YUK!!!!!!!

[beepbeeBEEP]

I have just had a new client and I have just cannot believe the state of this guy's feet. Normally I say that I am going to clean people's feet and they always say oh they might be a little dirty - and they never are as most people wash them before they come anway.

Not this guy. I was a tad apprehensive due to the fact that he was male and that I hadn't got anybody else in the house. I normally have my hubbie here when I have a new male but for some reason when I spoke to this chap on the phone I just booked him in as I would with all new female clients. It must have been as I was feeling chilled over Christmas.

Anyway he came and he seemed okay. Did the consultation and everything was fine. Anyway when I went in to start the massage he was still standing in boxer shorts and asked if I had a pair of scissors as his toe nails were long. I said not to worry about that.

Well I should have done!!!! They were the longest and dirtiest and brownest nails that I have ever seen. Not only that but his feet were black as if he hadn't washed them for weeks. It really did make me heave.

Now when he left he said that he would phone if he wanted to book in again. And I asked that if he did book again that he cut his toe nails! They were foul. Yuk yuk yuk!

 

[Nickoooooooooo]

I am not a big fan of feet.
My friend and his girl friend at the time and me and another friend had a study period between lunch and morning break, so we did the only sensible thing for 17 year olds - got pizza and went to the beach. We were all happily eating and then the girl removed her shoes. The toes were covered in 'toe jam' and the smell (in open air) was rank. Sam and I looked at each other and we both just put our bits of pizza down and stopped eating. He said after they were the worst thing he could remember.

Although that said I recently had to have both of my big toe nails removed as they were badly ingrown, and tthey were sore but nothing major but the pus that came out was amazing. Still haven't grown back properly, and painting them with iodine each night.

 

[Mayra]

[:'(][:'(]Anyone want my dinner ?[:'(][:'(][:'(]

 

[blue ribbon]

hehe.

Well the topic title should have given you a clue not to enter before lunch.

 

[Fillet-O-Fish]

I've so far not had this problem, well, once with a reflexology client who had nails which I assume he kept short only by pulling bits of the nail off, they were so jagged! I didn't do more than up and down the toenails as I'd have cut myself.

If someone doesn't make their feet clean, don't touch them, it's not your responsibility. Ensure you're looked after best as you can.

 

[turboae]

I have only ever had one client for reflexology who had really dirty feet and it was a woman. Even after going over with the wipes there was still ingrained blackness.

However...last night we had a man in to our place who was absolutely rank!!!!

No, really rank. He wanted a full body Swedish and I was just so glad I didn't do Swedish and another girld did him instead but she did cut it short as she felt he was getting suggestive. When he came out he did say he wasn't happy with the time so she gave him a discount and he left. We didn't ask him if he wanted another appt due to none of us being comfortable with him.

After he left we were dropping and burned oils about the placeto get rid of the smell. She said that even if he hadn't become suggestive she probably would still have cut itshort as the smell from him was making her retch.

Think that's about the worst I have ever seen....so far.

 

[line writer]

Hi Patchouli!! now that is interesting. If I didn't see that you were in Scotland we could have seen the same guy!!! What I didn't mention is that this guy really did smell too. A kind of not washed smell I think. It was awful and at first I thought well maybe he hasn't had time for a shower BUT the feet definitely said that he just wasn't clean. I didn't do a great massage and as soon as he left I stripped the whole couch and put it all in the wash. And then like you out came the oils - thank god I didn't have anybody else that afternoon.

But what I didn't add was this to my first message - I was so grossed out by the feet ... whilst he was lying on his front (I did his back first) he pulled his boxer shorts down (under the towel). And I thought oh my god, my first perve but then nothing happened thank goodness. But why would he do that? I kind of gave him the benefit of doubt and thought that perhaps he had pulled them down so that I could do his abdomen??!!

I talked it all over with my hubbie last night and he suggested that maybe he was just some lonely old guy who just didn't really look after himself anymore and maybe I was reading into the boxer shorts thing too much. And I thought that maybe he was right and I was being too harsh ... but I have just received a call which when I answered there was just some music. When I did 1471 it was his mobile. Now perhaps I am being paranoid and maybe he just did my number by mistake as it could have been the last one he called but either way it has made me feel uncomfortable.

 

[Misty Blue]

It was one of the reasons I set up our place so that we would have a larger degree of safety (hopefully)

We have a signal when, after you do a consultation if you are wary, when you leave them to get undressed and come out the room we will "wag a finger"...up and down for "seems ok" to side to side for "not sure" The rooms are all off a hall so if anything was to happen there is always someone else in the building sitting at reception.

Have to say though that this is the very, very first we have had that we thought was suspect. We have posters on the window saying Yoga and Baby Massage classes but apparently there was a place in Glasgow that was called a Holistic Health Centre which was being run as a brothel and it was shut down by the police so maybe this guy thought it was a new set up. [[[[shivers]]]]

S'pose it comes with the territory.

 

[Daltaithair]

i am college at the moment doing ihm and we have been told by our teacher that we have to advertise ourselves as therpists as people do get the wrong end of the stick. my teacher has said she has had calls from men asking does she do extras up to now i have not had a smelly client but i have had a friend of my husbands when he knew what i did said he would like a massage but he liked his in the nude with noone els there needless to say he did not get one

 

[fruitsalad]

With all due respect to your IHM tutor it doesn't matter what you call yourself nor how you market, you will still have someone who will come and "see" if you do extras. It comes with the territory.

My place has pictures of Yoga classes and baby massage classes in the window. Our website was professionally done making sure that no trigger words have been used that may be misinterpreted by anyone. The receptionist have been well drilled on what questions to ask potential clients.

We even have a private GP service running in the place. Bowen technique, Hypnotherapy, counselling etc.

AND YET....some guy still comes to see if it's a brothel.

I mean, just what does one have to do to get the message to some men that it is a Kosher concern?

 

[yseespgz]

Patchouli

I notice in your last reply that you said " The receptionist have been well drilled on what questions to ask potential clients."
Can i ask what you get them to ask because iknow our receptionists could do with some of that.

We did have a client come into college for a full body massage when i was a student. Her feet were black with long hideous toenails. Fortunately she wasn't my client but i was working next to her. Ithink it put some people off doing massage, tee hee!