Strange requests?

[Muninn]

Thought this may be a fun topic. Has anyone ever had any strange requests (not including the perv request, let's keep this one clean) by a client, such as using certain things during the massage?I had one client during my internship ask me to use her product, which was some cheap lotion she got at a dollar store for $1, she said it would exfoliate her skin. I hated using it, it was this really nasty gel that stunk. I followed the request, after informing her that the product that I used was professional grade and would probably be better for her skin than that goo, but she insisted to use her gel.I've also had one client ask me to use creme when I massaged her scalp. She actually wanted the creme in her hair! Eww. I can't even stand getting it on my face, let alone my hair!

 

[danit-t <3]

I had someone bring in a cd for me to play during the massage.  (That wasn't the strange part.)  It was this odd cowboy music...like a soundtrach of an old spaghetti western!  What a loooong hour. :

 

[milfordbum]

Strange requests?

I had a client who every time he came in asked me to apply self tanning lotion on his back. He had no one else to do it so I would apply it to his back and before he got dressed he would finish.

 

[niu]

While I was still in school, I had one client in the clinic that just wanted a scalp massage - for the entire hour!  

 

[Margarete]

Strange requests?

had a guy once that came in every two weeks and only wanted his face and scalp done for the whole hour. had a guy who brought in a metallica cd once and wanted me to play that..

 

[Game tech]

Strange requests?

* Neil Young and Johnny Cash as preferred session music (fine with me)* A few migraine clients who, all of them unbeknownst to the others, like their hair pulled for pain relief (take a handful of hair at the roots and squeeze)* Requests for a three-hour massage (can't do it!)* One client who never actually requested this but hinted that he wanted to -- his little kids would run their Tonka trucks up and down his back during play and he thought the toys would be good massage tools

 

[Charles C]

Strange requests?

*lol* all good ones! How about...my life? It was October 31st, and my favorite regular came in formassage. He was a great guy, soft-spoken, fun sense of humor. He dressed strictly GQ, as he was a very sucessful city attorney. Before that day I always wondered why I got the "best" massage room.Mine was bigger than the other two, softer color scheme, and the other therapists had been there a while. When I stood in the corridor I didn't notice anything bad about it. When I heard him hit the table, I knocked at the door, and when I heard his okay,  I went back into my room to massage. My client was all settled in under the sheets and cozy under a warm blanket. Suddenly we both jumped! He, several inches off the table...me, where I stood. The most HORRENDOUSLY LOUD ALARM happened to be right over the outside wall of my room. And that wall was a  thin wall of slats and translucent glass, meant to look like an oriental screen. The door was the same style, with a single frame.  Neither buffered the SOUL SHAKING CLANGING in the least.We both said, "What the hell is that!!??" I went to the door, on the way out to inquire, and saw a shadow approaching on the other side.I opened the door and it was the receptionist. She had a frantic look on her face."Gina, its a BOMB THREAT!! We've got to evacuate RIGHT NOW!!"I said Okay and shut the door. "You heard her" I said.I ran for the closet in the room. I pulled out a robe. Now you have to understand...it was THE ROBE...the one that I was stuck with for the session because it was a busy day and the rest were taken... the one no one else EVER wanted. It was the sole XXL in raggedy FUSHIA terry cloth in the whole salon/spa. Not even a frump would consider it.His eyes were bigger than when the alarm started off, because I was giving it to him to put it on. "I AM NOT GOING TO WEAR THAT ROBE!" he said. "We've got to get out of here FAST" I said."I AM NOT GOING TO PUT THAT ROBE ON FOR ANY REASON." he said.He started up to change into his clothes, so I went for the door. "AND YOU aren't going ANYWHERE!! YOU STAY RIGHT HERE!"I told him I couldn't. He said "Yes, you can, just face the door!"He said it with such authority and terror at the same time. I was cracking up. Oh well, if I died, I'd die laughing. I mean, I put him in that spot with that horrible robe. So I stood facing the door. I heard the receptionist approaching again. I opened the door before she had the chance to knock. She jumped when she saw me just standing there."GINA!!! You HAVE to GET OUT!!! ITS A BOMB!!!!"I calmly told her to save herself, that I would assume complete responsibility. (How Obi Wan Kanobe of me, huh?)She looked helpless for a moment, then she ran.The alarm stopped.I watched the shadows of people running back and forth, and said to my client, "Hey, you know, its Halloween, isn't it?" He said yeah. "I think its a prank." The salon/spa was on an upper level of the Terminal Tower, the landmark building in Public Square. Since there was a huge mall and rapid transit on the lower levels, there was plenty of human traffic. He said, "I think you are right about that."Just as he said that, one of the laundry assistants ran down the hall. "Its a false alarm....FALSE ALARM, everyone!"I said, "If you still want a massage, I'll go out so you can get back under the covers."He said okay.When I came back in, he whined from under the sheets, "Geez I can't relax now."I understood, but joked to make him laugh, "Don't give me that! You should feel totally relaxed! I almost died for you! If that was a real bomb they would be sorting out our dna right now."He snickered, and just said... "Okay."

 

[ukfan14]

Strange requests?

Oh Gutehands That is hilarious. ROFL

 

[dmg1969]

Gutehands, WOW! That was SUCH an awesome story. Y'all must have been FREAKING OUT!As for music played during massage, I've got one client that likes to listen to Korn and Manson, and one that jams to techno/trance with me. They're both great clients.Hrm... still thinking about that bomb threat...  ;D

 

[Lisa N]

Gutehands - YIKES!!!  LOL  I'm curious...are you still feeling the Force within you?!   A long time ago when I was working in a chiro's office they got a phone call from someone who wanted to know if the MT had long fingernails.  The office manager was completely indignant when she took that call.  She answered with an emphatic and disgusted "NO!  It is strictly therapeutic massage at this office"  Well, the guy hung up.  Then he called back a few minutes later and asked if the MT would be willing to put on those press-on nails.  I thought she was going to die!  Her blood pressure must have risen 80 points in that moment.  She hung up on him!  LOL  I thanked her for taking good care of me and we laughed about that phone call a lot later. LOL

 

[Crimson Rebirth]

Strange requests?

*LOL*! Yes, Intuit, but only after I've eaten beans.Too funny about the nails!

 

[Blinkie]

What a great story Gute!Seforum.xxx......great question!!!!  I haven't had any strange requests, but I really enjoyed reading about everyone else's.I think that it should be mandatory for massage therapists to read these message boards.......boy, oh boy what I would have learned if I had discovered them as a student!!!

 

[summer222008]

Doing chair massage in public places can bring out some interesting requests...While I had my chair out at a local health food store, doing $1/minute massages, an older guy walked past and asked "do you do shaves?"   ???Other people think that because I said "chair massage" that the chair itself will massage them, which I think is why many people try to sit on it backwards.At a women's conference, our place had a booth and I had my chair out. A woman walked right up to me and announced "I don't like to have people touch me, so I never get massage." Okaaayyy.... I do find it interesting that she felt compelled to tell a massage therapist that, but it was a bit odd and out of the blue!

 

[louis]

I love these stories!  One of my strangest client requests:"Does your radio get good reception in here, because I want to listen to the Razorback/Crimson Tide game at 2 o'clock."We did just that.  

 

[gregory_dittman]

Strange requests?

[quote author=YogaLMT link=board=bus-02;num=1107542340;start=0#18 date=02/08/05 at 12:58:13]At a women's conference, our place had a booth and I had my chair out. A woman walked right up to me and announced "I don't like to have people touch me, so I never get massage." Okaaayyy.... I do find it interesting that she felt compelled to tell a massage therapist that, but it was a bit odd and out of the blue![/quote]This one kinda intrests me... Maybe she was wanting you to convince her to get massage or something? Strange she would just come up to you and say that without you asking her first. It's like calling a dentists office and saying "I really don't like other people cleaning my teeth, so I don't go see a dentist." and hanging up.

 

[Country Conservative]

*LOL* Seforum.xxxg! You are right.Yoga, I had an office manager, at the chiro I worked for,  tell me that the thought of touching other people made her skin crawl.Oh yes! She was a pip to work with alright.  :-/She also told me that she disliked me because I came into work smiling every day.

 

[diosaalx6]

Too funny, Seforum.xxxg! I don't know if she was trying to get me to convince her or not -- I think I just said somethiing like "well, that's fine....". Wow, gutehands! She must have been a piece of work.And good point, Mimi -- I'll have to work the phrase "seated massage" into my consciousness.Also when working in public places, I find that people make comments about getting massage as if you're not there, while they're walking past.  "Oooh, I need one of those....". And I had a guy exclaim (rather loudly, one time) "A dollar a minute??! That's sixty dollars an hour!!" Yeah, dude, but it's not 8 hours a day. And it's not mandatory! Sheesh.Anyhoo.... back to the topic!  

 

[Pompal 09.]

[quote author=gutehands link=board=bus-02;num=1107542340;start=0#21 date=02/08/05 at 20:59:00]She also told me that she disliked me because I came into work smiling every day.[/quote]YIKES!!!  I think these are people even dogs don't like!YogaLMT:

At a women's conference, our place had a booth and I had my chair out. A woman walked right up to me and announced "I don't like to have people touch me, so I never get massage." Okaaayyy.... I do find it interesting that she felt compelled to tell a massage therapist that, but it was a bit odd and out of the blue!"

I guess you should have instantly started taking everything down and putting it away since she didn't want it eh?  What can you say about some people other than they haven't any filters or common sense. LOL