Rosie Clarke: Skimpy with ‘tradie’s gob’ says nothing would stop her from doing the job she loves
A skimpy with the mouth of a tradie says she would keep doing the job even if it didn’t come with such a large paycheck.
Rosie Clarke is back in Kalgoorlie-Boulder pubs after a short hiatus that saw her travelling across the State to work as a “loud-mouthed” skimpy.
Now, back in the town that started it all for her, Rosie said she was feeling right at home working at The Rec Boulder with Gold Class Girls.
“I just love this job so much, I have to pinch myself every day that this is what I get to do for work,” she said.
“There is nothing in this world that would make me give it up.
“I could meet the love of my life and this job would still come first.
“I would do this for the same wage as a bartender, it just wouldn’t be very cost-effective because of how expensive my lingerie is and how many layers of fake tan I wear but I would still do it.
“I just love getting dressed up … and chatting to everyone and making sure they’re having a good day.”
Four years ago, during COVID, Rosie moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in search of a skimpy job.
Camera IconSkimpy Rosie Clarke at The Rec in Boulder. Credit: Anneke de Boer/Kalgoorlie Miner
Unsure of how it all worked, she hit the streets with her resume in hand and went pub to pub asking for work, and letting them know she would be happy to do it in her lingerie.
“I thought there was a big house they all lived in and everyone had a certain pub they worked in,” she said.
“I didn’t realise you had agencies that you worked through and you could work in multiple pubs, it was all a bit of a shock.”
Determined to find her way into the industry, the British beauty eventually got her first gig, but with pubs largely on lockdown, her first shift was with skimpy food delivery service Boober Eats.
With her trench coat over the top of her lingerie, Rosie would knock on doors and hand over food to satisfied customers.
Once she got back into pubs, that’s where her passion really took off.
“I have a tradie’s gob,” she said.
“You just can’t offend me, I’m horrific.
“I have a really loud mouth and people that love me, love me, and others … just want me to shut up.
“You have to have thick skin to do this job anyway … and I know that I can give as much as I take.”
Admitting she was on the older end of the scale for skimpies, Rosie said she had no plans of quitting any time soon.
“This is my full-time job, I don’t have anything else,” she said.
“I did a poll in the pubs recently to see what age they liked their skimpies.
“I always thought it was 18-25 but even when I asked if a skimpy was in their 40s, they said they’d still like them, so I’ll just keep going.”
While she said she had plenty of “crazy stories”, she said one of the most heart-warming experiences she had was with two ladies in their 50s who were giggling at the bar.
Camera IconSkimpy Rosie Clarke at The Rec in Boulder. Credit: Anneke de Boer/Kalgoorlie Miner
“They said they used to do our job back in the day and they were so excited to see skimpies were still around,” she said.
“They were adorable, it was really such a wonderful interaction.
“We are a bit of a dying industry but there are new pubs popping up around the State with skimpies.
“Hopefully Kalgoorlie keeps the industry going for as long as possible.”
Her love for the job carries on into her life outside of the bar, running a podcast on her Instagram with skimpies about their experiences in the industry.
She said skimpies got the same stigma as sex workers, and she loved being able to shed light on what the job was really all about.
“I can only imagine how hard it is for other women who aren’t skimpies because we still have the bar in our way and they can’t touch us, so we have that extra layer of protection,” she said.
“Everyone says skimpy work is scary but if you got a group of 20 guys together, the chance of having one bad egg is actually quite low.
“And the chances of that one bad egg affecting the whole group, it just barely happens, they usually all tell that one person to shut up.”
You can catch Rosie at The Rec Boulder this weekend.
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