Interviews with people in and around the sex industry have been a key part of Rockit Reports since it first went online way back in 2012. After meandering along in relative obscurity the site gained a big traffic boost when an early translation of an interview with a Japanese pinsaro worker was picked up by several sites and spread around the internet. That set the stage for future interviews done specifically for publication on this site.
Over the years numerous people have agreed to be interviewed for this site. Some of the interviews have drawn in a lot of views. Others were not so well received. With a few exceptions even some of the most popular interviews in terms of views have not led to readers leaving many comments. That is fine. My ultimate goal is to entertain. The fact that all of the interviews are read by a minimum audience of thousands of people means the time doing and posting the interviews was well spent.
Today the interviews come full circle as I am proud to present the results of a question and answer session with a Thai blowjob bar worker. Although the subject of the interview wants to remain anonymous for what should be pretty obvious reasons the content is still quite interesting if I do say so myself. You be the judge. I would like to remind you that this and other interviews yet to be published are available in the Sex Talk book that was recently published.
How old are you and where are you from?
I am old. Almost 35 already. I am from Isaan.
Are you married? Do you have any children?
I was married a long time ago. I have one daughter. She stays with my parents in Isaan.
How was your childhood?
Normal. I lived in the countryside. It was fun. The big problem was going to school. I had to go down a long dirt road. When my mom took me it was okay. One time I had to come home by myself. There were no cell phones then. I walked up the long road in the dark. I was so scared. When I got home my dad asked me how I did it. I told him I walked the road. He beat me so hard. After that I only went to school if I had a ride.
When did you start having sex?
Haha. I didn’t start until I was married. I didn’t know anything about sex. Boys used to come to me but I had no idea what they wanted. I used to be really beautiful. I had big boobs. Haha. One boy used to always come to my house and whistle for me to come outside and see him. My dad heard him whistling one time and threw a rock at him. It hit him in the head. The boy didn’t come anymore.
Your dad was so protective. What does he think about the work you do now?
He doesn’t know about this. Maybe he can guess. I send a lot of money home. My mom is always asking me for money. I think she gives a lot of it to my brother. He is no good. I left my motorbike at home. He rode it drunk and wrecked it. Then my mom called and told me “something happened to your motorbike.” I found out what really happened last week. It is no good. I want to take care of my parents and my baby. My brother can work but he doesn’t.
How long have you been working here?
Here? Not so long. A few months. But I worked in other places before. I worked at two other places.
How did you get into the work?
I needed money. My friend told me to come work in Bangkok. I saw that she had money. So I went. I didn’t know what the work was but I could guess it had something to do with sex. When I came to Bangkok she brought me to work at a massage parlor on Soi 33. I didn’t like it too much. One of the girls went to work in a bar like this. She told me about it and I went there.
Why do you prefer working here to working in a massage parlor?
This is better. I can get several customers per day. I can get money every day. I don’t need to do too much. I can have sex with a customer if I want to. But I don’t have to. I can just use my mouth or my hands and get money. It is easier work. I think it is safer too.
How about a go go bar or something like that?
Haha. I am not sexy. I cannot work there. Anyway I don’t want to walk around with customers. And I don’t want to go to their rooms. I don’t know them. Maybe they are crazy.
You said you have worked in a few blowjob bars. Why did you change?
I worked in the first one for many years. It was the only one I knew. Later I found out about others. The first one was really famous. There were so many girls. We used to have so many customers. There was a lot of competition but I always got customers so I didn’t mind. I met a farang there. He wanted to marry me. I didn’t want it but I agreed to live with him. We moved to Isaan and got a house.
How was that?
It was okay. But my daughter was scared of him. He was nice but she was still scared. He was a huge guy so he was scary for her. After I broke up with him.
Why?
Too tired of everything.
So then what did you do?
Then I came back to work in bar again. I tried another massage shop. It was really no good for me. Now I am very good at blowjobs but still too tired to do massage or have husband. I just want to make money for my daughter and my family.
How do you know you are good at giving blowjobs?
Many men come to ask for me. I can do everything. I can do deep throat, face fucking, cum on face. I am not so beautiful anymore but I am better at my job now. Before I was young and pretty but not good.
How many guys can you suck in one day?
I don’t know. Maybe too many. Haha. Usually I have four or five customers. On good days I can have eight or nine. Sometimes ten.
Is that usual for all the ladies?
I don’t know about all of them. Some only get one or two. We will help them get more customers if they don’t have any but if one guy asks for me I must go with him. Unless he is a crazy guy then I won’t. Some guys are too crazy.
What do you mean?
Some guys have problems with their minds. They are no good. I won’t go with them.
How much money do you make?
I get about half of what the customer pays. At the first bar I worked I got half. Later they raised the price for customers but they didn’t raise the price for us. It was not good.
How much can you make in a month?
I can make about 40,000 Baht ($1164 USD) in a month. Sometimes more. One time I made 75,000 ($2182 USD). I had a lot of tips.
Did you work anywhere before this? How much did you make?
I worked in a factory. I made 9,000 Baht ($261 USD) a month. It was a long time ago.
Which job was better?
This one is better. That’s why I work here.
How long will you work here?
As long as I can.
Rockit… GREAT interview!!!! This was gold, please interview more of the ladies working the trade. Im sure they have some very interesting and funny stories to tell. Thank you so much for this.
Thanks for the kind words. I have many more interviews on the way. Several that have not yet been published appear in my books. Cheers.
Normally, I don’t really care about the interviews, but this one was very interesting. It’s interesting to know the industry workers’ mindset. Thank you! Keep it up.
Thanks for the kind words. You may be interested in upcoming interviews with massage workers in Vietnam and Macau. Cheers!
Great interview! I would love to know what bar she works at. I always look for more mature women, and they usually offer much better service.
Thanks for the comment. She agreed to do the interview with the promise that her identity would not be revealed. She works at one of the Bangkok blowjob bars reviewed on this site. Cheers.
Great interview, it’s always interesting to read an insiders perspective and motivations. If she is willing to do a second interview, I would like to read more about the bar.
Thanks for the comment. I have never done a second interview before but I guess it could be warranted if I had enough follow up questions to ask. The bar she currently works at has already been reviewed on this website. Cheers.
List of possible questions: How do you find a bar to work for? What does a bar owner look for in a girl? How are new girls introduced to the business? What is the turnover rate? What is your living situation like? What do you look for in a customer? Do you prefer to talk with a customer before working with him? Do you prefer a customer to buy you a drink or give a tip? What can a customer do to make you more comfortable? How often does the bar do health checks? Do ladyboys come in looking for work? Do managers secretly hire ladyboys? Have you worked with more than one customer at a time? Do customers hangout at the bar?
I could probably answer a lot of those questions myself based on the knowledge I’ve gathered over the years but they would also be good to run by this lady or another her position. I will give it real consideration. Cheers.
I’ll try to answer, just for fun. I have some time to kill. The following is more about go go bars than bj bars, however, here is what I know.
1 – Word of mouth. Usually it’s the girls themselves who talk other girls into working in the bars. Often friends or relatives. Some bars even offer incentives (commissions).
2 – Looks, and English speaking ability. One out of two is enough to find work. Some bars will hire anyone with a pulse.
3 – See #1. Girls apply directly to the bar. They don’t always get to meet the owner(s), usually it’s the mamasans or managers who are in charge of recruting. There are also “agencies” who provide girls to the bars. Shady stuff.
4 – Very high. Every month a few girls leave and a few more join. Sometimes girls move from one bar to another (usually in small groups, led by the “alpha girl”). Some girls get pregnant or engaged and leave work for a while, only to return later. Some never return. A select few branch out and start their own thing. All sorts of variables are into play.
5 – Most girls share a room with one or more other bargirls. They are like college roommates. This is especially true of the younger ones. Older women may have a Thai boyfriend or husband at home. Some bars have “living quarters” for the newcomers to sleep in while they look for an apartment to rent. Even high earning girls spend typically little on accommodation, they don’t seem to care much. They’d rather spend the money on designer handbags and live in a cockroach-infested tiny room. These are generalizations, every woman is different (to an extent).
6 – Girls want to make the most money with the least amount of effort. Asian customers are favorites because they are big spenders. Some girls prefer older guys because they are usually kinder, more wordly, and of course have more money. Looks don’t matter much, hygiene does. The younger girls (18-25) sometimes get the hots for the young dudes. A young, handsome man will always receive special treatment from a certain section of girls. In the end though money trumps everything else.
7 – Depends. Some girls couldn’t care less and want to get down to business ASAP. Other girls prefer to get a little more comfortable first. The latter ones are usually picky about who they go with.
8 – Both!
9 – Be polite.
10 – Most places in Asia don’t bother. It’s the girls themseleves who get checked if they care. There are exceptions.
11, 12 – There are bars with mixed lineups and everyone knows which ones. The unsuspecting tourist who didn’t do his homework may be in for a surprise, since bars routinely lie about it (post-op ladyboys are called “ladies” by the staff). However the vast majority of bars either employ women or ladyboys, with little to no confusion.
13 – I’d wager most women have.
14 – Some do. In bj bars they are a minority.
Source: a few years of experience with Thailand (and the rest of SEA), including a year-long live-in relationship with a go go girl.
Thanks for the input. That all rings true with what I know of Thai go go bars but blowjob bars are often different in many ways. One proof of this is that most go go bar dancers don’t even know blowjob bars exist even when they work or live right next to them. Cheers.
I could have a decent go at those too, I think! bj bar answers rather than gogo. They have a very different mentality.
“How are new girls introduced to the business?” – in bj bars there are often family connections. You can find sisters or cousins working in the bar at the same time, sometimes introduced to it by their own aunts or mothers or sisters-in-law who’ve worked there before. Then it’s friends in the same village.
“What is the turnover rate?” – Not as high as gogos. I think bj bar girls tend to work in the same bar for years. You don’t see gogo girls working in the same place for 5, 10, 15 years like some recognisable bj bar girls!
“What is your living situation like?” – most have Thai husbands or boyfriends. Most live with them or live alone, in separate rooms but sometimes in the same apartment block. Some have their own houses, way out. Pretty much like gogo girls there.
“What do you look for in a customer?” – I’m pretty sure for 99.99% of bj bars the answer here is:
a) finish quickly
b) finish quickly
c) finish quickly
d) be clean
e) don’t smell
f) don’t force their heads down, etc.
Past that they don’t give a monkey’s. Bj bar girls are different from gogo girls there. They go into it knowing they won’t have a choice of customer, they don’t care. They don’t have the same level of interaction with customers and don’t usually want it.
“Do you prefer to talk with a customer before working with him?” – as above, don’t care too much.
“Do you prefer a customer to buy you a drink or give a tip?” – tip because they can buy their own drinks cheaper and they get less than half the fee you pay to the bar.
“What can a customer do to make you more comfortable?” – finish quickly, etc. See above. Am I cynical?
“How often does the bar do health checks?” – they don’t care. A girl can have something and still work there.
Thanks for the comment. Some of it clearly depends on the person and to a degree the place though. I know of a few blowjob bar girls who have married foreigners who started as customers. I also know of some who regularly spend time with foreigners on a friendly basis without any monetary motivation. Of course there are many of the type you describe who want nothing to do with customers other than a quick blow and go. Cheers.
Good interview, your “the hardest working man in the field of sex reporting”. My girlfriend from the Philippines and I met in Bangkok (now) and even though I have stayed at this hotel once before (very good hotel, new and clean) did not realize it was only a short walk from Soi Cowboy. Word to the wise … don’t be stupid like we were ! yesterday we went to walk through Soi Cowboy about 6pm. Was miserable ! For starters was hot and humid as always and the street was barely walkable (only about 1/4 as wide as the ‘walking street’ in Pataya) it was full of street food vendors with there cooking stoves adding terribly to the miserable heat already and the smells… Have always been amazed how to many possible good smells can equal such a bad smell !! And the frequent scooter trying maneuver the obstacles. Along with nothing going on and such a short street, for all the publicity. Will wait until later in the evening to try again.
Thanks for the comment. Bangkok can be a tough place to walk in places. Soi Cowboy usually doesn’t get going until much later in the night. Cheers.
Thank you for publishing interviews like this. This piece is an hidden gem in a space full of unoriginal and uneventful websites. I just found your site and plan to let others know. You have created a fantastic site. Please keep doing what you’re doing.
Thanks for the comment! Cheers.
I would lke to hear about how they are trained and tested for skill
As far as I know they are not trained at at all in Thailand. Cheers.