To want a job on a sex chat line?

[takingiteasy]

Ok I don't think I really do, I think I'd feel a bit grubby but I was speaking to a mum at school who was telling me this is what she does during the day and can make about £200 a week!

I have visions of Big Mo in Easties being Miss Whiplash whilst doing the ironing. I could well do with an extra £200 a week though - who couldn't?

Anyone done this?

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

At home, i've always wanted to work from home, this could be a plan, I'd probably end up saying "YABU to ask me the colour of my knickers"

"So you like women with small breasts? Judgey pants or what"

It would never work would it?

[takingiteasy]

Thanks for sharing experiences!

I suppose the trick would be not to be too good 'cos they'll reach their goal quicker and you're earning less.

I don't think it's debasing women or anything, more taking the piss out of the men!

[Chundle]

Pathan Lmao your poor hubby :)

Good work from home job though but how on earth do you work out what to say! Do you think people script it out for themselves a bit when they first start so they don't get at a loss for words??

[inoutshakeitallabout]

it can be a bit 'what did u just say ?' for some of the more exotic ones and sometimes, i hang up, thinking christ no wonder ur ringing this mate, but on the whole, after a few days, you very quickly see that they all think they are original, but once uve heard ' ooh have you got big tits' for the 7th time in 7 phone calls, it is fun to spot the same sentences each time


often ill come up with some outlandish outfits too, the details are very much in excess to requirements really

this morning, one asked me what i was wearing, i came up with green, pink and orange thong backed pants with a bra saying on off and a matching pair of leg warmers - response? mmm nice get it off LOL

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

Chundle was bit nasty wasn't I? .

[inoutshakeitallabout]

i did yes, you cant say the same thing over and over as u get repeat customers and the company i work for listen to calls and wouldnt allow it, but i made a basic few things up and then just add as and when to each call so u dont get flummoxed when someone wants a dildo up the bum for the third time that minute

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

inout did you tell him it was Boden .

[inoutshakeitallabout]

no tesco value :)

[ThePathanKhansWitch]

The outfit, not the dildo. Do Boden even do dildos? goes to look at website.

[Chundle]

Pathan prob most our hubbys would be the same!

[inoutshakeitallabout]

oh no , dildo was him having it on himself - lots call in with their toys ready to go

had a balloon fetish one who spend 20 mins blowing balloons up to me and i just had to say things like wow, mmm, good blow LOL

another with pegs on his cock, he put them on and hit them into a door, mental people and most in the office at dinner LOL

[TwllBach]

I have no problem at all with people doing it - but I'd be worried I would t know what to say! The poster that does it - what happens? Do you have to give out your mobile/house number? How would I go about getting in to it? We are literally on the bones of our arses and while I am still looking for another job on top of my current one, it'd be nice to have something that I could do to enable us to eat

[CalamityKate]

I did it for a while.

I can't remember what my minute-ly rate was but I think it worked out about £8 an hour. It's more if you're willing to work unsociable hours though.

I think I did it for about 9 months in all and ended up getting bored with it. It's not as easy as it sounds - or at least it's not if you take it seriously and really want the customer to be, erm, satisfied. Unless you're lucky and get a really dominant caller, in which case all you have to do is whimper a bit (as opposed to having to be inventive and chatty if you get a submissive/masochist one) you DO have to be on the ball and wide awake. If your heart's not in it, or you're under par or tired, it shows in your voice and earnings go down.

I think it's a perfectly valid job though and it can be lots of fun. It improved mine and DP's sex life because a) It opened the door to some very enlightening chats about fantasies etc and b) It's a bit like how talking about food makes you hungry; talking about sex made me hornier.

I never once had an abusive caller. In fact I emailed Dear Deirdre once because one of the letters on her problem page was from a young woman asking about chatline work, and Deirdre was all "Oooh, no - it's risky and demeaning and you'll get abusive callers blah blah" and just generally proving she knows NOTHING about it at all.

[loopylou6]

Not a script so much, but you have to record different clips of yourself for each section iyswim? For instance, there'll be a hardcore line, a granny line and a fetish/bondage line.

I didn't do it for long as it made me feel a bit sleazy. Some of the blokes where easy, but others not so much - one bloke wanted to believe I was smearing poo between my toes and have him lick it off plus they wanted me to work one night a week from 12 to 6 compulsory as well as daytime hours.

I would say go for it if you can, excellent money maker and you get to stay home. I may give it another try myself one day.

[takingiteasy]

Dear Dedrie knows fuck all about fuck all!

[CalamityKate]

TwllBach - god no, you don't give out any personal information whatsoever!! In fact that's strictly forbidden!

You phone the chatline number (different from the one the callers use) and then key in your PIN, to log in. From then on, callers who choose you are DIVERTED to your landline number. When you want to stop work, you log out.

The chatline company obviously has to have your contact details, but the callers NEVER do.

[washingonawednesday]

I need the cash and bet I could put on a sultry voice and chat to randoms for hours! How do you find these jobs?

(is it permissible to say you're still wearing your pjs with a bit of sick on the shoulder and haven't washed your hair yet today- or is that more of a niche market ;)

[LulaPalooza]

I am guessing that you are deemed to be self-employed then? As per minute salary/ no guarantee of minimum wage is unlawful if you are an employee.

[NaughtyMrChicken]

What Calamity said. Also you set up 'characters', the more characters you have the more calls you will get. So the phone rings and voice says "call for nubile leggy submissive blonde" or "naughty housewife" then you are connected.

I never actually worked for them, I was that close (holds thumb and forefinger close) had my pin number etc, but then met now dh.

[NaughtyMrChicken]

Thanks wineandroses

[TwllBach]

I think I could do it
DP wouldn't like it though and I hate the idea of lying to him.

But if it means we can eat... And maybe even save a bit of money!

What happens if you get weirded out? Do you get in trouble if you hang up?

[DaughterAndSon]

How much do you get paid per minute exactly?

If a chatline operator is waiting for calls and actually spends only 20 minutes actually chatting in an hour, each call lasting less than 5 minutes, how much would an operator earn per hour? For 20 minutes? (4 x 5 minute calls)

[NaughtyMrChicken]

You would be paid for 20 minutes. I think (and I'm really not sure it was a few years ago) I was offered about 7 - 8p a minute

[DaughterAndSon]

So unless you are inundated with constant calls, where your phone is ringing off the hook, it is quite possible to be available to chat for an hour, but only actually chat for 20 minutes every hour and earn £1.40/£1.60 in an hour??

So for a 40 hour week, where you have been available and waiting for a call, and chatting on every single call you get in those 40 hours, but only actually chatting for 20 minutes every hour, you could only earn between £56 and £64 a week?

And what happens if your friend phones you for a chat while you are waiting for a call?

[NaughtyMrChicken]

As I said I'm not certain on payments as it was about 7 years ago, it was certainly less than, say, 13p per minute. But I was at how crap the money was in comparison to what the chatlines charge callers