I have many funny stories about the job, but some of the funniest had to come with the clowns that would come in and masturbate in the booths.
Standards of decency vary between counties, and states, but in Los Angeles county, it is considered a lewd act to masturbate in a porn theater, and cops will do suprise hits at times, in an effort to write tickets, both to the man committing the act, and to the business.
This usually doesn't happen, if all the special taxes, and fees are paid up by the business, but it could, and occasionally does happen. (Surprise visits by police that is.)
So part of our job was to periodically patrol through the isles where the booths were located, to make sure no one was overtly playing with himself. If someone was being discreet about it, we would usually let it slide, but would 86 anyone doing it blatantly, or if they were committing a sexual act with another person.
The booths were considered "semi private," meaning that other patrons couldn't see you, but there were mirrors in the room, slanted at an angle, so if you were walking by you could see in the room.
There are many such stories, but one that comes to mind, is one day I was doing a quick stroll down the hall where the booths were located, and I saw a jacket placed over the mirror, so that I couldn't see inside. After removing the jacket from the mirror, I see a guy completely bare ass naked, with all of his clothes neatly folded, and put in a pile.
I then asked him what he thought he was doing, and he simply said, "What is the problem, I am from Sweden?" I told him that in America we just don't waltz into business, and remove our clothing, but he seemed dumbfounded by it all. I kicked him out of the store, and all the while he kept going on about the fact that he was from Sweden, and this kind of behavior would always be tolerated over there.
One funny moment out of many...
