Coliseum ROB -- Autumn aka Shelby
Well, even some of the most seasoned mongers can get ripped off on occasion. Regrettably, yours truly just got ripped off at Coliseum by a greedy, young dancer who goes by the stage name of Autumn, but who may also go by her real name of Shelby. Unfortunately, the VIP bouncer and day shift manager at Coliseum were willing accomplices to Autumn's / Shelby's bait and switch. Needless to say, this is the last straw for me in regard to this club.
I should have known better than to give this club another chance after my recent day shift experiences that are about as lively as a funeral home. However, I figured this club might be worth visiting on Thanksgiving Eve. I arrived around 4 PM just in time for a day shift review of dancers. I was pleasantly surprised to see some familiar faces that I had not seen in a while although one of the dayshift dancers who shall remain nameless confirmed for me that day shifts were going downhill and that she was having a hard time making money compared to a year ago.
Around 5 PM, Autumn / Shelby showed up, which means that she was several hours late for day shift, thereby earning a fine for her tardiness. Autumn / Shelby is a young (possibly younger than 21 years old although that didn't stop her from getting served), white, long-haired brunette petite dancer around 5'1" (without heels) and small natural be cups. She immediately gave me the sob story that she had earned a $150 "fine" for showing up late for day shift. At first, I was concerned for her well being since she indicated that she commutes from Flint and already seemed to be a candidate for an OWI later tonight. Nevertheless, I figured I would help the dancer out of her financial predicament, so we worked out an arrangement for a $150 flat fee trip to the VIP with no song count.
I probably should have cut the VIP experience short after the first song because Autumn / Shelby was about as inspiring as watching moss grow on the north side of a tree. After only 4 songs (I was keeping track since this was my first experience with her), Autumn / Shelby started mumbling that we were on the 7th song and that I was going to owe her $175. I reminded her of our $150 flat fee arrangement and started to gather my belongings since I could see where this was going in light of Autumn / Shelby's stripper math. Autumn / Shelby then stumbled her way out of the VIP to get the VIP bouncer. Somewhat to my surprise, the VIP bouncer informed me that I owed Autumn / Shelby for 8 dances or $200. I advised the VIP bouncer that Autumn / Shelby was double-counting, but I could see that he was going to stand firm. Either due to my recognition as a regular or recognition of my firm demeanor, the VIP bouncer when to get the day shift manager who heard my side of the story before he talked to Autumn / Shelby. However, to my surprise, the day shift dancer took Autumn / Shelby's side. Now probably 10 years ago, I would have stood my ground out of principle. However, I am fortunate enough to be in a financial position where $50 is chump change. I informed the day shift manager that I didn't agree with his support of Autumn / Shelby's scam, but I wasn't going to make a fuss because I would be taking my business elsewhere. I don't think Coliseum's day shift manager cared.
In summary, I have a permanently bad aftertaste from Coliseum and will not be returning ever again. My ATF Terezie is retired anyway, so my decision to never return is easier to make. I just thought I would take the time to share so that my fellow mongers could avoid getting ripped off by Autumn / Shelby who apparently has some challenges with simple arithmetic while the VIP bouncer and day shift manager apparently give their customers' satisfaction at Coliseum the lowest priority.
Well scratch that place off my list
Sorry to hear of your recent bad experience EL. I guess from now on you'll have to stop at better funeral homes.
Henry's South VIP Upgrade
Well guys, I guess I'll be the first to report on this.
I went to H8's tonight and the new VIP rooms are complete. It's a dramatic improvement and I'm impressed. They've made the rooms considerably larger and have walls blocked out on each side. The rooms themselves are large enough to maneuver in, for whatever activity you have in mind. The bouncer walks you and the girl back to the room and it initially looks dark but after you get in, they turn on a somewhat dim light above and the view of the dancer becomes very good. The room feels very private. There is a triangular, leather, love seat sized couch that has cutoff corners (all still padded). The floors are now tiled as well. When I first looked, I thought there was something wet on the floor but it turns out, it's just sparkly tile. In terms of how this compares to other clubs VIP rooms that I go in, I have to say that it definitely beats Henry's North, Bogart's and the Silver Cricket by a mile. The only club that I've been in, in Michigan that has a better VIP than this now, is the Hustler club but I haven't been there in at least three years, since it went to shit after the changes that were made. Additionally, expect them to be much cleaner now too. One of the girls told me that the rules for the dancers, include being required to clean up any mess that they leave behind and additionally, they can't put their feet on the seat. If they break the rules, they get fined $25 per occurrence.
The changes are definitely welcome and it's bound to increase traffic, since one of the major complaints about South was how horrible the VIP rooms were. As we know, more guys equal more dancers and dancer quality should increase. I thought they were being more selective about who they allow to dance but I think it's just that they have more attractive dancers coming in that dilutes the pool of the ones that shouldn't be allowed to dance.
Granted, even though it was the busiest bar night of the year, I counted approximately 15-20 girls tonight and the selection was pretty good. There were four new dancers that I'd never seen before and three of them were attractive enough to get dances from. One of the new girls, Mercedes, who is about 5'4 and around 100 pounds with dark black hair, has only been working there a couple of days. She's nice but not terribly attractive facially. She did tell me that she doesn't do extras but she's a good talker (this makes me think of the Natalie ruse. Good talker, poor action). In our conversation, I told her that since she's new, she'll probably make money until words gets around that she doesn't do anything in the back. She said that she'd heard that but that she doesn't feel she needs too. I've heard this kind of story before and I told her that she's going to have a hard time competing, since the other girls do extras. Well, we know how this story goes, so if she sticks around, you can be sure that at some point, she'll start providing extras too.
