Sonja, I just want to say you are a class act. Even if, for some M. Night Shyamalan reason, Cherry is actually telling the truth and you really are a two-faced lying bitch in real life--at least on this board, you are constantly trying to disengage from an internet war and emphasizing how you want us to continue supporting the ladies at LRN.
Stay classy, Madam.
Thank you. You gave me my first smile of the day.
Cherry and I have only laid eyes on each other while in the same room. We've never properly met, had a conversation, or worked together. She has no personal experience on which to base her opinion of me. She picked up on some gossip & is using that as the foundation of her perception of me. I wanted to work with her and I'm sad that was impossible. It could have been a mutually beneficial collaboration at LRN.
I'm only now getting more details about the "Pictures in the Brothel" culture at Moundhouse.
At Bunny Ranch - where I trained over 4 yrs ago, the entry is plastered to the ceiling with pics of ladies - some who are renowned for having been there & some who are still there. When I returned to LRV, the walls there were covered with new pics of Dennis "and friends" who were mostly celebrities. It was my job to promote our ladies and house so I immediately got to work on getting our ladies represented on the walls of the hallways. Dennis provided blown up pics of the ladies, and frames for me & I put them up. Not specific ladies - ALL the ladies. He also provided sexy Vegasesque art because I wanted to give LRV a vintage Vegas feel to give it more personality of its own. I hung those as well. Not only a non-issue but it was expected of me to take care of those kinds of things.
Suzette told me to keep a "low profile" initially. I understood that to mean "don't do anything without her consent". I am still trying to work out what it actually meant.
At Moundhouse - pictures on the wall are organized as very ordered pecking order placements. At LRN - there are 6 spots for pictures & those go to the top 6 bookers. When I got there, only 3 pictures were hanging in the parlor. I made a mental note to find out who else should be represented so I could order her pictures and frames. In the meantime, the parlor looked kinda bland with those empty spaces. In my initial meeting with Suzette a couple months ago - I'd asked if I could hang pictures in the house & she gave permission. I sought the advice of the cashier about what to hang and where. We decided the pics with Dennis would be welcomed as the ladies loved him and there were no pictures of him in the house. My 3rd day, I was finally moved in to my house and new room at LRN. For me, hanging pictures and putting flowers in vases is a "last touch" of moving in to a place.
It seems that those who make up the culture at Moundhouse are very attuned to the serious significance of picture placement in the houses there. This was me stepping on mine when I didn't know I was in a minefield. They are stunned I didn't just "know" and I am stunned no one bothered to warn me...And then did not allow me to correct this error. This cultural dissonance has left both sides shaking their heads at the other side as we wonder why something so simple wasn't just understood.
When it comes down to it - it was very likely bad timing because of so much turmoil and devastation over the past couple of months between when I was offered the position vs when I arrived. The reason for rescinding the offers made to me was hanging a picture but I imagine if it hadn't been that, it would have been something else just as absurd. The real reason was that this just wasn't meant to be at this time.
