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TheLittleMatchGirl

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Services&gritting your teeth!...worth it??
« on: 20 May 2015, 12:24:30 am »
Not too sure how to pose this question but a few posts and threads have got me wondering does it actually pay to put up and shut up and offer the yucky services? I don't do owo anymore or pse, anal, dfk etc. a lot of girls here and who work for the agency I do seem to think if you don't offer those what's the point. So I guess I'm wondering from anyone whose seen both sides is it worth it?

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Re: Services&gritting your teeth!...worth it??
« Reply #1 on: 20 May 2015, 01:20:29 am »
Personally, I don't see the point in doing this work if you don't enjoy it, and that means only offering services and seeing clients you're comfortable with. I would never prioritise money over my safety, comfort and happiness.
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« Reply #2 on: 20 May 2015, 06:21:12 am »
No job is worth "gritting your teeth" - there are people in all sorts of jobs who are miserable and it can wreck your health.

I sometimes think there's something wrong with me because I really, really don't like servicing the very repulsive. I don't mean guys who are unattractive - I mean the very obese or the very old. I wish I could somehow screen them out but I can't really figure out how to do it without coming across as a bitch in my marketing.

Yesterday, an 80-year-old man with bushy white beard and hair and the most fucked-up snaggle teeth showed up and I wanted to sink into the ground and disappear. He wasn't very clean, either. (Urged him to shower and he went and had "a wash" - God knows what he washed.)


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Re: Services&gritting your teeth!...worth it??
« Reply #3 on: 20 May 2015, 07:14:54 am »
No job is worth "gritting your teeth" - there are people in all sorts of jobs who are miserable and it can wreck your health.

I agree, having had a fair few of these - feeling physically sick with dread at the thought of having to go to work isn't good for anybody's health and it's my main reason for being self employed. I can't say I've ever felt like that about prostitution; occasional clients maybe, but not for a while. I may be lucky, but the punters I get are almost unanimously great.

I think there's an important distinction to be made between 'not enjoying' and actively disliking a job - I don't 'enjoy' going to the shop to buy milk but that doesn't mean I hate it and it's just a necessary part of my day. I know very few people who enjoy their jobs and I don't think it's a prerequisite at all - that's why it's called work and why you're paid to do it. But doing a job you hate is the pits, and that's a different thing altogether.

As far as the services go, I have a pretty limited list myself and the thought of losing some business doesn't make any odds to me as I know how much better I felt when I dropped the things I really didn't like :).

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« Reply #4 on: 20 May 2015, 07:34:40 am »
I grit my teeth and paint a smile on for some jobs, like with a client that likes being fisted for an hour and half! I felt like a vet x
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« Reply #5 on: 20 May 2015, 09:58:23 am »
No job is worth "gritting your teeth" - there are people in all sorts of jobs who are miserable and it can wreck your health.

I agree, having had a fair few of these - feeling physically sick with dread at the thought of having to go to work isn't good for anybody's health and it's my main reason for being self employed. I can't say I've ever felt like that about prostitution; occasional clients maybe, but not for a while. I may be lucky, but the punters I get are almost unanimously great.

I think there's an important distinction to be made between 'not enjoying' and actively disliking a job - I don't 'enjoy' going to the shop to buy milk but that doesn't mean I hate it and it's just a necessary part of my day. I know very few people who enjoy their jobs and I don't think it's a prerequisite at all - that's why it's called work and why you're paid to do it. But doing a job you hate is the pits, and that's a different thing altogether.

As far as the services go, I have a pretty limited list myself and the thought of losing some business doesn't make any odds to me as I know how much better I felt when I dropped the things I really didn't like :).

I concur with this. I rarely get clients I don't like. One of the benefits of not working very much... I generally only see guys who can be bothered to contact me via AW and have read my profile and for me this works very well in finding nice guys.

I don't love the work, but I like meeting interesting people and the sex doesn't bother me either way. It's a job and it's paid very very well. I've had jobs I've hated and have paid pennies. This to me is one of the easiest jobs I've ever experienced and I'm happy because of it. It gives me a good life.

There has to be more positives than negatives when doing this sort of work.

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« Reply #6 on: 20 May 2015, 10:09:12 am »
This thread is really similar to Naked Chef's about reducing services so sorry if this post fits there a bit better!

I sometimes think there's something wrong with me because I really, really don't like servicing the very repulsive. I don't mean guys who are unattractive - I mean the very obese or the very old. I wish I could somehow screen them out but I can't really figure out how to do it without coming across as a bitch in my marketing.

Yesterday, an 80-year-old man with bushy white beard and hair and the most fucked-up snaggle teeth showed up and I wanted to sink into the ground and disappear. He wasn't very clean, either. (Urged him to shower and he went and had "a wash" - God knows what he washed.)

Absolutely resonate with all of this.

I usually really like my clients, don't necessarily find them attractive but perhaps amusing or they might actually be really good at sex or simply quite charismatic. After those clients I've had recently that were truly unpleasant, gruesome experiences I am beginning to get paranoid at the prospect of most of them being like this. :(

I know the people that don't offer the common services like DFK and OWO like to say that it makes no difference to their income, and I certainly believe that can be true of those only doing OW (I am one of them), but DFK? I'm 18, vanilla, quite new to everything and I really don't think there's any way in hell that I could get away with taking that off the list. I'll have almost nothing to market myself on after that, everything good about me is the whole natural/GFE malarkey. I also think that your area is a big part of it, in my area I'm already not ever going to be one of the favourites because the most popular girls are the PSE kinds. (I don't mind this because I'm so part-time.) Removing DFK makes me stop appealing to the only clients left.

Maybe I'm just wrong, and to be honest I don't hate DFK but I really, really did with some of the recent clients I've had. I actually came out of the booking with a couple of them thinking I would rather have not taken the booking and went without the money. You know it's bad when I say I'd rather not have the money! :P But again, scrapping DFK would probably not be worth it for me. I wish there was an easier way to screen these types but there just isn't, so I'll continue the way I am and hope to god this isn't going to become the norm from now on.
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« Reply #7 on: 20 May 2015, 10:18:35 am »
VR - there are lots of times I say to myself 'I'd rather not have the money'... I think we all do that even before getting to the stage of a booking.

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« Reply #8 on: 20 May 2015, 05:22:47 pm »
I've cut down on my services over time and whilst I've lost a few clients, I've also gained incredibly nice ones who specifically see me because I do not offer certain services (eg. owo). 

However, whilst we can all advise and support each other as we do on here, a lot of this boils down to what YOU are personally comfortable with.  For example, I offer a strapon service which I love doing whereas a friend of mine thinks that's horrible, so it swings in roundabouts.  She offers owo, whereas I don't. 

I think also it's how you feel about the job and whether you feel that you're giving away too much of yourself or not.  It's an individual choice completely and we all work in unique ways. 

I've had many clients hint that I might bend my rules a little just the once but I know damn well that if I gave in I'd feel crap after, purely because I'd feel that the lines have been crossed and boundaries pushed...............

You also can't compare to other girls and what they do/don't do as I've found that a good bunch of my clients just want me, regardless of services, over time it's Me they want...........  I think I'm making sense, maybe not! 

Remember also, just because your phone might not be ringing, don't for one minute think it's because the girl up the road is offering anal and you are not!  It's all down to timing/luck/availability etc and whether you have popped up on a search on the internet or not! 

Not every chap wants it all you know! 

Good luck, and don't listen to others.  Do what feels right for YOU. 

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« Reply #9 on: 20 May 2015, 07:17:35 pm »
Since being in a relationship I have to admit I do not provide a lot of services that I used too, I also only work on selected days and as and when I am not up to it I wont work, if I do not want to see a client I will not and if I am uncomfortable in someones company I end the appointment early.

Suffering from depression and having bouts of anxiety is not easy and as such I need to ensure that I am happy doing and seeing who I want.  I will never be rich in this industry but atleast I am comfortable with myself and what I provide.

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« Reply #10 on: 20 May 2015, 08:31:44 pm »
I provide what I'm happy with, in my way.
I don't provide services that I am not happy with.
Client's shouldn't be blamed for requesting
advertised services.

If a restaurant advertises steak I expect to see
a nice fat, juicy, mouth watering steak on my plate.
I don't expect smouldering resentment from the chef.

But....If the client abuses my good will I get
up, get dressed and leave. Or enable him to leave.
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« Reply #11 on: 21 May 2015, 08:42:23 am »
I provide what I'm happy with, in my way.
I don't provide services that I am not happy with.
Client's shouldn't be blamed for requesting
advertised services.

If a restaurant advertises steak I expect to see
a nice fat, juicy, mouth watering steak on my plate.
I don't expect smouldering resentment from the chef.

But....If the client abuses my good will I get
up, get dressed and leave. Or enable him to leave.

Exactly! We are indies for a reason you make your own rules and you work as you please, nobody tells you what to do.  If at the end of the day you feel icky then you need to have a look at what you want to change to make your working environment better.