I myself am a massage therapist. I have been here several times. I would normally see Tom or Mary, who are both great, but have seen others as well.
I've even told other people about the place, but I'll never be back after today.
It's a bit rudimentary to begin with - no private rooms, only hospital curtains between massage tables. The practitioners talk with each other through the curtains sometimes, which I actually find amusing, but some may find annoying. Their English is spotty, so communicating can be challenging.
But when you're in pain, for a dollar a minute, you can't beat it, especially since they take walk-ins, and many other establishments are already booked ahead of time - at least ones that have reputable licensed therapists who have a following.
One time in the past it ticked me off when the person I paid at the register got an attitude with me because I was paying with a credit card instead of cash. I didn't return for quite a while after that.
Started coming back several months ago because I don't schedule my own self care the way I should and usually wait until I'm hurting and desperate (like an idiot lol), and I can be seen same day here.
A few times, I've had people put too much pressure on my ribs, spine, etc. and that hurts. But I realize they are most likely not professionally/formally educated/trained in massage, nor certified/licensed, and although that's pretty much illegal, I figure why not let people make their money? It's VERY difficult to actually injure someone via massage, and at least they aren't perpetuating the "shady" side of massage...if you know what I mean.
So today.... I requested a 90 minute massage and got a woman I had never seen before. Her English was probably the best out of anyone I've seen there, so I told her that I like deep pressure and told her my problem areas to focus on.
YES, she had deep pressure lol! She started massaging me in what I can only describe as "a furious manner." Really fast and hard and I could tel right away she was going to wear herself out, and I kind of felt bad, but I'm not going to tell people how to do their job. I literally thought for half the massage "If you'd just calm down and slow down, this wouldn't be so hard on you."
I also got elbows on my ribs and too close to my spine. Which, as I mentioned before, hurts. I told her and she let up on the pressure, but then it happened again when she got to the other side of my body. So I just suffer in silence, because she's trying to do what I asked her and is also doing it the best she knows how.
Ok so massage is over. Unless something has changed since my last visit, it's a dollar a minute. I had a 90 minute. She told me it was $100. I didn't say anything. What's $10 when I know she just worked her ass off (self-inflicted for the most part, but whatever.)
I hand her my credit card, put down a 20 dollar bill and tell her the $20 is for her. She looked at it, smirked and kind of rolled her eyes, and mumbled something to her coworker. Do we all agree that 20% (actually a bit more since it should have been $90) is acceptable? I'm in the industry. Of COURSE I appreciate big tippers. But not everyone can do it, and I'm thankful to get what I get.
When she handed me the slip to sign and I wrote "cash" on the tip line, she had the AUDACITY to say to me "No more tip?!?" I couldn't believe it. I looked at her and said "What, you want more?!" She said that it was a really hard long massage and then rubbed her hands and wrists. But not like in a "poor me, can't you help a sister out" way; it was totally in a "I can't believe you're being so cheap" way. Which is OFFENSIVE, to say the least! Next - and I still don't know why I did this - I reached into my purse and pulled out another 10 and gave it to her. As I walked out, I said "I'm a massage therapist too. I know ALLL about it!"
Still kind of annoyed at myself for giving her the other 10, because by the time I got to my car, I was so pissed off about what had just happened that instead of driving home calm to enjoy the effects of my massage, I'm sitting here writing this review!
I honestly wish I had just taken the $20 off the counter and told her to go somewhere.
And THIS is why I'll never be back!!!!
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