Friday (9/13) at the 'Mate and it was definitely an unlucky Friday the thirteenth for me.
Arrived about 2:15 and the club seemed fairly quiet.
Saw Samantha, Phoenix, Candy, Teo, Bianca, Ruby, Chanelle (glasses), Jaya, Penelope, Tiffany and Lola. Also noticed the dancer formerly known as Vanessa. Apparently Vanessa is now to be called Lolita. Yes, Lolita - a moniker that strikes this observer as a trifle too Nabokovian for a lady of her ample charms.
Did not see Mia, Kate or Olivia.
Ruby was coming and going in the early part of the afternoon, but was observed in heels and onstage later on. Penelope again looked very nice under the lights but reverted to taking off her shoes onstage this afternoon (as did Ruby). Teo appeared onstage twice while I was in the club. Tiffany was really impressive during her stage appearance - a lovely, classic look.
There was steady traffic to the CR, with Jaya, Penelope and Tiffany seeming to be most popular today, although many other ladies visited.
Some of the dancers seemed to spend a lot of time at the tables of certain patrons and it was difficult not to notice that these encounters did not result in CR visits. To cite one example, Bianca (along with Lola and occasionally Phoenix) sat with a regular patron (I've noticed him sitting at the same spot a number of times) chatting and drinking for most of the afternoon. Bianca did not appear to take a CR visit while I was present - Lola and Phoenix did, but with other gents.
As usual, it seemed that I was entirely invisible to all of the dancers today. My attempts to make eye contact with Penelope did not pan out. Jaya avoided my gaze. Tiffany seemed to decide who to approach from a distance, walked directly to target and then adjourned to her position at the bar immediately after emerging from the CR. As noted previously, Tiffany really, really likes to hang out at the bar. At one point later in the afternoon, Tiffany spent more than an hour (an hour!) sitting at the bar chatting with Teo, the bartender and her phone with her back facing the expanse of the club. To be fair to the gorgeous Tiffany, she did have three visits to the CR at that point (the third one felt like a major marathon) so maybe she was not interested in a fourth time around. Tiffany is certainly entitled to position her lovely behind on whatever bar stool she chooses, facing whichever way she prefers.
From my arrival at around 2:15 to my departure at roughly 6:15 not a single dancer approached. Apparently, I have invented a very effective form of 'stripper repellent'.
Perhaps I need to establish myself as a 'regular' of one or two dancers, so that I might be recognized and approached by them upon entering the club. Enjoyed this type of situation in the past at another club so maybe I should endeavour to recreate this at the 'Mate.
Enough whining for now I guess. Left today with budget intact anyway.