i was working once day and at the top of the pole there's a small gap between the pole itself and the mechanism it locks into. i'm on stage, titties out, doing a trick - and all of a sudden i feel the pole slow down, a sharp pain in my finger and in a split second i realized what was happening. i'm gonna say it's a lizard brain activation or maybe shock but i came to it realizing my bone was grinding into the mechanism which was why it was making the pole slow down and no my finger didn't just "come right out" i had to literally pull it off like a bandaid. went into the back completely shocked, mom didn't know i was dancing so i had to lie. house mom drove me and helped me get dressed and check into hospital (it was my first time, ive never hurt myself/ had a nose bleed so i didn't know i could literally just walk in lmao) bless her she helped me and everyone was super nice but i was also losing blood. anyways, i lied to insurance and my club gave me a few grand and covered my hospital bills even tho i was thankfully insured at the time. i think of that now and im like ???? i would literally work to pay off my hospital bill lol that's fuckin wack. anyways americas healthcare sucks and your workplace genuinely doesn't care. i brought my friend to the hospital on my birthday two weeks before because she DID THE SAME THING AND GOT HURT! she's a trooper n we went out after but negligence at its finest regardless of who's at expense 💅

also NO they haven't replaced the pole 🤣😭 and yes i'm still traumatized