3 farmers walk into a strip bar. A hot young dancer approaches the table and asks, "Would you like a dance?" The 1st farmer says, "Nah, I don't do dances. Ask this guy!"
The 2nd farmer he'd pointed to says, "I'd love to, but my wife would kill me. This guy wants a dance from you though!"
He points to the 3rd farmer who responds, "Who me??? I hate dances! The FIRST farmer wants one! Come on, I'll pay for you to take him to the Champagne Room!"
Where's the punch line? Oh there isn't one. That's just a typical nights work. The actual ending to the story is either that the 1st farmer flatly refuses his free dance his buddy bought him, therefore all three farmers feel awkward and avoid eye contact, or farmer #1 goes for it, loves it, and all 3 farmers buy dances all night long.
Moral of the story: When a group of men (especially coworkers) attend a strip club together for the first time, they each nervously avoid being the 1st one to buy a lap dance. In order to cover up their desire to go get one, they create the game of, "No him, no you, no that guy!" until they've paid someone else to be the sacrificial lamb. Once that guy's been so horrifically forced to have his dance, the others are allowed to then say, "Oh alright, I guess I better have 1 to since we made you do it!"
Please take the high road fella's! We know that you fear the judgment of your acquaintances. We know you fear your office staff or wives finding out about you, but don't let that ruin your night out. None of you were forced through those doors by gunpoint, so apparently each of you wanted to check out some strippers.
You don't sit down in a restaurant then pretend you're not hungry & hope somebody else orders for you after the waitress has approached you. Instead of trying to test the grounds out with your buddies, next time just respond, "Oh yeah, we each have to get one since we're here. Have a seat!"
Boom. Done.
You'll never climb the ladder if you don't set guidelines & take initiative.
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