Battle Of The Cheetah Girls a.k.a. the worst night of my life

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Jace

seriously, it is a HELLUVA story

give me time to sober up and type like a normal person and I will type it all out

put it this way...I hate fighting..I mean, I despise fighting (sp?)....but right now my wife is in tears across the couch and I feel like fucking someones face up.....i NEVER get this way

A'ight, we'll wait with baited breath. Sounds like a screwjob.

[Jace]

So, this was a really long night, so I will give you the cliff notes

I arrived with the sole job of helping my wife get her props ready on stage and hang out with some friends at a nice table in the restaurant that we had reserved.

The day started with every single person that I asked to come and support us cancelling and not coming.....ug

then the house mom, which happens to be a REALLY old friend of ours, asking me if I can help out with the other girls while they get ready on stage...I think to myself, sure, it will be some nice tipout money from the girls and according to the waitress I can get some drinks out of it..

I spend the entire evening helping all the ladies get ready on stage, working manual labor for a good 4 hours...and I hate manual labor, and I hate sweating.

the night ends with 3 girls that barely did anything on stage winning because they had an insane amount of friends cheering and throwing their money on stage....when I say their money, I mean the girls money that was planted to boost their tips up, tips where one of the judging criteria....so, yay!

Then after everything is all over every girl leaves as quick as she got there and doesn't slip me $1 for helping them out...yay!

Then 20 minutes after the show is over the waitress that I was getting drinks from hands me a $80 bill for EVERY SINGLE PERSON where I was sitting, and when I complained said that it was a bill for "my" table...um, I didn't actually have a table, I was helping girls all night...then we had to take 30 minutes after this trying to talk to the manager, who was drunk, explaining why we aren't paying for other peoples drinks...they knock the bill down to $40, which I guess is what a glass of wine and 2 beers costs (NOT)....yay!

then we ask why I am getting out of working all evening, and they ignore us and walk away...yay!

then I walk up to Courtney, the person who asked me to help out (our friend of 10 years now), and ask what I am getting out of working the entire evening, only to have her boyfriend of 1 month stand up and push me and tell me "don't you talk to her like that", and courtney just sits there....yay!

all in all, this evening, we learned:

1. friends won't show up, even when they know something is important to you
2. in order to win contests, you HAVE to cheat and scam
3. people who ask you do help them want it done for free
4. no matter how hard you work on something and make it better than everyone else, it doesn't matter because you didn't cheat.

[Jace]

and just FYI, I left out a LOT of small details that added to the shitty time, but I don't feel like typing everything

[Jace]

oh, and one more thing...when I say friends didn't show up, almost everyone on oprano that I asked said before hand that they wouldn't be able to make it...I am referring more to friends that knew this was happening for a month and planned on being there for a month...then at the last minute before we left called and gave bullshit excuses

[Hell Puppy]

Sucks dude, wish we could've made it and helped catch your back (and her's) out front. Sounds like back of house bullshit is alive and well in the titty bar industry though.

[gonzo]

Years ago when I was running the BBS [late 80s]... I had a chance to do some DJ work in one of the strip clubs. One of the regulars on GonZoland had the hook up and since I had been already been in Screw Magazine he saw the future before I did.

I went and hung out with him a few nights and decided that working in a nekkid bar wasnt for me
1. Because the DJ had to rely heavily on "tip outs" and as you mentioned those girls can leave you high and dry on a whim...
2. I didnt want to end up in my 30's trapped in the adult biz but would rather follow out an IT career [aint that some shit?]

I am sorry to hear that the screw job is still alive and well at the Cheetah. I am certain your wife can get a gig anywhere she desires. What little interaction I have had with her she seems to be a very smart lady. Horror stories seem to follow every visit Ive had there. The very last one was during the Atlanta Webmaster show... I had a meeting there with the girls of Azure Entertainment to come on board as a sponsor. We see how all that turned out.

I SMSed you yesterday I still dont get what the contest was..... it was determined by how many tips they got?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I SMSed you yesterday I still dont get what the contest was..... it was determined by how many tips they got?

sorry, I haven't been in a phone mood that much recently, in fact I left it at home most of the day yesterday...you just happen to catch me when I had while running to the bank

all that info was in the previous post I made annoucing it...

basically, they went on tips, crowd reaction and judges scores

she is now thinking she might go back to work tomoorrow night just to see how everyone treats her, but if last night was any inclination of how they feel about her, then she will be quitting and going 100% full time doing the same work I am doing, I really wanna teach her some shit and get her working from home