The News Agent
In Scotland, the laws are really strict about public nudity. However, there are a large number of men's magazines on the various newsstands. Every time I walk into the local news agent, I'm tempted to pick up one as there are so many versions that aren't available in the US.
I was out late one night and decided to stop into a small news agent to pick up a soda. Normally the news agents close by 10pm, but this one was still open. It was a small shop with barely an isle between the two selves of goods. I reached into the cooler for a Coke and turned to pay the counter attendant. On the counter sat, open, one of those magazines I'd been interested in. The main picture was a woman with a vibrator, "going to town."
It was odd to have such an open display on the counter of a news agent, but even more odd was the clerk behind the counter, a younger woman, late college age. She had obviously been "reading" the magazine and wasn't trying to hide that fact. So, I asked, "Is it a good magazine?"
"Oh, I like it. The pictures are nice. The stories aren't much, not very real sounding, all this talk of men with huge cocks and such. But I like it." She took the soda and rang it up. "That's be seventy pence please."
"Hmmm," I snorted considering whether I should buy a magazine for myself. "How much is the magazine?" I asked enjoying the view of the women in the picture.
"I don't know." She picked up the magazine to turn it over. "Ten pounds but it's worth it."
I was considering. But to pass the time I asked another question, "You say the stories aren't so good. Is there one with better stories, more 'real' sounding?"
"Oh aye!" and she reached down below the counter and pulls out a well-worn magazine. The picture on the front isn't much to look at as the whole thing looks rather B grade printing. "This is my favourite, but we don't carry it here in the shop." She opened the magazine to the centre and took out a vibrator. "Here. Read one of my favourite tales. It starts at the top of the right page."
I took the pages and noticed a strong smell of sex. The vibrator had obviously been stored here immediately after use. "Late night reading material, huh?" I jested.
"We're open all night and at two, three o'clock in the morning there's not much else to do."
"You're open that late? Why?"
"I don't fuckin' know. But they pay me to sit here and do whatever, so I can't complain. Mostly I get my homework done for school, but sometimes I pass the time in other ways." she said picking up the vibrator to make it obvious what she meant.
"I'm going to have to remember that when I'm up late and can't sleep. I can come here to get a coke."