Have you ever felt like you needed a massage after your massage because you were so sore and not relaxed? First, let me start by saying I have been to this place about 4 to 5 times before and tonight was the first time I received a terrible massage. It was so bad it almost cancels all the good massages out.
Before Covid hit, this place seemed to have a staff that actually knew how to massage. I've recommended this place to friends and at least two friends started coming here because of my positive reviews from the past. I made a full-body appointment over the phone and paid $65 cash for my massage as soon as I arrived. Yes, they always take the cash up front which I was used to and they will try to upsell you and that I was also used to.
I paid extra to get the lavender massage oil and during the massage, I somehow got the hot stones, which I did not ask for since it's been really outside lady. It sounded like the woman, Cindy, who was my masseuse was going to pass out. She kept saying, so hot, so hot, and I wanted to say I didn't ask for hot stones but the language barrier is tricky there. I believe she only knows a few English words based on our exchange.
When I get a massage, I ALWAYS leave my undies on. It makes me more comfortable and I don't need my buttocks fondled. When Cindy walked into the room, she literally pulled down my panties without asking and said something in her language. I say, huh? She tossed my panties aside and moved to begin the massage. Against my better judgment, I left it alone.
During the hour massage, Cindy ground her elbow into me so hard that I had to ask her to go softer because the pain was intense. She stayed in one area for way too long where I felt like I was being tortured and was just counting the minute for her to move on. She grabbed my hair and wrapped it into a tight ponytail pulling it so hard that I let out a yelp and then it continued to pull and hurt until I finally moved my hand up to release the pain. Cindy grabbed my arms and moved me around in an abrasive manner and none of it felt good. None!
She touched my butt, groin, and even skimmed by my lady bits a few times too many. She got up on the massage table twice and I could feel her body sitting on me which is awkward when you are naked with a thin sheet on. It made me super uncomfortable and tense. When finally asked to turn over, I tried to hold the sheet but my breasts and buttocks were exposed until I reached up and moved the sheet so I was covered again, but it almost felt intentional from her.
When you're in that situation, thinking, how the hell is this happening when the other massages were so good, you don't think to jump up and yell "stop!" and demand a refund from the manager. I hate that we, as a society, are programmed so much that even when we are that uncomfortable we don't speak up.
The entire hour, I was uncomfortable, in pain, and not relaxed at all. Cindy knows nothing about muscles or massaging. She just shoves you around and grinds her elbow into you. The moment she finally said finished, I was so relieved. I was in so much pain it took me 10 minutes to shuffle around in the dark to get dressed again.
When the guy up front saw me, he immediately said I owed him five more dollars. I paid and told him I was very sore. He just shrugged it off and said, okay, see you next time. Well, if the owner is reading this, there won't be the next time and I will respectfully pass on an offer for a free massage. I will make it a point to tell all those people I referred to not to go here anymore since it changed so much from a year ago. I need to go soak my sore back muscles in the tub now. read more