Mary's Club is a watering hole in downtown Portland. It is famous all over the U.S. for it's totally nude dancers. In more prosperous times it has been filled with Japanese tourists and bent locals looking for something 'exotic.' Methinks the author may have been looking for an easy way to pad his expense account. Just joking, people. LOL, LOL ! Local editors would never accept $ 50 in expenses logged up at a nudie bar.
The meat of the article is more interesting:
"Servers suffer as gratuities, and their incomes, plummet with the economy"
I have friends in the restaurant biz. They are all hurting. I went out last evening to a great place I treat myself to regularly. The China Moon. Sometimes I eat there three days a week. Last night it was nearly deserted. Only a few tables had people enjoying fine Asian cuisine. I made it a point to leave a 20% tip.
The whole economy is going into the dumpster. Obama has his work cut out for him. Full scale economic warfare is going on. Nobody wants to address the issue. Not Bush. Not Paulson. Not Bernanke.
Russia vs. U.S. vs. China. Secret wars are going on and we are right in the middle of it. Take a peek here
Later, Alligators . . .
Adult Entertainment Industry Wants a Bailout ROFLMAO! (foxbusiness.com Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Joanna Ossinger)
Well, just wait the SEIU will be moving in to organize the topless wait staff, right after they finish with the day care workers and the landscape workers.
I leave my hairdresser 15 per cent except at Christmas, when I give her ten bucks.
ignore the nature of the establishment for a moment Freepers and appreciate the intellectual victory we have in this illustrious (cough, cough) publication:
They are acknowledging that ‘trickle down economics’ not only is true but that it WORKS! This is exactly what Reagan said and exactly what Milton Friedman proved.
When rich people stop going to restaurants or to strip clubs, the non-rich who work at those places don’t make as much money and they are economically harmed. End of story. Like gravity, this is a law of economics which is provable.
[cue Weezer]
“When I was younger
“I used to tip strippers for fun, yeah
“Actually I didn’t do that
“’Cause I didn’t want the stripper to be sad...”