In a society where prostitution and see SPs was socially acceptable...

[LLPunting]

...what would be the norms for encountering a recognised SP out and about?

"Hi, how are you, do you need help with that shopping and do you have a few minutes spare?"

"Hey Magda, be careful how you handle those bananas, we both know what effect you can have."

"Ivy!" <mwah, mwah> "Fancy meeting you here, how about a coffee?  So what's the biggest cock you've sucked this week?"

[Home Alone]

And exactly where is this society?

In all the threads I've read over the years on this general topic, the consensus has been, "Keep schtum.'

Discretion rules, OK.

[LLPunting]

Those threads were likely talking about meeting an SP out and about at the time.  Here I'm wondering what punters might consider acceptable if there was no stigma associated with our activities.  It's a semi-serious quiz.

[ik8133]

Those threads were likely talking about meeting an SP out and about at the time.  Here I'm wondering what punters might consider acceptable if there was no stigma associated with our activities.  It's a semi-serious quiz.

I think that the stigma is getting less and less as the younger generation are a lot more open about sex than when I was a teenager back in the seventies.  With the advent of porn being freely available on the internet, the younger generation can educate themselves easier regarding sex.  And also with sites such as Seeking and SB, some girls have no qualms about selling sex for money to get them though a financial bad spell. 

[king tarzan]

Like it no not.. not socially acceptable at the moment... sadly we live in a modern times  society where same sex  is deemed acceptable.... so in the future probably will be acceptable... hopefully never ever as a career option..

[Kelgon85]

I've often wondered what my (and her) reaction would be if I saw my regular out and about in the "real world".

[Bonker]

LL - I think you're allowed out for exercise now. Please try and get some air   

[Jeremy]

I don't think I'd say much more than a hello, like you would passing a coworker in the street, maybe I'm just being cynical but I can't imagine while they're out shopping/doing something 'normal' they want a client to come up and start making innuendos. Just let them get on with their day.

[jesse4585]

LOL, I guess jokers with a lot of front might come out with the lines in the OP.

For me, if it was someone I recognised from pics but hadn't punted, I'd smile at them at most.

With a reg, I'd  be the same as I am if I bump into a work colleague - try to tailor my response depending on how they seem. If they seem harassed or pre-occupied, I'd say nothing, maybe just nod & smile. Mostly I'd just say hello. If I had the sense they wanted a conversation I'd ask them how they are and see what happens.

I'd be like this if I bumped into a reg in the wild even today,  but then I'm probably less concerned with discretion than most.

[Malvolio]

I'd still keep quiet about it - never felt the need to broadcast the minutiae of my life to all and sundry.

[willie loman]

if it became socially acceptable the price would drop even more than it already has. Most british girls spend a fair bit of their lives having crap sex with total strangers every weekend that's why being a working girl is not that much of a step up, or a step down,

[Fuzzyduck]

...what would be the norms for encountering a recognised SP out and about?

It's an interesting question. 10-15 years ago I would baulk at the suggestion of sex work being sociality acceptable but times are a changing, When you consider sites like onlyfans and SA, the trend is towards more girls (and guys presumably) offering some sort of paid for sexual gratification. It won't become acceptable in my lifetime though so I'll keep my punting phone and my head down.

Still, I'd expect SPs would be treated like most other trade/service providers and would sit somewhere on the social pecking order, somewhere in the beauty and health category. I would say hi to the girl who occasionally gives me legit sports massage but I wouldn't linger and certainly not if she was with company. I went out with a beauty therapist once and on more than one occasion random blokes (clients) would come up and say hello. My compass would need realignment if I went out with an SP and I was fine with random blokes saying "hi, babe" in the supermarket aisles.

If I saw a reg on the street, I'd probably also say hello, maybe have a quick chat, maybe a flirt and leave with a promise of booking. I wouldn't have qualms about asking them for a coffee or a drink depending on the time of day, but the lines between servicer provider and social acquaintance become blurred. If someone I recognise but didn't know but wanted to see, I might go introduce myself.

All that said, would many SPs off the clock want to be bothered? I doubt it.

Of course one upside (depending on your POV) is that we'll see a host of trashy reality programmes where amateur girls go head-to-head (fnarrr) with pro-hos with porn star judges. Rather than go on Strictly or Bake Off, celebs and politicians in the autumn of their careers will put for the public. Which celebrity boner is behind glory hole A?

[LLPunting]

It's an interesting question. 10-15 years ago I would baulk at the suggestion of sex work being sociality acceptable but times are a changing, When you consider sites like onlyfans and SA, the trend is towards more girls (and guys presumably) offering some sort of paid for sexual gratification. It won't become acceptable in my lifetime though so I'll keep my punting phone and my head down.

Still, I'd expect SPs would be treated like most other trade/service providers and would sit somewhere on the social pecking order, somewhere in the beauty and health category. I would say hi to the girl who occasionally gives me legit sports massage but I wouldn't linger and certainly not if she was with company. I went out with a beauty therapist once and on more than one occasion random blokes (clients) would come up and say hello. My compass would need realignment if I went out with an SP and I was fine with random blokes saying "hi, babe" in the supermarket aisles.

If I saw a reg on the street, I'd probably also say hello, maybe have a quick chat, maybe a flirt and leave with a promise of booking. I wouldn't have qualms about asking them for a coffee or a drink depending on the time of day, but the lines between servicer provider and social acquaintance become blurred. If someone I recognise but didn't know but wanted to see, I might go introduce myself.

All that said, would many SPs off the clock want to be bothered? I doubt it.

Of course one upside (depending on your POV) is that we'll see a host of trashy reality programmes where amateur girls go head-to-head (fnarrr) with pro-hos with porn star judges. Rather than go on Strictly or Bake Off, celebs and politicians in the autumn of their careers will put for the public. Which celebrity boner is behind glory hole A?

It could be as innocuous as, "Jackie! How are ya luv?  Free around 3?  Smashin' see you then.  Sorry guv, as you were."

Or, "Come on Eileen, I know that smile,  ok if I pop by around 6?  Yes, I'll bring you some Bakewells."

Personally I'd prefer the shows of waning lady stars turning tricks to keep in their fans' consciousness.   A mash-up of Comic Con and AVN with love capsules for fan 1-1s available by the 15 mins.

[dubs]

I think Pattaya is probably as close as you would get.  The hotels give guests advice on what to do when bringing a guest back.  The Beach Rd to pick up girls is as open as any red light district I've ever seen.

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[A Decent Fist]

Of course one upside (depending on your POV) is that we'll see a host of trashy reality programmes where amateur girls go head-to-head (fnarrr) with pro-hos with porn star judges. Rather than go on Strictly or Bake Off, celebs and politicians in the autumn of their careers will put for the public. Which celebrity boner is behind glory hole A?

An idea worthy of Alan Partridge. I'd watch it.

[Home Alone]

It's an interesting question. 10-15 years ago I would baulk at the suggestion of sex work being sociality acceptable but times are a changing, When you consider sites like onlyfans and SA, the trend is towards more girls (and guys presumably) offering some sort of paid for sexual gratification. It won't become acceptable in my lifetime though so I'll keep my punting phone and my head down.

Still, I'd expect SPs would be treated like most other trade/service providers and would sit somewhere on the social pecking order, somewhere in the beauty and health category. I would say hi to the girl who occasionally gives me legit sports massage but I wouldn't linger and certainly not if she was with company. I went out with a beauty therapist once and on more than one occasion random blokes (clients) would come up and say hello. My compass would need realignment if I went out with an SP and I was fine with random blokes saying "hi, babe" in the supermarket aisles.

If I saw a reg on the street, I'd probably also say hello, maybe have a quick chat, maybe a flirt and leave with a promise of booking. I wouldn't have qualms about asking them for a coffee or a drink depending on the time of day, but the lines between servicer provider and social acquaintance become blurred. If someone I recognise but didn't know but wanted to see, I might go introduce myself.

All that said, would many SPs off the clock want to be bothered? I doubt it.

I was once seen by the local SP in the centre of my smallish town just after 9.30 one midweek morning three or four years ago and she initiated a social conversation while I was waiting for a bus to the railway station on my way to see my then-Regular.

Each of us was on their own at the time she spoke. She's someone who was mainly on my 'Reserve list' so I wouldn't have called her a Regular, more a 'Plan B '.

However she was someone who definitely remembered me - I'm sure of that because when I saw her for the second time, probably 18 months after my first visit to her bedroom - she referred to things that had happened on that first visit. Thinking back, my internal cynic can't help wondering if she opened the conversation that morning to remind me that she was still available for business. 

[sparkus]

I think it would end up as rubbish as this:

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[The Owl]

If punting and prostitution became socially acceptable then some escorts would end up as the new celebrities stalked by the paparazzi. Women would start seeing punters as ways of social climbing because they were in a relationship with a man who shagged celebrity escort x up the arse once.