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January 11, 2005 2:07 PM

Abandoned call girl messageboard circa 1998 The unprotected internal board of a call girl service. Wow. [via]
posted by Count Ziggurat (49 comments total)

Damn, that wasn't sexy at all. Interesting but not sexy and now I feel like I should go and smoke a cigarette and take a shower and then apologize to my wife.
posted by fenriq at 2:12 PM on January 11, 2005

We have replace Andrea with Jasmine (formerly Sara) and Tori's name is changed to Brittany and she is now $400.

The whole call girl industry is nothing but LIES!!
posted by Robot Johnny at 2:18 PM on January 11, 2005

Anyone wondering why the posts dried up in '98?
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:18 PM on January 11, 2005

Yah, the prosaic day-to-day business of it is wierdly disconcerting. Intellectually that's what I'd expect, but still: it's wierd. "How many times do I have to tell you people to use the cell phone to reach sara?!?!" interspersed with bad feelings about dodgy clients in hotels and how to indicate when girls are at "that time of the month".

It reminds me of a Joyce Carol Oates book. But like a zillion times less depressing.
posted by freebird at 2:18 PM on January 11, 2005

Callgirls are flaky, callgirls have a client that's a dermatologist and medical school prof in Fort Pierce named Tim somethinggreekoranother who's probably pissed this is coming up in google searches on his name.

I have learned much! Now let's harass the dermatologist!
posted by u.n. owen at 2:19 PM on January 11, 2005

"As much as we should try to fill every call, please don't send DRASTICALLY different girls from the website photos"

LOL
posted by mr.marx at 2:21 PM on January 11, 2005

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who Googled up names...
posted by Mamapotomus at 2:21 PM on January 11, 2005

Oh, 1 more thing, please, if you could, do me a favor and try to bring in the microwave box as soon as possible because there is a time limit to how long I can keep it before returning it and I've had it for quite a while already and I would much rather have my $90 back than be stuck with a superfluous microwave that I don't need at all.

Oh man. This stuff is so hot. EUNPH.

We have now added "Helen" to the website. Take a look. She's an experiment.

I like to imagine that some scientist has given "Helen" the head of Admiral Akbar or something.
posted by Sticherbeast at 2:22 PM on January 11, 2005

some scientist has given "Helen" the head of Admiral Akbar

It's A Trap!

Oh, wait. Wrong site.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 2:29 PM on January 11, 2005

you mean it's a trap?
posted by mr.marx at 2:29 PM on January 11, 2005

fuck
posted by mr.marx at 2:30 PM on January 11, 2005

Hey, mr. marx... Jinx!
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 2:30 PM on January 11, 2005

Where is Kimber now?
posted by SisterHavana at 2:35 PM on January 11, 2005

ahh this was so interesting! does anyone have any idea what the website with the photos might have been??
posted by c at 2:36 PM on January 11, 2005

"We have an 800 number (800 806-9642) which can be dialed without a quarter from any pay phone."

A search for that number.
posted by me3dia at 2:37 PM on January 11, 2005

c, the folks at BoingBoing found this.
posted by rustcellar at 2:38 PM on January 11, 2005

Apropos of something, I happen to know from some research I did that licensed prostitutes in Nevada now do most of their marketing via email. (I corresponded with a few of them, and they didn't really seem to get the fact that I was researching, not shopping.) There are also several functioning discussion boards dedicated to "LPIN."
This one may have died in '98, but it wasn't unique. There are plenty still around.

Anyway, all irony aside, the internet has been an incredible boon to their business. They don't have to wait for some guy to happen across their middle-of-nowhere brothel anymore.

FWIW. No pros/cons implied. (And before you jump on me for being a perveted john, please note that i'm a girl.)
posted by mudpuppie at 2:44 PM on January 11, 2005

There are also several functioning discussion boards dedicated to "LPIN."

The Libertarian Party of Indiana!? Say it's not so!
/silliness
posted by me3dia at 2:49 PM on January 11, 2005

mudpuppie is a perverted john. And a girl, to boot. Girly john, girly john!
posted by u.n. owen at 2:49 PM on January 11, 2005

I prefer "perverted jane," thankyouverymuch.
posted by mudpuppie at 2:51 PM on January 11, 2005

From #212: It doesn't hurt to post too much info here.

Ahh, internet.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 3:06 PM on January 11, 2005

And everyone, unknowingly, bought toilet paper at the same time ...

classic.

Wonderful post.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:15 PM on January 11, 2005

If a girl costs $250, I wonder how much she takes and how much the agency takes.

The girls pictured on the site aren't that hot. And they're not even sending the real girls that are pictured. Johns are gross. I hate when I go to SE Asia and 50% of the western guys I meet are pervs. Makes you not want to associate with Americans when over there.

That said, in my experience, gross Brits and Aussies are 10x grosser than American pervs.
posted by b_thinky at 3:16 PM on January 11, 2005

Compelling read. On one note it was very interesting to see that they experience similar problems with employee (ahem) turnover as we do in the contingent (ahem) staffing biz.
posted by psmealey at 3:19 PM on January 11, 2005

That said, in my experience, gross Brits and Aussies are 10x grosser than American pervs.

I know exactly what you mean. Those stupid accents...
posted by 327.ca at 3:20 PM on January 11, 2005

Agency fees tend to be betwen 40 and 60% of the take (which is why most intelligent callgirls go independent or work in a small cooperative if security is a concern), but it sounds like - from what I've been able to piece together - they also had a bonus structure on top of it.

What I'd wager that meant is a high agency fee on normal nights, sold to the girls because if they had a busy night - over $5000 - they got a lot more of the take. But on slow nights, at an agency like this that's obviously recruiting dumb girls who aren't even that attractive (and who may therefore be unable to negotiate better, fairer deals), they may only be making 25 or 30% of their total fee.
posted by u.n. owen at 3:22 PM on January 11, 2005

> Kimber has come up with the excuse of the century about maybe
> being electrocuted by the pay phone. What a bullshiter.

Hey, it could happen.
posted by NewBornHippy at 3:33 PM on January 11, 2005

I will be holding interviews on Sat 8/8 at 8:30 at the Wendy's.

Jaclyn,Jasmine and McKenzie have their periods and aren't working for a couple of days.

PLEASE - not the Budget Inn again! I've gotton numerous compaints from clients and girls that the room is FILTHY and there are cockroaches all over and there was a drug deal going on next door and, also, if possible, try not to use the Days Inn either

There go my illusions of the glamorous call-girl life.
posted by bibliowench at 3:46 PM on January 11, 2005

Just add Google. An extortionist's dream.
posted by Ironmouth at 4:08 PM on January 11, 2005

In post 74, Sara uses the word "discombobulated."

Love it!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 4:12 PM on January 11, 2005

Mmm, let's see:

From the board:

User_name Frank
Some nasty shit

And from the bottom of the Mefi page:

« Older FRANK MUST DIE... | Meet The Lucky Ones....

Appropriate juxtaposition if you ask me.
posted by NewBornHippy at 4:17 PM on January 11, 2005

The first link (for the service itself) in me3dia's Google search of the phone number is comedy gold, as it were:

Your First and Last Name:
For security reasons, she will ask for a valid identification, such as passport or driver's license. If you are in a hotel, it must be your registered name. We keep this discreet and confidential.

Special Requests or Comments
Should we not call at certain times? Email only? Whatever your special/discretion requests are -- they are respected.

[X] I understand that everything discreet. I understand the rates are cash only. If I must cancel this appointment, I will give plenty of notice.

About this form: Breathe easy. It does not leave behind copies in your mail and does not even use your mailer, so it is a discreet tool.
posted by RikiTikiTavi at 4:19 PM on January 11, 2005

We have the IC room til Monday 8/31 and Michelle tells me it's a no smoking room with smoke detectors... so tell everone no smoking. Also she saw empty beer cans and liquor bottles there so someone's drinking on the job.. and as always the room is a mess..please tell the girls to straighten up and make the bed.

No smoking, no drinking, AND you have to make the bed?! No way am I becoming a hooker.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:24 PM on January 11, 2005

Excellent post!
posted by greasy_skillet at 5:12 PM on January 11, 2005

Tabatha will be out of town until her next trip. As of Monday if there are *** infront of any names DO NOT BOOK THEM (no exceptions). Stacy can you please write down the amount of hours you both worked from the 14 - 20 so I can figure out the Bonus. FRANK IF YOU ARE READING THIS.....WE NEED ANOTHER INK CARTRIDGE FOR THE PRINTER. BLACK IS RUNNING LOW. Do not book any appointments for a Micheal Tovich someone is playing games with his email. He is really MAD.

This one message sums it all up for me.

Great post.
posted by CunningLinguist at 5:32 PM on January 11, 2005

Any theories on what POC stands for? The interweb suggests "Person on Cocaine," "Piece of Crap," and "Pissed Off Customer."
posted by rustcellar at 5:44 PM on January 11, 2005

I kept wondering why the hell they kept giving calls to Kimber. They "fired" what? Five times or something? I think Sara must have been a pushover.

Yah, the best part is how it's much the same mundane shit as running any small business and managing flaky people. What surprised me a little was the relative literacy of Frank, Sara, Stacy, and the rest. (By "relative" I mean compared to many people I've worked with, even.)

On Preview: POC is obviously "police"; don't know why those particular combination of letters.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:50 PM on January 11, 2005

Heh. The guy who said he was "a musician with Clarence Clemons and Springsteen" actually seems to be the bassist for Dean Madonia of Kalamazoo, MI, and the ZannaDon't! soundtrack.
posted by mudpuppie at 5:53 PM on January 11, 2005

I enjoyed this tidbit: "Remember our policy when we fire girls. We don't TELL them that they are fired, we just don't book them. They can call in, they can call on, they can do what they want. If they ask why there are no bookings for them, say what you want. Tell them our site was down (true), tell them we are being careful (true), or whatever. It's important that we don't inflame these girls, even if they treat us badly."
posted by bonheur at 6:00 PM on January 11, 2005

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait...

Did anyone get to the bottom, to the test posts? Frank's and Sara's first test posts happen within 20 minutes of each other, and their first "official" posts are an hour apart. The time changed from 19:30:17 MDT 1998 to 20:19:30 MDT 1998.

Is this someone's friday night psych-BoingBoing fun? I smell a rat.
posted by mudpuppie at 6:07 PM on January 11, 2005

Is this someone's friday night psych-BoingBoing fun? I smell a rat.

FWIW, archive.org has a version from 2002.
posted by ALongDecember at 6:16 PM on January 11, 2005

POC <--> COP
Or, you are a snarky mofo ethereal.
posted by metaculpa at 6:18 PM on January 11, 2005

FWIW, archive.org has a version from 2002.

Well then, I guess I feel better about how much this delights me.
posted by mudpuppie at 7:14 PM on January 11, 2005

Actually, no. I must be antidyslexic. :)
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 7:27 PM on January 11, 2005

In the future I think that if you are PROMISING a customer that "It will definatly be Vicki " at least send a girl who looks close enough to her as do Sasha and Michelle. Misha can not pass that well.

This is why I love the Internet.
posted by adampsyche at 7:29 PM on January 11, 2005

On Preview: POC is obviously "police"; don't know why those particular combination of letters.

Nope, "POC" stands for "Point of Contact."
posted by Goedel at 2:20 AM on January 12, 2005

i think there's the plainclothes cop, then the plain out-of-clothes cop (poc). that's what i think!
posted by clyde at 3:32 AM on January 12, 2005

Reading this made me quite interested as to some of the in-business dealings. Bonus day? Intent contracts? Party favors?

Its curious that the intent contracts are designed to keep the business legal (one would assume some sort of BS whereupon time + money != an agreement for sex) but payday is conducted at the local 7-11.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:03 PM on January 12, 2005

"Nope, 'POC' stands for 'Point of Contact.'"—Goedel

Hmm. Assuming that you're serious, it's obvious you're wrong. Here's some quotes from the page:

"Also, there was a blacklist of about a combination of 20 either dangerous guys or POCS that was on the wall at the old office..."

"Everyone - important - it's POC night - thursdays are BAD nights."

"Less expensive hotels are used for POCS, usually not expensive hotels. BE CAREFUL!!! DO NOT SEND ANYONE IF YOU HAVE 1 TINK INKLING OF SOMETHING FISHY. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY."

"Be careful of a DAVID HARTSHORN possible POC. He has a British accent and I verified him at the hotel but when Sasha got there she suspected he that he was POC (no toiletries, luggage, didn't initiate and finally arguing about the Intent form.)"

"...we think he's a POC and when I called to verify his 2hr. appt. w/Meisha tonight he had checked out."

"I did not speak to the guy, but it is Thursday night - POC night and that hotel is one of the most dangerous and the POCS have been trying to get Mackenzie for the longest time..."

posted by Ethereal Bligh at 12:15 AM on January 13, 2005