Sex firm creates masturbation booth for overworked NYC men

A sex toy company trying to get a rise out of New
Yorkers erected a head-turning promotional ploy
on Fifth Ave.
Hot Octopuss unveiled what it called a “GuyFi”
booth on 28th St. and 5th Ave. where men could,
in theory, go to “relieve stress” mid-workday.
The masturbation-themed marketing scheme was
inspired by a Time Out survey, which concluded
that 39% of the New York men questioned
admitted to masturbating while at work.
The booth was created to “take this habit out of
the office and into a more suitable environment
designed to give the busy Manhattan man the
privacy, and the high-speed Internet connection,
he deserves,” Octopuss said in a press release.
The booth was actually an out-of-service
telephone kiosk outfitted with a black curtain, a
folding chair, a laptop computer, and a Hot
Octopuss ad along the side.
“At Hot Octopuss we are all about looking
for new solutions to improve everyday life
and we feel we’ve done just that with the
new GuyFi booth,” Adam Lewis, Hot
Octopuss co-founder, said in a statement.
“We hope the city’s men enjoy using the
space we’ve created in whatever way they
want.”
A representative later told Mashable Friday that,
“the brand is not actively encouraging people to
masturbate in public as that is an illegal offense.”
People tweeted about the booth,