left in a room long enough. This seems to be true of some service jobs
that pitch both sexes together as service providers and clients.
Dalliance between male hairstylists and female clients
Kunle Olutayo, a male hair stylist, gets an average of ten female
customers a day.
Although not bad in terms of good looks, Olutayo grew up as a shy
little boy, particularly around girls until his painful fortune
changed about seven years ago when he became a hairstylist.
Shortly after starting the job following a six months' training,
Olutayo could not believe his luck.
With an endless string of female customers, he no longer had to worry
about his failing nerves since some of his female customers were woman
enough to take the initiative.
Olutayo was busy fixing the hair of one of his numerous female
customers when our correspondent visited the salon he shares with four
other stylists around the famous Ikeja Under-bridge in Lagos.
As he attached a weave-on to the customer's hair, the two joked about
the lady's receding hairline.
Some of the customer's hair was falling off at the front and Olutayo
teased her about it being one of the signs of old age.
Olutayo is close to many of his customers and has dated a few, even
though he repeatedly described it as bad for business. When he was
still new on the job, he was overwhelmed by the surplus number of
women he encountered daily and so indulged himself when he could.
However, Olutayo has since learnt a few lessons.
"This job is not for womanisers. If you're a womaniser, stay away from
this job because you will continue to lose money. When I first started
the job, it exposed me to so many women for the first time. I used to
be very shy but on this job, I met women who seduced me. Some of the
women would seduce their stylists to avoid paying for the service,
which also means not paying on subsequent visits.
"So a womaniser has a lot to lose as a hairstylist. Now, I've learnt
my lesson, I no longer sleep with my clients anyhow. I only date one
lady customer now and that limits my loss. Before now, I used to forgo
a lot of money to female customers that I had affairs with," he said.
Explaining how his seducers perform their act, Olutayo demonstrated
with his eyes, feigning sexual interest and willingness and hands,
rubbing on our correspondent, who had briefly assumed the role of a
stylist.
"The women won't open their mouths to say they want any hairstylist,
but once they are seated and you're about to start fixing their hair,
they can say they don't have money and need to fix their hair for an
important occasion, or say they can only afford an amount not up to
half the price of the materials to be used and the service.
"While they are appealing, they are caressing you with their hands and
looking at you with funny eyes (seductively). Some may call ahead to
say they don't have money. In such cases, negotiations can be done
over the phone.
"If I'm interested, I only have to tell the customer that I've always
liked her and ask for her affection in return. Almost 100 per cent of
the time, they are open to an arrangement or rendezvous that could
later lead to a hotel room," he said sheepishly.
Special hotel booking called 'short time,' which is for an hour or
two, is usually used for such rendezvous.
Saturday PUNCHfindings reveal that many of the male hairstylists who
actively womanise often fall under two categories- those who are new
on the job and those who could not complete their apprenticeship for
some reason.
A source explained that the newcomers are too inexperienced to deal
with the temptations associated with their new job, while those in the
other category are too grateful for their fortune in spite of their
inability to complete their training that they over-indulge themselves
in their good fortune.
"I look at some of them (hairstylist womanisers) and I shake my head.
They lose in so many ways because if the customer cannot pay for the
weave-on, the stylists may have to use their own weave-on as well, fix
the hair free of charge, pay N1,500 or N2,000 for the 'short time'
they will spend at the hotel with the customer, possibly buy drinks
there and even miss one or two other customers that will call at their
shops while they are away," said Segun, a male hairstylist with eight
years' experience.
-Source: Punch
-contd in comment box.
Although, the category of women who visit male hairstylists range from students to workers in practically all fields, from Olutayo’s experience, the women who are open to such dalliances are usually those referred to as club girls.
ReplyDeleteA cross section of male hairstylists said the next category of women usually open to having romance with them are single mothers. But with the single mothers, male hairstylists need not worry about not getting paid.
For instance, a male hairstylist, who identified himself as Johnson, narrated his experience with a female customer he once had a sexual affair with.
According to Johnson’s account, his romance with the woman started after his third visit to her Lekki residence for home service. Johnson does home service for customers who are willing to pay extra which has been factored in due to the distance, transportation cost and so on.
“The woman never negotiated any amount I charged and she always paid me.
“It started innocently when she asked me to come and fix her hair at home, before it later graduated to sex. She was a single mother with one daughter, so she usually asked me to come in the morning when her daughter would be in school,” Johnson said.
Johnson added that he had noticed that a lot of his older female customers like to date young boys judging by their discussions at the salon, jokingly, describing salons as homes of gossips and rumours.
Most women confirmed that they prefer male hairstylists to their female counterparts in a poll conducted by our correspondent.
‘I’m in love with male hairstylists’
One of the respondents who identified herself as Nkem, admitted to having fantasised about dating her “handsome male hairstylists” countless times but couldn’t bring herself to initiate a move.
“I actually go to the salon that I use because of the male hairstylists. They are very handsome and sometimes I wish that one of them would ask me out but it has not happened yet. I think male hairstylists are better than the female ones because a man would know what fits you better than a woman,” she said.
Another place that promises an abundance of passion is a massage parlour because it usually pitches both sexes together alone.
Visiting massage parlours for the wonders of the experienced hands of masseurs and masseuses is not yet a popular pastime in the country, however, the trend is growing by the day.
The idea of having a massage is therapeutic. It also helps the client to relax and be released of stress and body pains, but investigation shows that often times in Nigeria, clients wish for more than stress and pain relief. Our findings show that many male clients get sexually aroused and get an erection within a few minutes of body massage.
Happy hour
A cross section of masseuses said many of the clients who visit their parlours ask for ‘happy hours’ or ‘happy ending massages.’ These are erotic massages that end with hand jobs, blow jobs or sex.
“When some of the clients come in, they ask, ‘do you do happy hour or happy ending’ and we say no. The best thing is not to start what you won’t be able to finish; so we tell them that we don’t do such things here, but I know that some massage parlours do it abroad,” said Franca Oriakhi, the Managing Director of World Beauty Salon and Spa, Surulere, Lagos.
Another beauty therapist, Ruth Zobeashia of Rutiana Perfection Parlour, Ikeja in Lagos, also shared similar experiences on the job.
Zobeashia, who has had over 10 years’ experience as a masseuse, said, “Most of the Nigerian men who come here, once they see that it’s a beautiful lady that will attend to them, what goes to their head is sex after five minutes of massage.
“Some of them will say, ‘Can you suck me? Can you make me come? I will pay you extra for doing it.’ I tell them that we don’t offer anything beyond massage here. When I explain to them that I can’t do it, then they stop visiting. What most of them want is sex and not massage, really. It’s the whites (foreigners) who really understand the essence of massage and some blacks too that come here,” she said.