Addict Throwback

Back in the day when I worked for Adult Video Store* (AVS) I would see a bunch of almost exclusively men come into the store who obviously had an addiction to porn. This wasn’t a mere liking of porn; this was an obsession with porn. They NEEDED porn to get them off, not liked it occasionally for a solo-night-in. (I’m happy that people are becoming more aware of sex addiction as being an ADDICTION. Thanks Dr. Drew! ;) )

Anyways… these men have a particular vibe to them; they have a certain way they carry themselves, a certain way they speak… and I can point these types out now with great accuracy.

Now that I work at the Classy Adult Boutique* (CAB) I get far fewer of these men in the store. Primarily due to the fact that at the Boutique we do not rent videos, nor do we sell magazines – those items being the primary source of intake for your average addict. But every so often one of these guys comes into the store. It may be confusion on their part (assuming we sell/rent videos) or they are just checking out the store because they have never been here before.



Today I got a winner. He come into the store at 4pm asking why we close at 6 and aren’t open later? [Note: AVS is open 24 hours.] I tell him that we are open later on Thursdays and that we make up for it by being open seven days a week. He then move along to go check out the store…and arrives back moments later with a male masturbator and a rather large dildo. (As a side note: Addicts tend to see extreme acts portrayed in the more intense films out there and some believe that these are the appropriate way to perform love-making acts. Humiliation, degradation, sexism are some of these. The use of “Big Toys” is also tied in there – probably somewhere between humiliation and degradation. It is a trend I’ve noticed that the largest toys are usually sold to those who fit the Addict profile.)

Whilst I ring in his purchase he attempts to make conversation, but really just makes things awkward for both of us. Then, as he is exiting the store he walks past the change rooms (that are very obviously change rooms with hooks on the walls, and full length mirrors) and comments, “What are those? Are those video trial booths?”. “No,” I say “those are change rooms…for trying on lingerie...?”

Really, sir? Did you see any videos whilst walking around the store? Take your head (and hand) out of your pants for a moment and think! We are not AVS, nor are we the dirty adult video store down the street (which does, for note, have try-them-before-you-buy-them booths). We have custom shelving, hardwood floors and fireplace. Thank you for assuming but do you really think that a girl like me would want to clean up your spooge for a living? No one gets paid enough for that! …especially not me!

Good day sir! I hope the inappropriate touching you will do to yourself later goes well…

*names have been changed to protect the innocent




- TSP -