K..... here's what I've seen happening at clubs in Ottawa lately, from a dancer's viewpoint: guys are bringing girlfriends, wives, female acquaintances, etc. into the club who want to seem "ok" with coming to a strip club. But in reality most of the time they seem to be there to keep tabs on their boyfriend or husband/ judge the dancers/ see if the dancers are hotter than them or not... and I think give the club a weird vibe. Come in on any night now and you're guaranteed to see that a good percentage of the 'customers' are female (I use the term loosely since they tend to be very tight with their money while in the club)! 90% don't spend a dollar on dancers, they sit near the stage, sometimes with bitch faces in full force, get drunk and try to dance, and distract male customers they are with.
Myself and many dancers at work DO NOT appreciate men bringing a female date to the club for the very reason above- you don't spend money with them there! If guys want to bring a girl customer with him for whatever reason, do us a favour and spend money on the dancers while you're with her! Or have her open her purse while she's there. It'll make us strippers a lot happier, guaranteed.
And no, you can't sit and drink with your female friend in an upstairs VIP booths for free- you have to pay the club to sit there like people said on here, and they're mostly meant for doing 1/2 hour or hour VIPs with dancers.
* These are just some of my frustrations about female customers coming into clubs... I know not all of you bring them in, but it amazes me that guys think their status raises in strippers' eyes when they have a female customer with them.