Mouse's Ear Memoirs: Heidi
Heidi isn't getting doxxed; this is another celebration post and an analysis of the downward spiral.
Heidi was the stage name of a dancer who started at Mouse's Ear a couple of months after me. She had never danced before, was in her mid-to-late twenties, and had a beautiful late 90s Kate Winslet look to her. She was equally as shining on the inside as she was on the outside. Her soulful inner light inspired many customers to give her lots of money, even though she was new to the industry. She never expressed an iota of jealousy or hatred toward me, which was quite a relief. I prefer to have coworkers who are more attractive and better at sales than me for this very reason.
I neglected to replace my old alternator in late Summer 2019, and had to walk to work from Motel 6 one day when my car was in the shop. Creepy DJ Rob saw me walking to work and insisted that I allow him to drive me home later that night. I planned on taking a cab at night, but Rob insisted that I save money by letting him give me a lift. I was quite grossed out at the prospect of getting into Gross Rob's blue Ford Mustang with him and having him find out that I was staying at Motel 6. Fortunately, Heidi understood my worries and said she'd drive me “home.” She was one of the few people who I'd trust with the secret that I was staying at Motel 6, and I knew I'd have to explain it to her at the end of the night. I did so in her SUV, during the short drive around the corner between work and my room. Heidi is from Georgia, and of a liberal Christian upbringing that both worships Christ and celebrates strip clubs. She was very accepting of me despite the Motel 6 situation, and promised she wouldn't tell anybody about it. If she did tell anyone, I never found out, so good on anyone who knew without shaming me for it.
A few shifts after driving me to Motel 6, Heidi began hearing rumors that I am a witch. It made me very sad that she believed it and had some reservations about interacting with me because of it. She was still nice to me for the most part though, if not a bit standoffish.
After a couple of months at Mouse's Ear, Heidi's drinking habits from BYOB customers increased. She regularly slurred her words, stumbled, and then got into her vehicle to leave at night. What sickened me is that I verbally expressed concern at the end of the night whenever I saw her like that, asked her if she needed me to drive her or take her keys, and then I was ostracized for doing that by people who were Heidi's “friends.” A dancer named Zoey, who Heidi became very close with, was angry with me for caring. It was a very weird and sickening situation to see Heidi at the end of the night and know that I would be shunned for asking if she was ok. Zoey did not want Heidi to be nice to me, so she withdrew even further than she did about the witch thing.
Heidi usually “tipped” staff above and beyond what they expected, worked another job, and did not always depend on Mouse's Ear or the strip club industry. She was nice to everyone besides LingLing, in a seemingly genuine way, but I do wonder if she had any secret opinions on matters concerning litigation. If anyone knows, please contact me. This Heidi post is a precursor to a tandem one about Zoey, aka Victoria Swearingen Loposser.