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2011-11-22 02:20:43 PM
I think he just got the job there so he could say "Santorum".
 
2011-11-22 02:28:57 PM
Yeah, but any tokens you find while mopping are yours to keep!
 
2011-11-22 02:30:47 PM
Well that was a different read.
 
2011-11-22 02:33:29 PM
Not really much of a surprise then, is it?
 
2011-11-22 02:57:02 PM
Disappointed.
I was hoping it was a repost of about 5 years ago. A girl working as a store clerk near some big city had a blog she did for a while. Had some good humor and good insights in it. Had pretty much the same name,

Much better written than this trash.
 
2011-11-22 03:02:02 PM
www.walkoffwalk.com
Anita Jizzmop
 
2011-11-22 04:31:17 PM
Meatzilla: [www.walkoffwalk.com image 640x441]
Anita Jizzmop


fap!
 
2011-11-22 05:12:58 PM
I remember the other porn clerk blog as well! It was written by Ali Davis, and it actually got a limited published run. I would definitely suggest reading it over this.
 
2011-11-22 05:22:58 PM
Slives: Disappointed.
I was hoping it was a repost of about 5 years ago. A girl working as a store clerk near some big city had a blog she did for a while. Had some good humor and good insights in it. Had pretty much the same name,

Much better written than this trash.


Ah, so it is different. I remember reading the original about 7 or 8 years ago. It was hilarious. Apparently it was taken down, but an archive is here (new window).

Save it for tomorrow afternoon if you're in the US. It's a great, time-comsuming read.
 
2011-11-22 05:23:52 PM
Slives: Disappointed.
I was hoping it was a repost of about 5 years ago. A girl working as a store clerk near some big city had a blog she did for a while. Had some good humor and good insights in it. Had pretty much the same name,

Much better written than this trash.


I remember that one. It was fascinating.
I expect porn shop work is way less interesting now. People only go in for sex toys and smoking paraphenalia (I know I spelled that word wrong, can't be arsed to look it up).
 
2011-11-22 05:24:20 PM
Dude either needs to cheer the fark up or just kill himself. Did he flunk the McDonalds drug test? Surely there was something better he could have done if it hummed him out so much.
 
2011-11-22 05:25:04 PM
Bummed.
 
2011-11-22 05:26:04 PM
You gotta clean that stuff up quick or it'll leave streaks.
 
2011-11-22 05:26:53 PM
fta They aren't jury-rigged glory holes common in arcades. They are professional, finished pieces of custom carpentry.

don't mention something you claim is unique and then don't expand on it you dumbass.
 
2011-11-22 05:26:57 PM
Mad_Radhu: Dude either needs to cheer the fark up or just kill himself. Did he flunk the McDonalds drug test? Surely there was something better he could have done if it hummed him out so much.

I, for one, would very much like to get hummed.

Oh, and porn stores? Do people really need those any more?
 
2011-11-22 05:27:03 PM
I'd never stick my penis in a glory hole. Sounds like a good way for Darwin to strike - you don't know if the person on the other side is going to suck your dick or cut it off.
 
2011-11-22 05:34:56 PM
Rev. Skarekroe: (I know I spelled that word wrong, can't be arsed to look it up

What browser are you using that doesn't have built-in spell check anymore?

Alex DeLarger: I, for one, would very much like to get hummed.

Oh, and porn stores? Do people really need those any more?


"Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.
 
2011-11-22 05:35:38 PM
Knara: "Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.

Also it's often the only place that you can get good lube that isn't Amazon or some other Internet site

/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong
 
2011-11-22 05:47:45 PM
Knara: Rev. Skarekroe: (I know I spelled that word wrong, can't be arsed to look it up

What browser are you using that doesn't have built-in spell check anymore?

Alex DeLarger: I, for one, would very much like to get hummed.

Oh, and porn stores? Do people really need those any more?

"Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.



Do the "good" chains have glory holes and needles on the floor? Because the article isn't describing a re-branded suburban "erotic supplies" store for "adventurous" couples, it sounds like something out of the Second Circle of Hell.
 
2011-11-22 05:49:03 PM
Sock Ruh Tease: I'd never stick my penis in a glory hole. Sounds like a good way for Darwin to strike - you don't know if the person on the other side is going to suck your dick or cut it off.

If you pay in advance, you get to pick the order.
 
2011-11-22 05:56:53 PM
Knara:
/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong


Lube snob thread!
 
2011-11-22 05:57:19 PM
Knara: Knara: "Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.

Also it's often the only place that you can get good lube that isn't Amazon or some other Internet site

/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong


Suggestions?
 
2011-11-22 05:57:23 PM
Rev. Skarekroe: Slives: Disappointed.
I was hoping it was a repost of about 5 years ago. A girl working as a store clerk near some big city had a blog she did for a while. Had some good humor and good insights in it. Had pretty much the same name,

Much better written than this trash.

I remember that one. It was fascinating.
I expect porn shop work is way less interesting now. People only go in for sex toys and smoking paraphenalia (I know I spelled that word wrong, can't be arsed to look it up).


Not so... just popped in one in Van Nuys for teh lulz before dinner, and we heard plenty of grunts and moans coming from around the darkened corner. Screening rooms are still used, that's for sure.

/Wish I could remember which movie's plot revolved around a killer who attacked at porn shop booths...
 
2011-11-22 06:03:34 PM
foxyshadis: /Wish I could remember which movie's plot revolved around a killer who attacked at porn shop booths...

This one?
 
2011-11-22 06:04:10 PM
I was most surprised by the fact that he had to write a resignation letter and hang around his 2 weeks. A place where junkies shoot their dope and guys suck off strangers requires this kind of formality?
 
2011-11-22 06:05:02 PM
ChubbyTiger: Knara: Knara: "Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.

Also it's often the only place that you can get good lube that isn't Amazon or some other Internet site

/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong

Suggestions?


Do it dry.
 
2011-11-22 06:05:30 PM
Alex DeLarger: Do the "good" chains have glory holes and needles on the floor? Because the article isn't describing a re-branded suburban "erotic supplies" store for "adventurous" couples, it sounds like something out of the Second Circle of Hell.

I'm glad you got that out of your system. Feel better?


ChubbyTiger: Knara: Knara: "Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.

Also it's often the only place that you can get good lube that isn't Amazon or some other Internet site

/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong

Suggestions?


The two most often suggested ones I hear from friends are the ID silicone-based ones and the Gun Oil brand.

/prefer the former to the latter, personally
 
2011-11-22 06:09:14 PM
DarwiOdrade: Do it dry.

disapprove

www.thecampussocialite.com
 
2011-11-22 06:09:23 PM
karmaceutical: I was most surprised by the fact that he had to write a resignation letter and hang around his 2 weeks. A place where junkies shoot their dope and guys suck off strangers requires this kind of formality?

Standards are important

www.sportshollywood.com
 
2011-11-22 06:10:48 PM
ChubbyTiger: Knara: Knara: "Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.

Also it's often the only place that you can get good lube that isn't Amazon or some other Internet site

/if you're still using KY or Astroglide you're doing it wrong

Suggestions?


My gay friend swears by this:
www.discountcondomking.com

And if I'm going to take someone's lube advice, it's going to be a gay bottom's.
 
2011-11-22 06:12:08 PM
Third, we have tomboyish lesbians who come in to raid our "twink" section, porn featuring hairless, younger looking men, often depicted as victims of sexual violence or, alternately, "discovering their sexuality."

wat
 
2011-11-22 06:12:43 PM
Knara: Alex DeLarger: Do the "good" chains have glory holes and needles on the floor? Because the article isn't describing a re-branded suburban "erotic supplies" store for "adventurous" couples, it sounds like something out of the Second Circle of Hell.

I'm glad you got that out of your system. Feel better?



I have no idea what you are trying to imply or why you would bother to defend an establishment that has glory holes in it. So there.
 
2011-11-22 06:13:48 PM
jehovahs witness protection: Meatzilla: [www.walkoffwalk.com image 640x441]
Anita Jizzmop

fap!



I say J..
I say J-I
J-I-Z
J-I-Z-Z
J-I-Z-Z-M-O-P-P
Jizzmop!
 
2011-11-22 06:16:21 PM
Good Lord, the article ends with him finding salvation by writing for an online content farm. The man's life is on the straight-and-narrow for following either Jack Kerouac's or Ernest Hemingway's path into the afterlife.
 
2011-11-22 06:21:36 PM
Has no one ever read the book "Porn Row"? It looks like this dude did. It's the same thing, but put against a sociological and historical perspective as well. Very good read.
 
2011-11-22 06:26:07 PM
A couple of days ago I drove past the local porn emporium and saw a guy who had just taken a cab to get there. Suddenly, I was left thinking about the conversation in the cab.

"Where to, buddy?"

"Porn store."

At that point, just what else is left to be said, other than, "So... gonna go bust a nut, huh?"

I wonder if he made the cab wait on him?

/takes all kinds, I guess
 
2011-11-22 06:27:19 PM
I remember hanging out at the strip clubs in Baltimore when "The Block" was more than a block long. Calling a porn shop to see what time they opened so I could buy spank bank for a friend coming into town.

Good times.

Good times.

I drove my 14 year old (at the time) daughter thru the block, but I told her what to expect. She was hoping to see a transvestite prostitute. After the concert we were driving home and she was upset that there were no transvestite prostitutes.

Maybe there was.

Maybe there was.
 
2011-11-22 06:27:50 PM
CanadianCommie: DarwiOdrade: Do it dry.

disapprove

[www.thecampussocialite.com image 599x399]


OK, baby, for you I'll slather some on.
 
2011-11-22 06:31:38 PM
FTGodWin: A couple of days ago I drove past the local porn emporium and saw a guy who had just taken a cab to get there. Suddenly, I was left thinking about the conversation in the cab.

"Where to, buddy?"

"Porn store."

At that point, just what else is left to be said, other than, "So... gonna go bust a nut, huh?"

I wonder if he made the cab wait on him?

/takes all kinds, I guess


Went to Reno one year with my Dad - I was 21, we were out on a lark, on a flying vacation for 4 days and just randomly ended up in Reno. Cab Driver: "Ja come here fer the Mustang Ranch?" clearly the cabbie thinking Dad was bringing me to Reno to "make a Man of me".

/did not go to Mustang
//already was a 'man'
///I think Dad was much more embarrassed than I was.
 
2011-11-22 06:34:34 PM
I'll wait for the movie.
 
2011-11-22 06:39:37 PM
jehovahs witness protection: Meatzilla: [www.walkoffwalk.com image 640x441]
Anita Jizzmop

fap!


For an extra quarter, she'll take her teeth out.
 
2011-11-22 06:50:50 PM
Alex DeLarger: Knara: Rev. Skarekroe: (I know I spelled that word wrong, can't be arsed to look it up

What browser are you using that doesn't have built-in spell check anymore?

Alex DeLarger: I, for one, would very much like to get hummed.

Oh, and porn stores? Do people really need those any more?

"Porn stores" are, by and large, totally re-cast now to be "couples sex stores". The good chains actually have a lot of employees (often female) who are educated on toys and books and all that sort of thing.


Do the "good" chains have glory holes and needles on the floor? Because the article isn't describing a re-branded suburban "erotic supplies" store for "adventurous" couples, it sounds like something out of the Second Circle of Hell.


Well, he did say it was in Portland.
 
2011-11-22 06:53:47 PM
hockeychick: You gotta clean that stuff up quick or it'll leave streaks.

All that and the author doesn't answer the question of how much he makes per hour.

Oh. Word of advice.
img4.fastenal.com

Needlestick-resistant gloves. They make em for cops. You can get them too. I reckon it'll also be a welcome layer of armor against the jizz.
 
2011-11-22 06:58:05 PM
I drive by the local porn store on the way to work.... as I speed by, if I see someone coming out, I honk & wave madly like I know them...
Gotta make the next few days interesting for them...
 
2011-11-22 07:06:36 PM
cwheelie: cwheelie 2011-11-22 06:58:05 PM

I drive by the local porn store on the way to work.... as I speed by, if I see someone coming out, I honk & wave madly like I know them...
Gotta make the next few days interesting for them...


That was you? Thank God, I thought it was my son's math teacher.
 
2011-11-22 07:32:13 PM
hmm, except maybe not that model. Those are expensive as all hell.
 
2011-11-22 07:41:20 PM
Anderson's Pooper: cwheelie: cwheelie 2011-11-22 06:58:05 PM

I drive by the local porn store on the way to work.... as I speed by, if I see someone coming out, I honk & wave madly like I know them...
Gotta make the next few days interesting for them...

That was you? Thank God, I thought it was my son's math teacher.



He is!
 
2011-11-22 07:45:22 PM
 
2011-11-22 07:50:18 PM
Ishidan: All that and the author doesn't answer the question of how much he makes per hour.

Maybe he just works for tips.
 
2011-11-22 07:54:26 PM
Slives: Disappointed.
I was hoping it was a repost of about 5 years ago. A girl working as a store clerk near some big city had a blog she did for a while. Had some good humor and good insights in it. Had pretty much the same name,

Much better written than this trash.


Yeah, I remember that. It was one of the first blogs that I read, and I was really bummed when the story came to a close. The girl had some real writing potential. I've often wondered if she put it to use in a journalism job or perhaps hunkered down to write the "great American novel." Either way, I'd have paid money to read the results.
 
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