caffn8me
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Here we go again;
Some folks have already made assumptions about my morals so this post might come as a bit of a surprise. This isn't an attempt to upset or offend but a post born out of my own curiosity. I have a number of good friends here in London and in the USA who work at the upper end of what might be termed the "adult entertainment industry".
On my first visit to NYC five years ago I was on my way to a bar for an evening out with a friend I'd known for a long time. What I didn't know at the time was that she supplemented her income as a graphic designer by providing services to moneyed Wall Street types after hours. On the way to the bar she said we'd have to call via her agency to pick up some money. I thought this a bit strange as I didn't think graphic design agencies ran offices handing out cash near 11pm on a Friday night, then again it was my first time in NYC so what did I know about such things?
We came to an anonymous door in the financial district with numerous bell pushes by it and she pressed one of them. A light came on and a voice barked out from the entryphone "Who's that with you?" - "she's my friend Sarah and she's safe" replied my graphic designer friend.
The door latch buzzed and she led me through a long corridor and out through another door into a back yard. Across the yard was another door and when she opened it I could see lots of very beautiful girls just sitting around chatting. I quickly realised that this wasn't likely to be a graphic design agency. We went through to the office and waited for about ten minutes while her payment was sorted out. It seems that her client from the previous night had paid by Visa which is why she had to collect the cash.
We left and headed for the bar. No sooner had we arrived than her phone went. She went outside as the music in the bar made a phone conversation impossible and returned after a couple of minutes. "That was for you" she said. I knew that a few of our mutual friends knew we were going to be together that evening and might have tried to contact me through her so wasn't surprised until she said "It was the agency. They wondered if you could help them with a client tonight who was looking for a girl exactly like you. It's $500 per hour after deductions and there's no obligation to do anything physical. I told them it wasn't your scene and you were busy anyway"
As you can imagine I was more than a little surprised. Personally I have no problem with people who wish to make money this way as long as they do it safely. For many it's a very risky business. Girls working for the agency that contacted me were much safer than most as payments were by credit card (usually traceable) and their clients were exlusively from Wall Street (quite how they advertise I have no idea! I don't see many adverts in the WSJ). No matter how good the pay (and $500 per hour is good by anyone's reckoning) it's not something I feel I could do (partly for reasons I've already mentioned on another thread)
So, I couldn't do it myself but I have no objections to other consenting adults doing it. What do others think?
Some folks have already made assumptions about my morals so this post might come as a bit of a surprise. This isn't an attempt to upset or offend but a post born out of my own curiosity. I have a number of good friends here in London and in the USA who work at the upper end of what might be termed the "adult entertainment industry".
On my first visit to NYC five years ago I was on my way to a bar for an evening out with a friend I'd known for a long time. What I didn't know at the time was that she supplemented her income as a graphic designer by providing services to moneyed Wall Street types after hours. On the way to the bar she said we'd have to call via her agency to pick up some money. I thought this a bit strange as I didn't think graphic design agencies ran offices handing out cash near 11pm on a Friday night, then again it was my first time in NYC so what did I know about such things?
We came to an anonymous door in the financial district with numerous bell pushes by it and she pressed one of them. A light came on and a voice barked out from the entryphone "Who's that with you?" - "she's my friend Sarah and she's safe" replied my graphic designer friend.
The door latch buzzed and she led me through a long corridor and out through another door into a back yard. Across the yard was another door and when she opened it I could see lots of very beautiful girls just sitting around chatting. I quickly realised that this wasn't likely to be a graphic design agency. We went through to the office and waited for about ten minutes while her payment was sorted out. It seems that her client from the previous night had paid by Visa which is why she had to collect the cash.
We left and headed for the bar. No sooner had we arrived than her phone went. She went outside as the music in the bar made a phone conversation impossible and returned after a couple of minutes. "That was for you" she said. I knew that a few of our mutual friends knew we were going to be together that evening and might have tried to contact me through her so wasn't surprised until she said "It was the agency. They wondered if you could help them with a client tonight who was looking for a girl exactly like you. It's $500 per hour after deductions and there's no obligation to do anything physical. I told them it wasn't your scene and you were busy anyway"
As you can imagine I was more than a little surprised. Personally I have no problem with people who wish to make money this way as long as they do it safely. For many it's a very risky business. Girls working for the agency that contacted me were much safer than most as payments were by credit card (usually traceable) and their clients were exlusively from Wall Street (quite how they advertise I have no idea! I don't see many adverts in the WSJ). No matter how good the pay (and $500 per hour is good by anyone's reckoning) it's not something I feel I could do (partly for reasons I've already mentioned on another thread)
So, I couldn't do it myself but I have no objections to other consenting adults doing it. What do others think?
