Platinum Wellness

[peterparv]

A quick review of Platinum Wellness (Kennedy and Shep) - they post often here advertising amongst other things, backwalking, as well as on Kijiji. Decided to check it out.

Well, not much to report. The entire time, I was unsure whether or not it was legit or semi-legit (many here have said strictly legit), but the massage was quite good - combination of over towel "tui na" (I think), backwalking, oil massage, and stretching. I got no vibes that anything extras was on table, so I just enjoyed it at face value. That said, I also kept my underwear on which perhaps prevented any sort of teasing. Regardless, even when we got to that I wouldn't have bothered.

Where it got interesting was on my way out - I handed "mamasan" (or maybe just the boss lol) the room fee which is clearly stated as $55 on every ad and in the place itself. Mamasan turns to MPA and asks something in Chinese...MPA says what sounded like "mayo" in English. I then got grilled by mamasan as to why I gave no tip. Um, maybe b/c there was no extra service? Help me out here guys:

1) any idea what mayo means? If it means something like "no" or "nothing" then for sure extras are on the table at this place
2) Am i wrong for only paying the posted rate if I didn't get any extras?

Cheers

 

[fore]

"No tip? Is this guy thick or something?"

"Yeah, like mayo"

You tip $20 for a 1hr massage even if nothing happens.

 

[peterparv]

I’ve only ever been to an RMT massage place and paid the posted rate or a semi legit where I pay the door/room plus tip for service.

I was legitimately unaware of this other permutation - non sexual massage and tip. OK…good to know. My bad I guess.

 

[Loxfox]

"No tip? Is this guy thick or something?"

"Yeah, like mayo"

You tip $20 for a 1hr massage even if nothing happens.

is that written somewhere or are you just supposed to know that?

 

[SuperSport]

A quick review of Platinum Wellness (Kennedy and Shep) - they post often here advertising amongst other things, backwalking, as well as on Kijiji. Decided to check it out.

Well, not much to report. The entire time, I was unsure whether or not it was legit or semi-legit (many here have said strictly legit), but the massage was quite good - combination of over towel "tui na" (I think), backwalking, oil massage, and stretching. I got no vibes that anything extras was on table, so I just enjoyed it at face value. That said, I also kept my underwear on which perhaps prevented any sort of teasing. Regardless, even when we got to that I wouldn't have bothered.

Where it got interesting was on my way out - I handed "mamasan" (or maybe just the boss lol) the room fee which is clearly stated as $55 on every ad and in the place itself. Mamasan turns to MPA and asks something in Chinese...MPA says what sounded like "mayo" in English. I then got grilled by mamasan as to why I gave no tip. Um, maybe b/c there was no extra service? Help me out here guys:

1) any idea what mayo means? If it means something like "no" or "nothing" then for sure extras are on the table at this place
2) Am i wrong for only paying the posted rate if I didn't get any extras?

Cheers

It is actually meiyou in pinyin but "mayo" is close enough, and yes it means "no," as in "no" you did not give her a tip.


The guys here are correct there should be a 20 tip for a legit massage (not RMT), no extra, and that would be bare minimum

based on a room fee of 55 likely 45 - 60 minutes.

 

[peterparv]

It is actually meiyou in pinyin but "mayo" is close enough, and yes it means "no," as in "no" you did not give her a tip.


The guys here are correct there should be a 20 tip for a legit massage (not RMT), no extra, and that would be bare minimum

based on a room fee of 55 likely 45

My bad. Apologies to Platinum