Don’t know about how you feel right before Christmas / New Year but I’m usually just worn down. I guess this is mostly because the days are shorter – I hate winter – and the nights seem like they are never-ending. For a masseuse with these symptoms a silent room and a soothing music is never a good combination. My clients come to me to relax and unwind, and when they are in my room, I can’t be the sleepiest of the two. Being a masseuse in Kensington, London, also means that I’m never out of clients, especially since I get most of the new ones through recommendations.
This is how I ended up with this client who called me the other day and asked for a full body massage. I did not know many things about him, but he knew one of my regular clients so I said yes and booked him for an appointment. He was an average looking guy with an average if not a bit overweight body, but nothing a professional masseuse couldn’t handle. What did surprise me, however, was that he was extremely ticklish. I tried to be as professional as I could, but he kept trying not to laugh regardless if I worked on his back or front. Usually people do have some sweet spots that are more sensitive, but this client was something I haven’t seen before. Halfway through the hour I was thinking to myself, why did he booked a massage – a full body at that – if he can’t stand it if someone is caressing his body?
To make things worse, he had some really crazy sense of humor and did his best to make me laugh as well, which is not just highly unprofessional but it also makes my job almost impossible to do. You can’t work over someone’s body properly if your own body keeps shaking with laughter, after all. Anyway, I did my best to keep a straight face and get through the appointment with my professionalism and reputation intact. At the end of it he thanked me for my services and also tipped me quite well, so I dared ask him why did he came to a massage given his sensitivity. To which he replied “to have a good laugh, of course”. It seems he liked me, as barely a couple of weeks later I got a call from him, asking is I was available for another hour of fun.
