, just some liquor. There you go, sitting through painful, boring or traumatizing conversations is so NOT worth it.
One more thing......I don't have customers. It's not like somebody is buying some merchandise from me, like a gallon of milk at Safeway or something. I think it is funny when girls talk about their "customers". Poor guys, little do they know........
And then those girls get upset and possessive when some other girl might even look in their "customers" direction or (gasp!) says hello. I could not care less if a guy gets 30 dances from me one week and ends up getting dances from some other girl next week, whatever - that is his prerogative.
The guy is not my husband or boyfriend, therefore he can do whatever he wants. Besides, I don't know what he got going on with that dancer, some girls promise dates, phone numbers.......you name it, in order to get a dance. I don't offer any of that.
Well, it's about 10 PM here and I am curled up on the couch with my girl. Thinking about whipping up a late night snack, maybe some pancakes?
Mmmmmmm........sounds yummy!
