Rob Broad said:
After exhaustive research over the years I know that rippers don't notice anything less than $5, even back in the days of $1 and $2 bills. Now a days a well rolled $10 will put a smile on your face as well as hers.
Hmm exploitation?
$5 for the average song of 4 minutes and you work 5 songs in an hour (* finding new customers and taking a well deserved break and such *) and only work a 5 hour shift for 5 days; One gets: $5 * 5 * 5 * 5 = $625 a week for a 25 hour work week. Now assume a couple of weeks unpaid vacations and sick days and such, and now you get about 48 weeks. This is $30,000 a year.
If a 40 hour work week is put into the equation: $5 * 5 * 40 = $1000 for 48 weeks gives $48,000 dollars.
How much of that is reported for taxation? Not being in the business I do not know. I know many places now keep track of a wait staff's total bill and turn in 15% as the expected tips. Not sure how this would work here for the USA or Canada??? So about $30,000 to $48,000 a year for an entertainment service. Now let us assume that part of that is taxed and part is taken up in expenses for outfits and health club memberships to keep in shape, you still have a nice piece of annual income. No wonder it attracks some people to help them selves out.
So, at $10 a song and more songs per hour someone could make some real good money in a year.
Sounds like Capitalism to me, as I know that many of the clubs I have been to in London Ont. have a decent female patronage as well, versus here in Michigan where that is still the exception. I think the Canadian Culture does not have some of the issue the US culture does about this occupation, which to me is healthy, as long as people are not forced, and or not strubg out on some form of a mind altering substance.
Oh well, back to the puritan bars in my local neighborhoods.
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