One strip club’s unconventional way to stay in business during the coronavirus pandemic has been hitting headlines across the world as they unveiled their new racy food-delivery service!
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe, many businesses are feeling the effects.
As more and more people are advised to stay at home and self-isolate, as well as generally practice social distancing in order to try and slow the spread of coronavirus, small businesses, in particular, are feeling the sting of these measures.
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However, it is crucial to protect those of us who are most vulnerable.
These social distancing measures are being implemented to try and slow the spread of the disease in order to protect those in our society who are most vulnerable to this disease, such as the elderly or those with underlying heart diseases.
However, one business has been employing a, shall we say… novel, idea to get through this difficult time.
The business in question in the Lucky Devil Lounge!
It is an industry that you may have forgotten to consider during these difficult times for small and medium businesses.
Yet, the Lucky Devil Lounge, a strip club with a name straight out the Big Handbook For Naming A Stripclub, has been feeling the negative effects of coronavirus measures, and has come up with a plan to combat this!
And the answer is food deliveries made by strippers!
Although Governor Kate Brown’s mandate to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus has caused the club to close, the club can still remain open for take-out food deliveries… and that is just what they have done!
However, hot food deliveries from the Lucky Devil Lounge come to your door in the hands of barely-dressed dancers, giving them the plastic-gloved upper hand over their competitors.
The idea initially started — as the most interesting business ideas do — as a joke.
Shon Boulden, the club’s owner, initially posted the idea on social media as a joke. However, the post garnered considerable interest!
Therefore, seeing the potential to keep income coming in, Boulden stocked up on food for the kitchen to remain open.
And yes, they have indeed called the venture “Boober Eats”, because of course, they have.
Boulden said that they have quite an interesting mix of people ordering from their service.
The club is open for orders from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m, and the menu includes the likes of chicken strips, chicken wings, hot sandwiches, and steak bites. Delivery rates vary dependent on how far the girls have to travel, with the club’s security guards working as drivers:
“If someone wants to give us a couple of hundred bucks to go to the coast, we’ll do it as long as the girls are taken care of […] All the calls, people are just giddy and fun. Sometimes it’s a surprise for someone, sometimes it’s a birthday, sometimes it’s people that are really stoned,” Boulden (pictured above) told The Oregonian .
The problem of social distancing is still a problem, however.
In order to try and keep the organization running as hygienically as possible, Boulden and all of his staff are wearing gloves, and masks where necessary, as well as sanitizing all work surfaces as frequently as possible.
Obviously, the people ordering are not allowed to touch the dancers, a rule which will be enforced by the security guards who transport the dancers on their deliveries.
The “Boober Eats” venture has provided a lot of the dancers with much-needed income.
Strippers, by the nature of their work being by appointment basis, tend to not qualify for unemployment benefits, as The Oregonian reports.
This has meant that lots of the Lucky Devil Lounge’s 80 dancers (and dancers across America) have been left economically crippled, potentially unable to support themselves and anyone who depends upon them.
Loosing work has been huge battles for the dancers, with some explaining how hard it has been since the club’s closure.
One dancer, stage name Olivia, explained, “It became very real when all this happened. Dancers work for tips and tips only.”
Kiki, another dancer at the club who has been doing Boober Eats deliveries claimed, “Losing this job is devastating. For the majority of us, it’s been an almost complete loss of income. I’m here supporting my community and trying to keep maintaining an income flow as best as we can.”
Who knows if they will keep this service open even after the pandemic ends?
The venture seems to be a huge commercial success, but who knows if they will keep this side business open when, and if, the club reopens. For now, though, this is Boulden’s solution to his and his dancer’s problems:
“They’re all like, ‘hey, what do we do?’ I said, ‘let me figure something out,’ and this is my solution”.
Will you be ordering from the Lucky Devil Lounge during this unsettling time, or not? Be sure to let us know your thoughts on this interesting business venture in the comments below!
h/t: The Oregonian
