It had been about a month before the holidays when I lost my job. I had a family to take care of and a wife to answer to. I knew we'd be okay, but I was still trying to figure out what to do. The job market was extremely thin and I wasn't sure where to turn. After packing up my desk and loading up my car, I decided to stop at a bar for a drink. I needed some time to think about how I was going to break this to my wife. 3-4 beers and about an hour later, I still had nothing. I picked myself up and started walking out to my car. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a XXX Bookstore with bright neon lights and an "OPEN" sign. Trying to avoid going home, I turned and walked towards the store. Upon entering I found a typical adult store layout. The sign on the front said something about video booths and had quotes around the word "video." As soon as I entered, the employee standing at the counter made eye contact with me and nodded, clearly acknowledging me and presumably sizing me up. I was sure a lot of these places had skeezy customers and the workers had to be careful and observant.
I walked around the store for a few minutes, browsing the porn dvds on the shelves and looking through the assortment of toys. When I got to the dildos, I stopped and looked through them for a bit. I had never been gay or attracted to men, but I did have a few random hookups with guys in college. I was very happily married to my wife, and was extremely attracted to women. My relationship had always been close with my wife and we often told each other everything. My random college hookups however, was something that I was taking to my grave. It was a conversation that I didn't need to have and I personally didn't have any concerns with it. I knew I wasn't gay and just found myself exploring because I liked being sexual. Looking over the dildos, I began to be amazed at the many different sizes, textures and colors. I really thought it was amazing at how the sex toy industry was booming. There had to be tons of money being made. Of course... I was extremely jealous.
I continued walking through the aisles, when I reached the back half of the store and saw a line of about 4 to 5 men standing outside a booth. I stood off to the side for a moment, when the door opened and out walked a man zipping up his pants and tucking in his shirt. He began walking over to the front counter and the next man in line walked into the booth and closed the door. As the man finished tucking in his shirt and approached the counter, I heard him say quietly to the employee...
"This one was just okay."
Not having any idea what he was talking about, I headed over to the counter as soon as the man left the store.
"Excuse me... What is going on back there?"
"Are you a cop?"
"No, I just am wondering why there is a line to get into that booth, when there are empty booths on the other side."
The employee leaned a little closer and whispered to me now.
"You can get your dick sucked in there for a very fair price."
Being surprised at that answer, I raised my eyebrows and made a small smirk in an embarrassed manner.
"Who pays whom in there?"
"We hire workers to perform the service and the customers insert money through a dispenser in the wall. It's only $20 bucks... We think it's very fair."
"Oh, well that does sound very inexpensive."
After the beers and walking around the store, I was very horny, but never could cheat on my wife like that. I quickly washed the image of purchasing a blowjob from my head. Besides, I didn't have extra money to spend on something like that.
"How much do the person performing the job get?"
"Well, we typically give them $5 for each one... But from what I understand, tips can be very good."
The idea of being able to pull in money like that did sound very exciting. The fact that it all would be off the books sounded even better. I suppose if you knew what you were doing, you could really make some good tips.
"I would wait til next week to get one if I were you. We are about to fire the guy in there now. Have had some terrible comments on him."
"Oh, well... I wasn't going to get one. I was just curious about it. Sounds like real good money."