Stick to the Basic Rules

After many years of PLing, and 1000s of LDs, I failed to follow some basic rules, and it cost me money. Below are the 2 I violated. It occurred at a club without a LD room attendant, where girls monitor their own dance counts. 1 - Pay after every song, to avoid miscount of songs 2 - Ask the girl to wait until the start of the next song to start dancing. I became a bit sloppy, as it occurred at a club where I have spent much time in the past, and where girls typically either ask if I want to wait until the next song, or they simply choose to not count partial songs. Also, girls have tended to err on the side of undercounting songs, in which case I've paid the proper/higher count. In this case, I simply paid the higher count (the said it was 6...when it was really only 4.25), to avoid conflict over $20 (it's a $10/song club, so the error didn't cost me much). The $20 cash isn't the issue...its the principle that it could have been avoided, and a bit of annoyance with the girl for trying to pull something....and I'm sure I'm not the only victim of hers. But, she will never get another $1 from me ever. And, I'll consider it the cost of a retraining course for myself. In summary, never let your guard down, even with regulars (although she was a new girl to me): I've intentionally left out club name, as this could happen anywhere where the girls control the song count).