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[quote=Anonymous]POST SCRIPT TO THE ABOVE COMMENTS:

MANY MASSAGE THERAPISTS ON THIS FORUM HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS'S THEY WORK FOR TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE CUSTOMERS PAYMENT FOR THE SESSION.  THE IMPRESSIONS I GET FROM THESE COMMENTS IS THE FOLLOWING:
  
- WITH THE BUSINESS TAKING THE MAJORITY OF THE CUSTOMERS PAYMENT, IT DOES NOT LEAVE ENOUGH FOR THERAPIST
- THIS AMOUNT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A THERAPIST TO LIVE ON
- BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CUSTOMER 'SHOULD' TIP (AND IN SOME CASES QUIT A BIT - UP TO 30%)
- SEEMS MANY THERAPIST THINK IT'S NOT FAIR OR RIGHT THAT THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS TAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY DO

MY QUESTIONS (AND COMMENTS) TO THE MASSAGE THERAPIST IS:

- IT IS WELL KNOW THAT IT is not A STANDARD IN THE UNITED STATES TO TIP MASSAGE THERAPIST.  MASSAGE THERAPIST'S BASE PAY is not LIKE WAIT STAFF AT $2 AND SOME CENTS PER HOUR SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY EARNING THEIR 'LIVING' BY TIPS.  I HAVE NEVER MET (OR HEARD) OF A WAIT PERSON WHO HAS PAID MONEY TO GO TO SCHOOL TO 'LEARN' TO BE A WAITER/WAITRESS AND WHO ACTUALLY PICKS THAT TYPE OF JOB AS THEIR 'CAREER OR PROFESSION'.  DO I NEED TO SAY MORE ABOUT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO?  I THINK NOT AND IT'S BEST NOT TO USE THAT ANALOGY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT ISN'T SIMILAR IN ANY RESPECT.  THAT BEING SAID, WHY DID YOU PICK THIS PROFESSION KNOWING THAT TIPS ARE NOT MANDATORY NOR A STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY?

- DID YOU DO ANY RESEARCH ON THE COST OF GOING TO SCHOOL VERSUS YOUR ANNUAL INCOME UPON GRADUATION (WITH AND WITHOUT TIPPING AND WITH GOOD, AVERAGE AND GREAT TIPPING SINCE THEIR IS NO 'SET' TIP AMOUNT REQUIRED)?  AND THE ADDED COST AND TIME OF CONTINUED EDUCATION?  AND ANY OTHER COST YOU WOULD INCUR DUE TO your chosen PROFESSIONAL FIELD?

- DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE THERAPIST CAN ONLY REALLY WORK APPROXIMATELY 25 HOURS PER WEEK (AS STATED ABOVE IN OTHER POSTS) BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDS ON THE BODY?  I AM ASSUMING EACH PERSON WHO IS IN THIS PROFESSION KNEW THIS before PAYING MONEY (WAS IN $10,000 - $15,000 RANGE AS SOMEONE POSTED EARLIER) TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS FIELD.  DIDN'T YOU?

- IF A THERAPIST DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE before BECOMING CERTIFIED, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL DID SO WITH APPROVAL OF ALL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS KNOWN.  THAT BEING THE CASE, THEN WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING??????

- IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW BUT FOUND SOME OF THE ABOVE TO BE TRUE after THE FACT,  THAT IS NOT THE CUSTOMERS FAULT/RESPONSIBILITY BUT FALLS ON YOU.  AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SUGGEST RE-EVALUATING THE PROFESSION you chose TO HAVE.  MAYBE IT IS NOT THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT OR NEED OR CAN AFFORD?  MANY MAKE CAREER CHANGES IN THEIR LIFETIME AS THEIR CURRENT ONE DOESN'T FIT THEIR PASSION, FINANCIAL NEEDS AND SO FORTH AND YOU ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO THIS PROFESSION ANY MORE THAN ANY OF THESE OTHERS WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIRS.  IS IT TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE?

- FOR THE MANY THERAPIST WHO FEEL THAT THE BUSINESS TAKES TOO MUCH OF THE CUSTOMERS FEE, WHY NOT do something ABOUT IT OTHER THAN COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR SITUATION AND EXPECT THE CONSUMER TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE TO MEET YOUR FINANCIAL GOALS?  WHY DON'T YOU OPEN YOUR OWN MASSAGE BUSINESS?   IN THIS SITUATION YOU CAN THEN DICTATE WHAT EACH THERAPIST EARNS. YOU CAN START A BUSINESS, CHARGE THE CONSUMER A FAIR 'FLAT' FEE (NO TIPPING EXPECTED BUT IF THEY DO IT'S THE CREAM ON THE CAKE), PAY THE THERAPIST WHAT IS A FAIR AND DECENT WAGE AND THEN EVERYONE IS A WINNER?!?!?  THERE ARE MANY THERAPIST ON THIS POST COMPLAINING IN THIS AREA SO I WOULD THINK EASY ENOUGH FOR 'LIKE MINDS' TO POOL THEIR RESOURCES AND GO IN TO BUSINESS TOGETHER.  THEN YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES MORE TO YOUR LIKING.  DOES THIS NOT SOUND LIKE A VIABLE CHOICE? 
 
- I HAVE READ MANY ABOVE POST FROM THERAPIST WHO SEEM UNHAPPY AND ANGRY AT THE PRACTICES REVOLVING AROUND THEIR PROFESSION.  I'M INCLINED TO THINK IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS SO UNHAPPY WITH THEIR WORK, THEN A CHANGE IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.  EITHER FIND ANOTHER PROFESSION THAT IS MORE TO YOUR LIKING, START YOUR OWN BUSINESS IN YOUR CURRENT FIELD SO YOU CAN DICTATE THAT THE BUSINESS OPERATES TO YOUR WANTS AND NEEDS OR IF YOU CHOOSE TO STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, IT HELPS TO LOSE THE ATTITUDE.  NO ONE 'MADE' YOU CHOOSE THIS PROFESSION AND A  LOT OF ENERGY IS WASTED TRYING TO CHANGE ITS' PRACTICES BY COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM AND THE CUSTOMERS WHO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY BY SPENDING THEIR MONEY AND GOING THERE.  THE MASSAGE THERAPY BUSINESS ISN'T UNIQUE.  THIS APPLIES TO ANY INDUSTRY AND ITS' EMPLOYEES.

- TIME FOR A PERSONAL INVENTORY AND CERTAINLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT "PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY" FOR 'YOUR' ACTIONS!

AGAIN. AS IN MY PREVIOUS POST, A LARGE AMOUNT OF THERAPIST ARE IN THIS PROFESSION FOR THE 'RIGHT' REASONS, DO A FABULOUS JOB AND WE GIVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS KUDOS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND GREAT ATTITUDE!  MANY THANKS AGAIN TO YOU FOLKS![/quote]

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