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Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
How many of your girls are fat?

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KozmoNaut
Apr 23, 2008

Happiness is a warm
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KillHour posted:

Edit: You mentioned earlier that condoms are required for oral - what would you do if the customer requesting oral was a woman? Does that happen?

Probably dental dams, or maybe they just refuse outright.

Nitrox
Jul 5, 2002

Darkman Fanpage posted:

How many of your girls are fat?
Nobody is fat outside of USA

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010
Ok, I've said my bit in regards to the use of "girls" v "women/sex workers/other". It's done, let's move on.
I'm not trying to ignore the argument, I just think that what everyone has said pretty much covers all the bases. As a recap: CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT

Big Willy Style posted:

What award are you paid under? Are you full time, casual or permanent part time. If you are full time are you on a salary or a you paid hourly?

KillHour posted:

If you don't mind me asking, how does your pay compare to a typical salary where you live? How about the workers'?

Edit: You mentioned earlier that condoms are required for oral - what would you do if the customer requesting oral was a woman? Does that happen?
At the moment I'm not currently paid under any award, but am being paid above the relevant award wages. I'm part time, doing a 24-28hr week, it works out to about $24p/h.
I'm paid per shift, which is the standard in most places. Unlike most places, I am actually on the books and pay tax and all that, too.
It's a pretty good wage, works out to over 30k a year, which is what I was earning in a full time position that I absolutely hated me couldn't handle due to health issues, so that's always nice.
The girls are essentially here as independent contractors, so they get paid by the client, and pay a portion of that fee to the business as room rent, so what they earn depends on a million and one different things, such as their attitude, their looks, the weather, the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow, etc.

Yes, it does happen, we also get clients wishing to perform oral on the lady they book.
Dental dams are used in this case, generally, although (stupidly, in my opinion) there is no regulation on barrier methods for fellatio performed on a woman.
So while performing uncovered oral (aka "natural" oral) on a man is illegal within the sex industry, no such law exists regarding oral on a woman.
A lot of the women I know in this industry would prefer to use dams, but feel like they can't ask it of the clients, as it's not a law, and the clients will try and argue out of it. They also feel pressured because of some women openly offering uncovered oral on themselves, and feel like they have to offer the same to be able to compete, even if it makes them uncomfortable.
It's just another example of how the laws in the industry are skewed towards protecting clients, not workers.

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Darkman Fanpage posted:

How many of your girls are fat?
Hey, wanna word this in a way that is less offensive? If it's an honest question, this is not the way to ask it.

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Poopy posted:

Hey, wanna word this in a way that is less offensive? If it's an honest question, this is not the way to ask it.

Are any of your employees BBW? If so, how popular are they compared to employees who are more conventionally attractive?

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Chichevache posted:

Are any of your employees BBW? If so, how popular are they compared to employees who are more conventionally attractive?

Thank you.
At the current place, not so much. We have a couple of ladies that are size 12-14AU (US conversion is something like 8-10, I think?) so not exactly what would be considered BBW.
Most of our girls are size 6-8.
The two bigger girls are both very popular, and have worked in the industry a long time.
The last place I worked there were a few girls between 14-20, who worked with varying levels of popularity. One of our biggest ladies (size 18/20AU, GG cup breasts) got A LOT of work, partly as she was well known to be a fantastic, fully trained remedial masseuse, and also because she catered to a lot of fetishists (foot fetishes, bdsm, "alternative" girl, breast feeding/nursing fetishes, etc). She has a lot of private clients as well.
A few of the smaller big girls were very popular, as most were busty, bubbly, and friendly. Most of them go for girlfriend experience, rather than porn star, not that they couldn't if they wanted to.
A lot of people don't seem to realise that in this industry (particularly in brothels), attitude and personality play a huge part in getting booked, sometimes even more so than looks.
If you had to chose between a service with a friendly, bubbly, curvy girl that seems genuinely interested in you, or a thin, sullen, pouty lady who looks like she'd rather be anywhere else, which would you choose? In my experience, attitude is everything. Admittedly, there's always a exception to the rule, and some dudes enjoy being treated like poo poo.

Also, just as an aside, while I know what you were trying to say, suggesting that bigger women can't be conventionally attractive is still a pretty insulting thing to say.
"If so, how popular are they compared to employees who are smaller sized/straight sized/etc" would be the better way to put it.

Aggressive pricing
Feb 25, 2008

Poopy posted:


Also, just as an aside, while I know what you were trying to say, suggesting that bigger women can't be conventionally attractive is still a pretty insulting thing to say.
"If so, how popular are they compared to employees who are smaller sized/straight sized/etc" would be the better way to put it.

It seems fairly straight forward that large people are not currently considered conventionally attractive. When the majority of people* picture the most attractive person they can think of, that person will not be overweight. It seems to me saying a larger person isn't conventionally attractive is more a statement of fact than an insult. Bigger woman can be attractive, but to say they're conventionally attractive is just untrue, the convention is clearly young/young looking and thin. There's a reason it's fat fetish rather than fat 'normal'.

Smaller sized makes me think of midgets/dwarfs and I would have no idea what straight size is supposed to mean.

*North America, Europe

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW
I would honestly expect someone offering to answer questions about making a living off of the sex work of others to be a bit more laid back about the way people ask questions

Wayne Knight
May 11, 2006

Arnold of Soissons posted:

I would honestly expect someone offering to answer questions about making a living off of the sex work of others to be a bit more laid back about the way people ask questions

You don't think she should expect respect towards her co-workers because you don't respect their industry?

I'm just curious if you worded that the way you meant to. Because it sounds like you don't think sex workers should be offended when someone says "how many are fat, and how do the fat ones differ in popularity from the pretty ones?"

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW

RZA Encryption posted:

You don't think she should expect respect towards her co-workers because you don't respect their industry?
:rolleye:

I think pleading for delicate sensibilities when you earn money the same way a pimp does is a bit empty, pls don't project onto me.

e: I know there's no coertion but if she does a trick and your pay comes out of that...

Arnold of Soissons fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Oct 1, 2014

Kaal
May 22, 2002

through thousands of posts in D&D over a decade, I now believe I know what I'm talking about. if I post forcefully and confidently, I can convince others that is true. no one sees through my facade.
"Look guys, all I'm saying is that she is simultaneously a pimp and whore, what's the big deal if I talk down to her like she deserves?"

Garrand
Dec 28, 2012

Rhino, you did this to me!

"Dude, they're only whores. It's not like they're human or something."

Wayne Knight
May 11, 2006

Ok, let's move on and ignore the rear end in a top hat.

What would be an amount of customers that would make you say "drat this was a busy day"?

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Serious question:

Any instances of incurring a repetitive stress injury from the work? Ever had to make a work cover claim for one?

Poopy
Jul 31, 2010

Aggressive pricing posted:

It seems fairly straight forward that large people are not currently considered conventionally attractive. When the majority of people* picture the most attractive person they can think of, that person will not be overweight. It seems to me saying a larger person isn't conventionally attractive is more a statement of fact than an insult. Bigger woman can be attractive, but to say they're conventionally attractive is just untrue, the convention is clearly young/young looking and thin. There's a reason it's fat fetish rather than fat 'normal'.

Smaller sized makes me think of midgets/dwarfs and I would have no idea what straight size is supposed to mean.

*North America, Europe
This:

RZA Encryption posted:

"how do the fat ones differ in popularity from the pretty ones?"
Straight sized = not plus sized

Arnold of Soissons posted:

I would honestly expect someone offering to answer questions about making a living off of the sex work of others to be a bit more laid back about the way people ask questions

Arnold of Soissons posted:

:rolleye:

I think pleading for delicate sensibilities when you earn money the same way a pimp does is a bit empty, pls don't project onto me.

e: I know there's no coertion but if she does a trick and your pay comes out of that...
UGH.

RZA Encryption posted:

Ok, let's move on and ignore the rear end in a top hat.

What would be an amount of customers that would make you say "drat this was a busy day"?
It's not necessarily the number of clients, but the money that's brought in. Because we're only a small establishment (3rooms), I have to regularly ask clients to come back later or another day simply because we don't have enough room. A 2k day is a big day, and we can technically do that in 15 bookings, and that would be a hectic day, but we can do 20 bookings and only make $1.4k. It all depends on length of bookings. So a 20 booking day can still be a slow day (it's only like, 2 half hour bookings an hour).

darth cookie posted:

Serious question:

Any instances of incurring a repetitive stress injury from the work? Ever had to make a work cover claim for one?
Nah. I mean, the girls will occasionally complain of "wankers arm", but it's never anything serious. Actually one of the bigger problems is spending so much time in ridiculous heels is a strain on the back, and the potential for broken ankles. One of the girls was barefoot the other day, and tripped on another's shoe and went down on her hip. It's more accidental injury that we worry about. People falling off massage tables is always interesting. At the old place I worked at there were some pretty precarious stairs, everyone fell up or down them at least once, it was a sort of right of passage. I sprained my ankle doing it.
For the most part we try not to involve outsiders (for lack of a better word before my first coffee of the day), preferring to handle stuff internally. That goes for a lot of things in the industry, problem clients, potential problem staff, etc. we'll call organisations like RHED or Scarlett Alliance before we call cops or anything. I mean obviously for serious injury or extreme violence the appropriate authorities would be called. Thankfully Medicare exists in Australia, and huge, unexpected medical costs are uncommon.

Kanye East
Jul 7, 2006
Do you ever get guys that come in, have second thoughts and then leave?

Are any particular days of the year more 'productive', Valentines Day for example?

I am wondering what you think about my experience I had recently. When travelling for work in one of Australia's capital cities, I was put up in a fancy 5 star hotel and decided to get a massage at their spa (I have a poo poo back and lengthy travel makes it worse). I nearly jumped off the massage table when the lady grabbed my junk and asked if I wanted more. I travel a couple of times a year for work but have never come across anything like that before. I mentioned this to a friend that travels nearly every month within Australia and overseas and he said he has never come across it in Australia, but it does occasional get offered in SE Asia. I was pretty incredulous that such a fancy, well-known, place offered this under the table. Is this something that you know about or did I just get a rogue operator? Or maybe I am just really naive!

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW
A bunch of young women, as their only opportunity for legal employment in the field, are forced by industry wide standards to accept the disadvantageous position of paying to rent a room in someone's business while paying disadvantageous contractor tax rates, which fees are the only source of funding for your own (normal, non-contractor) paycheck.

My question for the OP is: why is it taboo or rude for me to point out what you already said? Your income comes from the sex work of others, why be in denial about it?

e: oh you are dating one of them aren't you I forgot well no wonder then I guess

Hydrolith
Oct 30, 2009

Arnold of Soissons posted:

A bunch of young women, as their only opportunity for legal employment in the field, are forced by industry wide standards to accept the disadvantageous position of paying to rent a room in someone's business while paying disadvantageous contractor tax rates, which fees are the only source of funding for your own (normal, non-contractor) paycheck.

My question for the OP is: why is it taboo or rude for me to point out what you already said? Your income comes from the sex work of others, why be in denial about it?

e: oh you are dating one of them aren't you I forgot well no wonder then I guess

Jesus christ, did she dump you for them?

Namarrgon
Dec 23, 2008

Congratulations on not getting fit in 2011!

Arnold of Soissons posted:

A bunch of young women, as their only opportunity for legal employment in the field, are forced by industry wide standards to accept the disadvantageous position of paying to rent a room in someone's business while paying disadvantageous contractor tax rates, which fees are the only source of funding for your own (normal, non-contractor) paycheck.

My question for the OP is: why is it taboo or rude for me to point out what you already said? Your income comes from the sex work of others, why be in denial about it?

e: oh you are dating one of them aren't you I forgot well no wonder then I guess

The difference is that you are acting from the assumption that sex work is Bad For Some Reason Or Another and it shows through your posting. Do you expect serious answers if you were to ask a ditch-digger "hey how is that low-class retard work coming along? What? I was just asking questions!".

Arnold of Soissons
Mar 4, 2011

by XyloJW

Namarrgon posted:

The difference is that you are acting from the assumption that sex work is Bad For Some Reason Or Another and it shows through your posting. Do you expect serious answers if you were to ask a ditch-digger "hey how is that low-class retard work coming along? What? I was just asking questions!".

laffing my rear end off at all this projecting

A pimp being touchy about what you call the girls she earns a living off of is disingenuous at best, if you don't see that that's your inability to comprehend basic social interaction not my misogyny thank you very much.

e: the better analog would be the forewoman of the ditch digger saying "how dare you call them boys diggin that ditch ditch diggers, you have to say "those gentlemen are Roadside Improvement Technicians, (but I don't) and if you don't you are disrespecting the mongoloids I earn a living off, how dare you."

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Poison Cake
Feb 15, 2012

Poopy posted:

It's not necessarily the number of clients, but the money that's brought in. Because we're only a small establishment (3rooms), I have to regularly ask clients to come back later or another day simply because we don't have enough room.

It kind of sounds like you're all on top of each other. What is the soundproofing like? Is there a constant background hum of conversations and sex noises?

Also, how do the women dress? Lingerie or bathing suits or club wear? Does anyone ever get funky with their look and wear wigs or Goth out or anything like that?

Nitrox
Jul 5, 2002
I see repeated mentions of "problem clients". Have you any stories?

Aggressive pricing
Feb 25, 2008

The difference between the OP and a pimp is pretty obvious. The OP is like a hunter that pays for a license, hunts in season, and is careful not to harm the environment, a pimp is a poacher that kills whatever it wants, whenever it wants, and leaves the woods a trashy mess. So while both are doing the same thing on a basic level, one way is far better and socially acceptable and the other is reprehensible. This analogy also works for the way people ask questions, guess which one you are.

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


What do the rooms look like? In my mind, I can't help but imagine basically a doctor's office, and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong about that.

Edit: Do full service places look different? Do they have beds? I'm imagining a full service place to look more like a seedy motel. Again, pretty sure I'm wrong about that.

KillHour fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Oct 2, 2014

Rhymenoserous
May 23, 2008

Arnold of Soissons posted:

laffing my rear end off at all this projecting

A pimp being touchy about what you call the girls she earns a living off of is disingenuous at best, if you don't see that that's your inability to comprehend basic social interaction not my misogyny thank you very much.

e: the better analog would be the forewoman of the ditch digger saying "how dare you call them boys diggin that ditch ditch diggers, you have to say "those gentlemen are Roadside Improvement Technicians, (but I don't) and if you don't you are disrespecting the mongoloids I earn a living off, how dare you."

Go away.

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Aggressive pricing posted:

The difference between the OP and a pimp is pretty obvious. The OP is like a hunter that pays for a license, hunts in season, and is careful not to harm the environment, a pimp is a poacher that kills whatever it wants, whenever it wants, and leaves the woods a trashy mess. So while both are doing the same thing on a basic level, one way is far better and socially acceptable and the other is reprehensible. This analogy also works for the way people ask questions, guess which one you are.

I know you're trying really hard to be sensitive and poo poo, but in your example you literally made sex-workers animals. :laugh:

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS

Aggressive pricing posted:

This analogy also works for the way people ask questions, guess which one you are.

ICE BURN

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Slo-Tek
Jun 8, 2001

WINDOWS 98 BEAT HIS FRIEND WITH A SHOVEL
Closing this thread, you're going to have to titter about how edgey it is to call sex workers whores somewhere else. We've established that managing at a brothel is almost exactly as interesting as managing a starbucks, so don't make another thread about it either.

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