Current Events > Strippers are now delivery girls in Portland, Oregon

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Portland finds a way. Close down her strip clubs, and dancers will do delivery. Thats whats happening at the Lucky Devil Lounge at 633 S.E. Powell Blvd. The club was forced to close with Gov. Kate Browns mandate to stem the spread of coronavirus, but the order does allow food establishments to offer take-out or delivery.

And thus was born club owner Shon Bouldens newest business: Boober Eats. The home delivery service, in which a pair of scantily clad strippers will deliver hot food to your door, started as a joke Boulden posted on social media. When people began seriously inquiring about orders, Boulden saw potential.

So, while the rest of Portland was hoarding toilet paper and pasta, he bought out one local stores stock of pasties.
From 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Boober Eats is offering the full menu from the Lucky Devil Lounge at the same prices. Delivery rates are generally $30, but vary depending on distance from the lounge. If someone wants to give us a couple hundred bucks to go to the coast, well do it as long as the girls are taken care of, Boulden said. Popular orders include chicken fingers, steak bites and mini corndogs.

All the calls, people are just giddy and fun, Boulden said. Sometimes its a surprise for someone, sometimes its a birthday, sometimes its people that are really stoned. All dancers are driven and escorted by a security guard. And theres at least one rule that carries over from the strip club to a pandemic no touching the dancers.

But social distancing seemed to be a struggle for the women themselves. The club has turned into the headquarters for Boober Eats, and on Friday, it remained full of dancers, delivery drivers and members of the media. Some of the dancers greeted each other with hugs and took selfies together.

For his part, Boulden is providing masks, disposable gloves and sanitizing wipes. Strippers are like hairstylists or tattoo artists, in that they usually book a space to do their work and are considered independent contractors rather than employees. That means they typically arent eligible for unemployment benefits. It became very real when all this happened, said one of the dancers, who goes by the stage name Olivia. Dancers work for tips and tips only.

Boulden has about 80 dancers between Lucky Devil and another club, Devils Point, which he co-owns.
Theyre all like, hey, what do we do? I said, let me figure something out, and this is my solution," he said.

About 25 dancers have started doing Boober, Boulden said. Even with deliveries, many of the dancers doing Boober runs have gone from making several hundred dollars a night to earning close to minimum wage. Losing this job is devastating, said Kiki, who started her first Boober shift Friday. For the majority of us, its been an almost complete loss of income. Im here supporting my community and trying to keep maintaining an income flow as best as we can.

Boulden said hes trying to employ as many people as possible during the clubs shut down. The kitchen staff are cooking orders. Security guards are driving dancers to deliveries. Bartenders are now working the phones and maintaining social media.

Its crazy, Boulden said. We mutated our one business into a totally different style of business.

https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/portland-strip-club-forced-to-close-so-dancers-now-do-delivery.html

https://youtu.be/xQZdL_uV-GQ

I wonder if some people feel ashamed when their neighbors peek out from their windows and see this:
https://imgur.com/W4WdFLZ

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"I have a delivery for you too."

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I don't get it. The end result is beating off and being alone anyway, just use porn.

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Do not want.

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shnangyboos posted...

I don't get it. The end result is beating off and being alone anyway, just use porn.

In the video, the owner (or someone, I forgot) mentions that a lot of their regulars call. The brunette in the video / picture makes it a point to say men and women specifically call in their order and request a certain employee bring it. I could see some regulars dishing out money just like they do at a club for whatever reasoning. Others, I'm wondering if there's a little something more going on like a lap dance as they feed you onion rings.

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I know what Im going to do. Want me to give updates when it happens?

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$30? Man.

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Stripping is a job.

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Stripper delivery bump.

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Sex trade workers are hurtin. No bitch I don't want your covid19 special.

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I once heard a rumor that everyone from Oregon is or once worked as a stripper

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yo, who ordered fish?

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I thought strippers were supposed to be hot.

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Those are gentlemen's club.

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Flockaveli posted...

I thought strippers were supposed to be hot.

it's about 60-40 usually

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Adapting to survive. Not bad.

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Someone call the WHM guys, someone owes them a lot of royalties for Boober
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Ashamed? More like acclaimed.

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Delightful.

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Good idea but not at this time, "social distancing" and all that is a bit more important, however after this problem with the virus is over they could make a decent profit.

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Offworlder1 posted...

Good idea but not at this time, "social distancing" and all that is a bit more important, however after this problem with the virus is over they could make a decent profit.

They're making way less than they would stripping unless you're suggesting that's only because of COVID.

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