TobyTouch's Massage Interview
Some people say that being a Masseur is addictive. Would you miss your Masseur days ?
Absolutely. The traveling, the sight seeing, the making my own hours and schedules up would all be missed. But the thing I would miss the most is how overwhelmingly relaxed I become during a massage, as the feeling of relaxation seems to bounce from my client to me. Sounds strange, but it's true.
How would you like someone that contacts you for a massage to feel when they leave?
Like they didn't waste their time or their money.
What distinguishes you from all the other Masseurs?
Probably my humor. I have an Eminem type of humor, except it's a bit more extreme. I'll take a bad situation that happened to me and blow it way out of proportion and, at times, out of context just to get a laugh over it, and to make it so I'll always think...."it could've been A LOT worse." It makes sense if you know me, or have ever heard a tragic story of mine. Lol.
How often do you travel? Do you prefer to travel or are you more of a homebody?
I constantly travel. I'm originally from Pennsylvania, lived there until I became a traveling masseur, and I've only been back there once in the last 4 years. I love traveling. It's the 2nd best thing about this career, next to the actual massaging itself.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a Masseur?
Don't lie about yourself. If you have some reason why you can't be yourself then you need to take care of that before handling a business where people you deal with directly can be sceptical of being locked in a house or room with someone who's word is the lone thing they are trusting at first meeting them. And smile, be friendly, be clean and tidy, and don't ask any questions about your clients that you don't really need to know. Trust IS the number 1 issue with this business. And that's a fact.
How do you like clients to feel about the experience when they leave?
That they would trust me enough to come back.
Do you consider yourself a successful Masseur?
If success in this question doesn't pertain directly to financial and/or popularity and number of clients success, then yes, I believe I do consider myself successful as a Masseur. My happiness in doing my job and the pleasure I feel at the end of a session that ends with a handshake or a hug that tends to indicate a pleasant time for the client, is what I scale my success on. If I'm happy doing what I'm doing, and the people I'm working for are happy as well, then that is a success.
