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GucciGang

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1290 on: 31 May 2020, 01:02:29 pm »
Is anybody starting work again next week?

I am in school hours thank god. This will he the first time I’ve had any time to myself or to work in three months I’m there with bells on !!!

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« Reply #1291 on: 31 May 2020, 03:27:30 pm »
Is anybody starting work again next week?

No, it will be July at the earliest for me.
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« Reply #1292 on: 31 May 2020, 05:39:02 pm »
Is anybody starting work again next week?

Yes!!

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« Reply #1293 on: 31 May 2020, 07:26:52 pm »
I'm thinking end of August, financially I'm ok, and hopefully am  having surgery done the end of July that will put me out 3-4 weeks, so August/september works for me, hopefully things will be clearer then.

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« Reply #1294 on: 31 May 2020, 07:30:09 pm »
Starting tomorrow too, but I've had my phones on the last two weeks just to give information and get ready to get things started and had very very little business. Today for some weird reasons I've had many enquiries for the upcoming week. I'm fearing a recession and that things won't go back to pre-lockdown till October at least. I'm in central London and it's quite dead.
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« Reply #1295 on: 31 May 2020, 08:39:14 pm »
Restarting work is going to be one of the classic examples of everyone picking their own place on the risk - reward scale, and everyone's place on that will be right for them rather than for everyone.

(Hint, in case anyone's considering telling people off for starting or saying they're frit for not: don't.)

Even if you do remove, say, kissing from your services, you're still in a room with someone getting hot and panting a lot, often in the direction of your face. Whether that's worth the money to you depends on a whole bunch of factors, and not just how much you need the money.

I can probably hear some people doing pro-dom(me) work laughing about how existing kit would make it safer though...


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« Reply #1296 on: 31 May 2020, 08:44:37 pm »
Since I started the previous comment, I see that the UK government..

.. the one led by Boris "at least he wasn't having an affair (like me)" Johnson ..

.. is just in the process of making sex between two (or more) people in a private place who do not live in the same household an illegal "gathering" ..

.. unless it's for the purpose of work (or a few other now very limited reasons).

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« Reply #1297 on: 31 May 2020, 09:11:44 pm »
The definition of "a gathering" is "when two or more people are present together in the same place in order to engage in any form of social interaction with each other, or to undertake any other activity with each other". Sex is obviously included in that.

From tomorrow, Monday 1st June, in England:

"No person may participate in a gathering which takes place in a public or private place -
a) outdoors, and consists of more than six persons, or
b) indoors, and consists of two or more persons."

Unless it is
- to avoid harm
- to private care or assistance to a vulnerable person
- to provide emergency assistance or
- for work purposes

It goes on to add 'or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services', but I wonder if anyone really wants to be on the front page of every newspaper for trying that as a reason...

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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1298 on: 31 May 2020, 10:25:59 pm »
The definition of "a gathering" is "when two or more people are present together in the same place in order to engage in any form of social interaction with each other, or to undertake any other activity with each other". Sex is obviously included in that.

From tomorrow, Monday 1st June, in England:

"No person may participate in a gathering which takes place in a public or private place -
a) outdoors, and consists of more than six persons, or
b) indoors, and consists of two or more persons."

Unless it is
- to avoid harm
- to private care or assistance to a vulnerable person
- to provide emergency assistance or
- for work purposes

It goes on to add 'or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services', but I wonder if anyone really wants to be on the front page of every newspaper for trying that as a reason...

We can laugh, but I do think people need to think about this - escort bookings are clearly illegal for now, and unlikely as it may be, you could end up with a fine or worse. And a lot of people are being reported by neighbours etc., plus hotels are likely to be on the look out.
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1299 on: 31 May 2020, 10:31:50 pm »
We can laugh, but I do think people need to think about this

And I'm sure the people to whom it applies, will. Those who are not working and don't need to worry about it will likely have their own affairs to think about, and provided those don't include sticking their unwanted and unasked for oars in other sex workers' business then I'm sure they'll feel much the better for it :).
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« Reply #1300 on: 01 June 2020, 12:21:37 am »
Sorry but in my case I've decided to follow government regulations and put myself in the cathegory of "people who cannot work from home and must go to work".
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« Reply #1301 on: 01 June 2020, 05:35:04 am »
It's not in law until it's passed today.

Also if it does go through the requirement for a reason to be outside is being removed.  :D
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Re: Coronavirus affecting bookings
« Reply #1302 on: 01 June 2020, 05:55:49 am »
I lack a venue for some considerable time.  My son's school will only be part time and earliest from mid June and no more than 5 weeks then school holds and from September also may be part-time.  That said I wouldn't need to see too many during this pandemic until things considerably die down.  Luckily I have very low overheads.  I can live on a scrimp.  I am working on the basis that there will be very little for now to be realistic.  I will offer outcalls as well as a handful of monthly incalls and anticipate no more than two monthly (never very popular but likely to be the longer bookings) and hopefully by November school should be full time and thereafter I am aiming for two thirds of usual earnings to be realistic for a year or so.

Even if enquiries and bookings came flooding in (unlikely!) I would be too freaked to take many unless and until the pandemic got to level 2 or level 1.  And that may well be a very long time off.


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« Reply #1303 on: 01 June 2020, 07:32:53 am »
Surely ref two people indoors the 'unless it is work' category applies to us?  Making sexwork legal ?  Anyway my neighbours have never reported me in 8 years we aren't at all close but we are civil to each other and they aren't likely to start reporting on me now.  It isn't as if I will be hammering it.

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« Reply #1304 on: 01 June 2020, 09:05:29 am »
Until the Covid-19 warning on my AW profile is off I won’t be working. This is just a personal preference as it will make me feel more comfortable offering bookings. I am very fortunate that I have another income and have support . But I totally respect others that feel the need to go to work now and I wish you all the luck in the world - it’s been a hard few months. Things will eventually go back to normal but there will always be the fear of the virus in the back of everyone’s mind - I know my services will he changed once I’m back and I’ll be working less. Good luck girls ! Xxx