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Kay

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1890 on: 07 February 2021, 03:04:07 pm »
Quote from: amy on 02 February 2021, 05:09:27 pm
You're not sure why sex workers might need to work to pay their rent and bills and feed themselves and their families if they can't access any (or only very limited) financial support? I'm surprised by that - it's pretty basic stuff and really not that difficult for most people to grasp.

Or is this the time honoured method of expressing disapproval of something by pretending not to understand it; (my mother is the queen of this passive aggressive crap)? If so, give it a rest.

EDIT: cross posted with SW, and be assured that any judgemental posts will be (and have been) removed :)

No, it was the phraseology, "Most of the country is still working during this lockdown, so sex workers need to be as well", i.e. that because other people are working SWs need to as well. Not about SWs working during lockdown per se.
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fallen angel

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« Reply #1891 on: 07 February 2021, 09:00:49 pm »
Seems weirdly quiet right now when I would have thought guys would be feeling a bit more confident given the reported fall in the R rate and the great roll out of the vaccine programme.
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« Reply #1892 on: 07 February 2021, 10:42:57 pm »
Quote from: fallen angel on 07 February 2021, 09:00:49 pm
Seems weirdly quiet right now when I would have thought guys would be feeling a bit more confident given the reported fall in the R rate and the great roll out of the vaccine programme.

If it makes you feel better I'm in London and so far this february is being the worst month since last march when lockdown started. Business is absolutely null. Zero. Nilch. Nada. Can't wait for the covid grant next month.

On the other hand february is always my worst month of the year, add a lockdown and  :FF

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Kay

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« Reply #1893 on: 08 February 2021, 03:50:51 am »
Quote from: fallen angel on 07 February 2021, 09:00:49 pm
Seems weirdly quiet right now when I would have thought guys would be feeling a bit more confident given the reported fall in the R rate and the great roll out of the vaccine programme.

But not even everyone over 60 has been vaccinated yet, or all those who are vulnerable, and most have only had their first shot. If you've isolated for a year, it would be a bit daft to risk it all now when the end is (hopefully) nigh. There's also the concerns over the new strains, against which the vaccines may be less effective. Also February is a bad month for bills after Christmas.
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fallen angel

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« Reply #1894 on: 08 February 2021, 11:37:51 am »
Quote from: ana30 on 07 February 2021, 10:42:57 pm
If it makes you feel better I'm in London and so far this february is being the worst month since last march when lockdown started. Business is absolutely null. Zero. Nilch. Nada. Can't wait for the covid grant next month.

On the other hand february is always my worst month of the year, add a lockdown and  :FF

Sorry to hear things aren't great for you either.
Oddly Feb has always been a really good month for me, even last year.
Clients I've spoken with seemed more concerned for their parents  so I thought the vaccine roll out may have helped that situation.
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« Reply #1895 on: 08 February 2021, 03:49:39 pm »
Quote from: barbiegirl on 07 February 2021, 03:09:25 am
That’s disgusting Chanell, sorry you had that experience. I’ve had to report some incidents in the past year and they didn’t ask me anything about lockdown or why I am working, would have thought they’d rather not make us even more reluctant to report incidents due to fear of being fined!

To be fair to the police i want sex workers to be treated the same as any other non sex work business so if they fine us as we are not allowed to work in lockdown but are doing it to other self employed people who are also not allowed to work in lockdown then it's a fair system if we are treated no different.

I would imagine if a client seriously assaulted or robbed a sex worker and reported the man while working in covid lockdowns most probably would not make it a issue and just prefer to go after the client as he is the real criminal but if you did have to pay the £200 fine but there taking the abuse or robbery serious and looking for him then that is the main thing we should focus on. We cannot pick and choose when we want the police to turn a blind eye.
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« Reply #1896 on: 22 February 2021, 10:03:55 pm »
Am i right in seeing on the news that hotels cannot open before May 17th but so many other businesses are allowed to on the roadmap? How many sex workers can hold off this long to go back to work?
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« Reply #1897 on: 22 February 2021, 11:26:50 pm »
Quote from: English Green on 22 February 2021, 10:03:55 pm
Am i right in seeing on the news that hotels cannot open before May 17th but so many other businesses are allowed to on the roadmap? How many sex workers can hold off this long to go back to work?

Boris really doesn't care about us, we're the hidden/overlooked, even though many of us pay taxes we are not seen as a legitimate business.
Bloody annoying but at least from 29th March we can be "accepting visitors in our gardens"
Not much help if you have to work from hotels but useful to ladies working from home.
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« Reply #1898 on: 23 February 2021, 12:41:36 am »
I mean yeah obviously he do not care about sex workers but he does not care about the hospitality industry going bust. All his concerns are getting students and kids back to school it's not like a lot of them have bills and homes to keep.

I cannot see the sex industry getting back to any kind of normal for quite a while. Every lockdown has had different rules it's a scramble of mess you need a memory of a genius to keep up with all the changes.
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« Reply #1899 on: 23 February 2021, 11:30:12 am »
Hello everyone, hope you are keeping well and safe.

I wanted to know your thoughts. For those of you who have not been working during lockdown (like me) do you think the return to work date would be the 12th April (when non essential retail opens along with personal care) or May 17th (when indoor hospitality reopens)?

I think sex work comes under the first category - personal care - it's a service similar to counselling, waxing, cosmetic beauty treatments - so in that case I might start work again from 12th April.

What are your thoughts on the dates?

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Kay

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« Reply #1900 on: 23 February 2021, 12:21:08 pm »
For me it's May 17. I don't shag my hairdresser! Also, May 17 is when two households can meet indoors, and a lot more people will have had at least one dose of vaccine by then.
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« Reply #1901 on: 23 February 2021, 01:18:04 pm »
Kay I think sparkly meant we may be in the same category as personal care because it's a close contact thing also, but I think it will probably be May 17th  ???.
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« Reply #1902 on: 23 February 2021, 01:23:44 pm »
Truth being we don't come in any category but we would probably more legally put it at May 17th i would say.
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« Reply #1903 on: 23 February 2021, 03:49:56 pm »
I'm returning April 12th. I've been vaccinated and I've done my bit not working. I'm not able to wait any longer, mentally or financially so that's that. Will probably start up outcalls before then if possible.
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« Reply #1904 on: 23 February 2021, 03:50:32 pm »
Quote from: lillybliss on 23 February 2021, 01:18:04 pm
Kay I think sparkly meant we may be in the same category as personal care because it's a close contact thing also, but I think it will probably be May 17th  ???.

Yes this is what I mean, I think that physiotherapists, masseuses etc will be working, which are close contact as well.
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