If massage parlours (as in legal healthy spa ones) are given the go ahead to open, I personally would see that as legitimate for me to go back to work, especially if I decide to work for a while just offering massage with relief. With dentists however, they have a much stronger claim on 'essential work' than we do. This is all a balance between being able to claim your work is either safe and/or essential. Our work is, unfortunately, not strong on either claim. 

Well if dentists were open for non-emergencies, I'd say yes. Why so abrupt?

I'd assume because my post above is neither invisible nor unclear, and because Mirror is not normally unusually hard-of-understanding or a troll? Therefore, the fair thing to do in view of the otherwise inexplicable post above is to try and find some reason why it might actually be on topic in a not immediately obvious way but it no longer matters and the subject is closed.

Thankfully things seem to gradually be wandering back, and now maybe the people who have posted immediate concerns because they have nowhere to work with hotels closed, or because they're medically vulnerable but need to work and are trying to get feedback on ways to minimise their risk will get some responses and the people who want to crack on about vague general stuff that could be posted about anywhere will respect this and move on.

I've had a far larger slew of stupidmails on AW over the weekend and yesterday, but accompanied by a couple of reasonably sensible ones too so it would appear that punters are making their plans to get back into things in next few weeks too.

hookers (pardon my french) are their last worry.

I'm pretty sure 'hookers' in this context is American rather than French, although I quite agree that we'll be conveniently forgotten, as always

I’ve also had lots more contact since Sunday which I assume is at least in part due to the slight softening of the regime meaning punters have more opportunities for excuses as to why they can ‘nip out’.

I'm just watching the film Contagion and have decided I'm going to have a bowl of soapy water and wash their willie's myself, plus I'm going to get disposable masks. We both wear them but they can come off for oral then go back on again. I know this may sound ridiculous but it's the exchange of breath I worry about so am trying to lessen the fumes.

So I added my phone number to my Adultwork for the first time in 2 months today and the Phine has not stopped blowing. It amazes me they still can’t read that I’m not back till July and it’s plastered all over. I think it will be quite busy for us ladies to start with and then who knows after that.

Have you got a call blocker that sends a text autoreply Blondie? I hate answering mine at the best of times and I'm not looking forward to it, but I plan to put my number on a couple of days before I start back with the blocker on to weed out the tosspots, and that way the genuine/non-thick ones will ring back when the message says or send a proper text. I thought it might be a gentler way back in .

If you're going to do a booking in a supermarket, try and find a Waitrose. They'll likely be too polite to throw you out.

Good plan re call blocked. But I also like to screen all these numbers so I’ll go through check on here and client eye so when they call back I’m a few weeks time I already know which ones I’m
Not seeing.
It has made me feel super positive about work knowing that the clients are there. I was dreading coming back and it being a complete disaster. Thanks for the advice will take a look today.

I'm planning to come back when hotels will open. Do you think that hotels will be more strict? In wandering if I should plan my tour in advance or wait until they will open and see how it works hmm