Weekend fun

Winston's was a roller show. When I arrived at 630 there was already a decent amount of people in the crowd. I think a few open mic comics brought some people, and the features each brought a couple. Winston's also installed a new window so I wonder if that drew in a few randoms. The show was picking up a nice momentum even through the lightning round. Well Jesse was out of town and I had someone else read out the names. He forgot to read off one name, and since it was the dude's first time and he had a few friends I felt obligated to give him a spot. Well as expected he was pretty terrible and sucked the life out of the show. The dude that went up next did ok ripping on him but as far as jokes, the crowd somewhat was tapped out. My set started off pretty decent, but fell flat with the new jokes I tried. When I got the door money I was sure it was short. The door guy is pretty dumb, but I trust he wouldn't steal. There was one show where they missed out on a $100 bill. I felt this was the case. I spoke with him and he didn't know what I was thinking, and was defensive. I spoke to the bartender/ manager and she kind of blew me off and her douchey bf who was a former doorman tried to give me $5. I almost wanted to take it because he was such a douche. I told her I felt the door was 100$ short, to which she said she didn't think it was that busy. I stood my ground. About 25 minutes later the other doorman gave me $100 bill. I knew it. I smoothed things over with the manager and door guy, but still somewhat sketchy busy, esp. as Jesse wasn't there. Saturday was a pretty stress free show at the Store. Both shows weren't that busy, and the crowds weren't rowdy, esp. with the second show holding a bachelorete party with over 20 women. I got to open the second show when a comic who was supposed to open claimed to be too drunk to go up. It was a weird thing as I assumed I was going to open, then told I wasn't, then 4 minutes before the show I'm told I am going to open. I don't know whether it was just a mind game, who cares. My set started strong, fizzled a bit, then ended decent. One of the owners was there and he said he thought I was funny. Didn't feel good throughout, but I'd say it was good enough for opening. The comics on the show were meh. The feature did the best. His crowd work did well, but his jokes were ok. Had a lot of premises but his actually jokes didn't do that well. The headliner was very cute, but as far as being a headliner I don't see it. Her jokes hit ok, but there was no real build up. She hated on men for the most part, with some weird demands. She clearly dated a lot of comics and was either hurt or hated every moment of it.