Bodywork Station 15th Street NYC

[Typical]

Of course I KNEW better. But went in anyway. (I had some decent to good experiences there, but more than five years ago...)

 

30 minutes into a strange 60 minute massage appointment (after a lot of yelling on the premises) the door to my "room" was thrown open and cell phones were tossed in. The "therapist" announced "you are done" and left.

 

I was certainly ready to leave, got up and dressed. But I then discovered everyone had apparently fled the premises. The guy therapist and two women up front all left! Gone. No one anywhere. Front door was left open. No one in sight!

 

P.S.: They were all VERY high.

 

Lesson learned.

 

Hot shower now with a whole lot of soap.

[rollingrock]

wow. yeah that place has gone way downhill. used to go there a lot

[+ BlueSky]

Bizarre!

 

I used to live a few door down from this place on 15th street. I think I only tried it once. This was over 10 years ago and maybe it had a different name then. It felt a little skanky the time I visited so I never went back.

[rogerG]

Sounds like they were anticipating a raid. If I were an undocumented worker, I wouldn't want to get caught these days. Back in my spa days, we had a few undocumented workers working for us. Whenever inspectors came around, we gave those workers instructions to simply leave the premises immediately when word got to them. Drop whatever they were doing and leave. This was before cell phones. They knew to call to find out when the coast was clear.

Edited August 7, 2019 by rogerG

[Typical]

I don't think it was an undocumented worker issue. I would guess the three were all native to Long Island from their accents.

 

I think it was something else....they seemed out of it.

 

Like really out of it.

 

I'm guessing substance-induced paranoia.

 

I waited for a few minutes to pay (although the whole thing wasn't worth a single dime and was so weird), but then worried that something really bad could happen there. So I ran up those steps an across 15th Street as fast as possible!

[BrklynNYC]

I've been there before and got a few good experiences out of it, some excellent. A few of the masseurs went on to current spas like SMS and spa 27, some on their own. But I wouldn't go back there now.

[HungreeMunkee69]

There used to be a great masseur who worked at that place. I think he was Russian, very tall, shaved head and built like a brick. I think his name was Max. I wonder whatever happened to him.