The clubs that I have worked in have been quite diligent with the cleaning process. That being said, the couches in the private areas are scary. As staff, we never sat on them. The first club that I worked in had roughly 10 girls that were brought to work from a different country. They would get up onto the counters and urinate into the sinks. We never knew why. Regardless, it was disgusting to think that we staff were to wash our hands there and then handle drinks. Especially in strip clubs. We washed our hands often and had sanitizing liquid at our bar and stations to cleanse our hands that had touched money that had come into contact with vaginas or mouths. The tops of the toilet tanks often have powdery residue on them.

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