workin' hard for the money

Consider the following quotation:

“The thing that I hate most - it sounds really trivial - is when a customer's breath smells, that's gross."

It's a pet peeve uttered by workers in any profession. Dentistry. Cosmetic application. Even journalism.

But fortunately, its story is much more riveting. As in, the aforementioned line was uttered by a lap dancer in this industry profile.

The article reinforced my belief that strippers are people, too. Fortunately, I already learned that lesson about a year ago, when a stripper at this Atlanta joint shared a thought-provoking conversation with me while on the toilet.