Devon Hunter

I found out yesterday that someone has double crossed me. I don’t say that with shock on my face, but I also don’t want to come across as jaded. Let me simply say this: I’m not surprised, and yet my feelings are still hurt.

Remember this, no matter what you do, whether you plan to become a doctor or an exotic dancer, you will get back what you give out. A career is a career, and there are people involved. It makes little sense to burn bridges. So then, here is what happened. (Hopefully you will learn from it, regardless of what you do for a living and whether or not this blog will lead you towards your dream job of prancing around naked for money.)

A dancer, let’s call him Jason for pretend purposes, was stuck in a crapped-out skeezy bar. Let’s pretend that club is in Charlotte, NC. Let’s also pretend that a couple of generous guys (we’ll pretend their names are Devon and Scotty) helped secure bookings for Jason at a club where Jason could earn considerably more money on a regular basis. Let’s continue this little round of make-believe by pretending that Jason underbid Devon and Scotty for a booking at a different club, despite the fact that all had agreed to a particular booking fee. Let’s say that Jason, for some reason that makes ZERO sense at all, agreed to go to this different club for only $50. Are you fucking kidding me? What a dumb stripper! So, now Devon and Scotty can’t trust Jason, and Jason will not be working at the consistent club again for a long time, if ever. In order to get an absurdly underpriced $50 booking, Jason (and his newborn baby girl) has now lost thousands of dollars.

Don’t fuck with people.

So then – what is the moral of this story? Stupid strippers make $50 for a booking and lose out on recurring gigs that pay well, because they don’t have the foresight to see how collaboration helps everyone. No matter what your career is, you are a fool if you think people won’t find out how you have abused their trust. It is inevitable that your choices will catch up with you.

I hope Jason has lots of coupons for diapers and baby formula…