If you are at work and some other dancer is on a rampage about something, do you find yourself getting involved?  If so, why?  Does it help you make more money?  More then likely not.  In fact we can almost guarantee it takes away from your earnings for several reasons.  To start, you are spending more time in the dressing room gossipping instead of out on the floor working.  You are getting the dirt on what’s up or you are adding your 2 cents where it more then likely doesn’t belong.  For what benefit?  Customers don’t care.  They came to see you entertain them.  And speaking of customers, if the drama is brought out of the dressing room and onto the floor in front of the customers eyes, you now have them getting involved where they most likely don’t want to be.  Strippers bitching isn’t sexy.  It’s a huge turn off.  They will laugh at you and anyone involved and they will distance themselves from the drama.  How will you make money then?  Thirdly, if you are wrapped up in drama you won’t be concentrating on your job and interacting with the customers and listening to what they want and need.  And finally, depending on who the drama is with, you risk the chance of pissing off the club staff and they won’t be sending customers your way anytime soon either, and you could be at risk of losing your job if the drama escalates too much.

Now, because drama is unfolding it doesn’t mean that you have to be involved in it.  Most seasoned dancers we’ve worked with know that staying out of the middle of trouble keeps them from losing out on money.  You will notice for the most part this phenomenom if you pay attention the next time you work and it’s going down.  The best way is to first stay mostly to yourself at work.  This doesn’t mean you have to be a bitch at work to your co-workers, be friendly and such, but don’t let other girls drag you into the middle of anything.  If they start in on you about what’s going on, be a good listener.  You don’t need to offer advice or your opinion on the subject.  Their problems will go on whether you are involved or not.  Even if it’s one of your friends at work, stay out of it.  You can always talk about it after work if there is still a problem.

If the drama involves a club staff member and yourself, you can do a couple things to remedy the situation.  Depending on the severity you can go up to them and apologize whether you believe you should or not and ask if they can just forget about what happened.  Be sincere in doing so and what you ask.  They’ll be more ready to agree and move on with life.  If it’s a irreconcilable difference, drop it on your own and avoid any more confrontation with the staff member.  If it involves a customer or money, avoid dealing with that staff member about either one.  If they are the only staff member on duty, be sure and mention it to the manager of the club at the next available opportunity and do so in a calm and collect manner.   He or she will respect you for doing so and will more then likely happily listen to your side of the story. 

The main thing is, distance yourself from trouble at work.  It doesn’t help you.  It won’t make you more money.  And most dancers don’t need anything that will hinder their performance at work.

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