[MrTheta]

*** Long post warning, again sorry ***

I'd like to make an addendum to my initial post. A veteran member of this forum/ spa hobby community was kind enough to reach out privately to help me understand how the aforementioned events may have come to pass. One such explanation was that the spas' webite did include a form of tip advisory; albeit tucked away on the 4th page/ tab and buried at the bottom under paragraphs of legal disclaimers.

So I do wish to apologize in regard to saying that I was "essentially coerced" into tipping.

I would like to suggest a reform be made to the website and the consistency amongst the attendants end of session wrap up.

With the website, an updated and accurate tipping advisory, along with any disclaimers necessary, should be amongst the forefront images on the services page. For the sake of transparency, it should disclose how the up to date pay structure of a session works [ I.e: door fee + tip (min $ = door fee) ]

For the attendants there should be a consistent approach to the end of session wrap up. When I saw the aforementioned attendants for the first time, our sessions went akin to this: I walked in, asked for specific attendant, went in right away if they're free or made appointment & killed time till then. Paid door fee, had massage and everything entailed. They gave me time to clean up and get dressed; then they gave parting pleasantries, not mentioning a tip, and sent me on my way.

This lax style of session wrap up gives a false sense of how the end of a session is supposed to transpire and can lead to awkward, mood killing moments like that of last night.

Again, I do apologize for hastily writing my initial post while in a sour mood; but there does need to be more transparency and consistency with session structure.