Ginza hostess exposes bizarre Line messages from delusional older patrons and breaks them into 5 categories with colorful examples of each: 1. Bizarre Sexual Harassment, 2. Unsolicited “Daily News” Broadcasts, 3. Delusions of Grandeur, 4. Fishing for Compliments, and 5. Hostile Preachers

    https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ginza-hostess-exposes-bizarre-line-messages-from-delusional-older-patrons/

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    1. I can’t believe my sexual clients would write me weird messages.

      Are they usually the picture of good behavior when they’re at the establishment? 

    2. そういう仕事だって知らなかったっていうつもり?
      自分から変な仕事に突っ込んでいって、客からこんな変なメッセージもらったってバカみたい。

    3. Shocking that people who pay for intimate dialogue and connection in the first place would end up catching feelings – Shocking, I tell you!

      There is obviously a very easy solution for this – Stop taking part in a trade which preys on the loneliness of others in the first place

    4. Boo hoo. It comes with the industry you choose to partake in. If you’re making bank taking advantage of people’s loneliness and stupidity then expect to do some work.

    5. AccidentInevitable on

      I mean , she wasnt complaining about it as much as she was making a joke on the matter. Im sure she knows it comes with the job.. But its funny nonetheless.

    6. >She concluded with a stark warning to patrons who view cabaret clubs and hostess bars as safe spaces to live out their delusions without fear of retaliation, noting that ultimately, it is the older men who will end up **ignored, laughed at, and alone**.

      The entire hostess industry is founded on providing companionship for men who have been ignored, laughed at, or feel lonely. It seems as though she is completely oblivious to this fact and somehow feels that her customers should appreciate the few hours she agrees to let them pay for her company, fake laughter, feigned interest in their well-being, and sexual flirtation. Then, when the timer runs out they should immediately switch to understanding that she doesn’t give a damn about whether they live or die and reognize she wants zero contact with them until she is on the clock again.

      This also shouldn’t be taken as “well she’s a hostess so a mercenary attitude is normal”. There are actually a significant number of hostess and sex workers in Japan who look on their jobs as providing emotional therapy as much as flirtatious companionship/sexual services and who care about the well-being of their regular customers in the same way any professional in another service industry would care about regular clients.

      Naturally, barriers against over-familiarity and crossing personal boundaries are still vital but thsi person’s comments seems typical of another common ‘type’ in those industries who choose the job not to escape poverty, pay off debt, or because they enjoy it, but rather to immediately spend everything they earn on host clubs and/or brand goods.

    7. Funny. But good job Mizue-chan for identifying and categorizing the types. I think she’s already a good writer for the first job is to identify the audiences!