 Re: Would you want to own a swing club?
Not for all of the tea in China. Between the restrictive liquor licensing issues, the need for dedicated and specifically trained security personnel, the ever-present "grey area" in terms of legality, and the asinine manner in which far too many patrons are prone to behave, operating any sort of lifestyle club in America carries more headaches than it's worth. Hell, I had a hard enough time adapting to the differences between European, urban (American) and suburban (American) clubs. I don't know if I could bring myself to become the manager of a club in the States. Germany, maybe. The laws aren't as rigid, and (interestingly enough) even the most ignorant people are able to avoid engaging in obnoxious behaviour.
Of the three cubs that I visited in the State, two of them were run in an entirely different manner than the others. One of them was (as I soon learned) run Middle-American style, with the single men waiting to be chosen. The other two were run in the standard "introduce yourself" manner. The Middle-American one was cool on the single male front, but suffered from "obnoxious couple" syndrome. One of the Euro-style clubs has fighting men, the other one had prostitution and fighting women (because the wives didn't like the idea of having competition, and prostitutes are unclean). And then we had to deal with constant police inquiries (One of the clubs was set up below a "massage parlor).
Bottom line, I couldn't do it. Too much stress for way too little benefit. |