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Originally Posted by Elphaba
I visited a boutique shop with two friends once, and the toys were displayed on glass display cases with soft lighting. The three of us left bug-eyed because we were so sexually naive, and we must have greatly amused the sales person.
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Well I have tons of stories like that I could share with you but I'll just pick a couple for reading sake.
Many times I would have a whole whack of teenagers walk in the store when I was working. The minimum age in Ontario is 18 to be in an adult store. So I would ask them all for ID and most of them would just walk right out. Nice try guys! One time I also had some kid who was probably about 10 years old walk in. I was just like "Out...NOW!"
A lot of times guys would come in alone or with their girlfriend/wife, but when girls came in they were in packs. I've had many girls walk in and giggle at the stuff. Sometimes even to amuse them I will take toys out of the boxes to show them. I showed this woman a fake vagina one time and I thought she was going to pee herself laughing.
I had a lesbain couple come in a few times and they were fairly new to sex toys. I had to give them all kinds of suggestions on what to use keeping in mind that they are two women. The weird thing was that most of the time lesbians are rather masculine looking. These girls however were very beautiful and very feminine looking. I guess the word for it is lipstick lesbians. It was kinda hot actually!
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Originally Posted by Redlemon
What sort of store was it? You already noted that there were videos and toys, but no booths. Was it raincoater, couples-friendly, woman-owned, or what?
Also, you said you are no longer there. What led you to change jobs, and do you still get an ex-employee discount?
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It was a store that sells movies, sex toys, magazines, lubricants, condoms, gag gifts, lingerie, shoes, wigs, and books. We basically tried to accomodate something for everyone whether you are a man, woman, or couple. The movies were pretty diverse because we had every weird thing you could think of (except for animal porn because it's illegal in Canada).
The store I worked at is owned by a man, but a woman manages it.
It's funny though because even though we didn't have booths, it still had so many men ask to use the viewing room.
I worked there when I was getting my university degree. I don't work there anymore because I have now started my teaching career. I know the two really don't go together!
As an ex-employee I don't get as big of a discount, but I can usually talk my boss into giving me some money off.
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Originally Posted by Average_Joe
From reading your replies, I now realize that you're female. Did you feel like male patrons often avoided buying stuff because they were too embarrassed to be served by a female clerk?
Oh, and how much did you get paid?
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I didn't really notice that any of the patrons were scared. I was always really friendly and tried to make them feel comfortable. A lot of men that came in were regulars too. I think some people have commented saying "oh you probably think I am a big weirdo for buying this." I always responded saying "are you kidding I have one of everything in this store!", which is really mostly true.
The pay wasn't that great. It was only minimum wage which was about $7.00 at the time. It was enough to have some spare cash in school, but I wouldn't say you could raise a family on that wage.
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Originally Posted by Jason762
Hah. Did you ever feel attracted to any of your customers?
Would you ask 'em out if the attraction was strong enough?
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Yes I have to admit that some of the men that came in there were pretty attractive. Being human of course I checked them out too. I did have a boyfriend at the time (and I'm still dating him) so I never felt inclined to ask anyone out. Plus, my boss had a strict "no dating the customers" rule.
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Originally Posted by jorgev
so funny I came into the sexuality forum to ask about porn... anyhow my wife and I last night watched porn for the first time (dvd rips downloaded) to test the waters before we go out and purchase some. so to me they where OK.. most of the girls where attractive and played with each other so that was exiting but it seems like for my wife she wanted to see some nice piece of meat taking care of good looking girl... she did say " we need porn with good looking people in it".. so what would you suggest?
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I would say that Valentine video makes a lot of nice couples videos where the guys aren't too bad looking. They are really good quality too and have lots of nice props.
Another way to simply see if the people are good looking is to look at the movie cover and the back of it to give you some idea. Generally if they are ugly on the cover they are going to be ugly in the movie.
Unfortunately though, the criteria they use to select the guy and girl are much different. For instance, it is a requirement that the woman is very beautiful. For the man, however, the looks don't necessarily matter. It goes by penis size and stamina. Most porn is made for men.
I would definitely try the Valentine video production company or go to a couples section at your local adult video store. Those are usually geared towards couples pleasure and not just mens. Don't be afraid to ask the clerk too because chances are they have seen a lot of the movies and might be able to comment on specific ones that they have available in the store at the time.
Hope this helps!
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Originally Posted by fresnelly
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jorgev asked a similar question. Go to an adult video store and look in the couples section for any videos made by the Valentine production company. They have a high budget and the people are good looking. I have rented many of these videos and don't recall ever being disappointed. When in doubt just ask the clerk because they've probably seen a lot of the videos that are available in the store!