What were the bouncers like?

We had three bouncers. One was an ecstasy/coke dealer who conducted most of his business in front of the club, which is pretty fucking stupid in my opinion. You're essentially asking for a rotten element to show up at your club and start trouble. The other two were brothers from the Ukraine with limited social skills and biceps the size of my torso. Though they could totally beat you into a pulp, their reflex time was a little slow so you generally had to pester them a few times to get anyone thrown out.

Did you ever work-out a scam to get these dopes to handover more cash?

I never ran any scams, but many of the girls I worked with did. One popular routine involved opening up to a customer about whatever fake problems they were having at the time; (Car was impounded, kicked out of apartment, etc.), and forcing a few tears. Some of the customers would fall prey to it, and eventually pay for twice as many lap dances and drinks, or just hand them cash to help out. I think some of the guys who frequented the club and had their favorite girls probably viewed themselves as gallant knights "saving" these girls from hardship. Little did they know, at the end of the night they'd be cackling like witches about how much money they'd conned that night. It was pretty disgusting.