Not that I'm punting much these days. However I found that every shop has a "culture". If you can find one with the culture that suits you then great as the chance of dud punts is less likely. The culture is probably set by the mamasan, if their is one, who is recruiting for a certain profile or providing good training. Or the girls/women talking to each other and sharing notes.

I think this because in subtle ways every shop has a familiar set of quirks and routines and boundaries

Eg if there is a predominant girl that moans about customers,, advises newbies to be coy and charge for everything then that attitude catches on and becomes standard at that shop.

Generally the attitude seems to persist and be carried on over a long timeframe.

There are a few hole in the wall type shops where the women are usually pretty open and naughty as well as good masseuses. Then there are other little shops where the women are nothing to rave about but who are standoffish princesses and their massage skills are rubbish.

It might take two or more walk ins to determine if the culture is right for you.

Think MAC for instance. Good knows what Angela tells her girls but they are usually so eager to please. The culture.

It may or may not help if women are working at two or more shops these days. Probably leads to less quirk and more vanilla.