-Having people walk on me
gives me such an energy rush that I really enjoy.
It's lots of fun at least and it can be kinky at best.
My name is Georgio.
By day, I'm a massage therapist,
and by night, I'm the human carpet.
I dress in carpet and people walk all over me.
It's wonderful.
I've been in Connecticut for 30 years
as long as I've been in the carpet.
Some orange juice. -Orange juice?
-Yes. Thank you.
-You're welcome.
-Looks good. The families that live in this part of town,
their lifestyle is such that they wouldn't imagine
that they were talking to me that I would go to kink parties
and Goth parties and fetish parties
and all, as a human carpet,
but hey, everybody has a twist to them and that gets my energy
going and yeah, why not, sure. Life's too short.
So these are the three carpets that I have,
red with a beige pattern,
a little bit, that's the hole for the arm,
and that's the hole for the face.
I think this one will fit the theme of the event
that we're going to tonight.
It's a dark wave dance party, so this is dark,
the footprints are inviting for people to step on.
So I think it will work best.
What I make off an event can vary from zero
to three hundred plus a night.
Average say between $200 and $300 a week,
which would be about $1,200 a month.
The most tips I ever got was like $170 in tips.
It's definitely a side income, not a main one.
This is southern Connecticut.
Here we're about an hour from the very tip of Manhattan.
I was 18 when I came to the states, so yeah,
all of my carpet years have been in the states.
I do feel like I have a double life.
I think a lot of people do,
it's just a matter how you deal with that,
how you keep the balance.
Now if I thought people would understand
about things, why not? I would be open about it, yes.
This is one of the local hardware stores
in Fairfield County,
it has all the carpets you want and a lot more, obviously.
I love carpets, I really do.
I take pleasure in looking at them
and looking at all the different selections
that there are, different designs.
I think carpets are beautiful.
All I need is a 4 by 6 or a 5 by 7.
There's some very interesting carpets here.
It has a pretty design that looks pretty Oriental to me,
it's beautiful but it's pricey, it's just about $200.
So it takes about three to four paying events.
The prices of carpets that I get for the gigs range
from almost nothing to about $100,
I do not get very expensive carpets
simply because it doesn't-- 6 by 8, $23. They're cheap.
That's an interesting one, it's contemporary.
Three by 5, it's too small. I need at least 4 by 6.
Maybe I'll take two and make two carpets out of this.
Yeah, alright.
Day to day I do a lot of things at home,
I'm a massage therapist,
I do have my clients come in for messages.
And I am on call basis with the spa.
They average about one to two a day usually.
And then I average one or two a day myself.
What I experience with my clients
is I give them an energy release or an energy balance through
applying pressure points and strokes also.
And then it's my turn to get my own physical therapy
in the way that I enjoy the most.
That is being the carpet. In my day to day life,
the last thing I would want to do
is create scenes, I'm a very private person.
There was and inherent risk in carrying out
an endeavor like this, being a human carpet.
Some people that you know that are close to you,
your other side of life,
that may know about it and they may not understand it.
I can't say that all friends and family
that I have would be supportive of my carpet activities,
no matter how hard I try to explain it to them,
just inflicting that shock on them is rather painful for me.
I don't see the benefit of driving them
through that experience.
We are now on our way to New York,
I'm just filling gas to make sure
I have enough gas for the round trip.
I think a round trip to the city costs me
anywhere between $70-80 in gas. I do that at least twice a week,
sometimes four times, as many as four times a week.
Situations can be exciting and quite arousing
if I find that person to be quite attractive.
And of course she's having fun doing it too.
-How are you? -Oh, my God, who doesn't?
Who doesn't?
-This carpet is what people see.
I refer to it as the shell that I put on me
after I put other things
and those other things would be some padding,
if you put enough padding,
it'll be a more flat surface for people to stand on.
I make sure I go to the bathroom before I get in the carpet.
Usually four to five hours is safe.
I don't need a bathroom.
-Georgio is a long-time staple in the scene.
Where he feels safe, where he feels wanted,
you know, we're, people are open to that sort of thing.
He'll be there and we always enjoy having him.
-I would love to.
I would stomp on the human carpet
if he or she wanted me to.
-I'd probably order a drink
like standing right on top of him.
-It's kind of normal for New York City, I don't know.
-I only see legs and shoes and feet.
The more I look like a carpet and less of a human,
the more steppable I will be.
If people see only a human being in me
they would be less prone to stepping on me.
There are moments when people step on me,
they're curious, they want to experience it.
I dry to dance them and bounce them up and down
and give them a little wavy motion.
Magic carpet so to speak.
People that I've seen before, who have walked on me before,
jump on me because they love doing it
and that really makes my day.
-How was that one?
-Great. The carpet takes a lot of time of my days,
so that's one conflict with having a relationship
that would be satisfactory, at least to the other partner.
I currently do not have a partner,
at different stages of my life I did on and off,
most of the times,
she thought that she could deal with me
being in the carpet and doing this,
but ended up not being able to deal with it.
It was just too much for her. This time, I'm not sure
I can balance a relationship with the carpet.
I've tried many times, and I couldn't.
Can I have both with a partner? No, I don't think so.
Unfortunately, that's why I gave up on finding a partner.
Can we have a break?
I'm blessed to have a lot of following
and a lot of people who love me and love
what I do and love to walk on me
and that, a lot of times that gets in the way.
Is that a sun blind? You're the man!
-No, you're the man! Okay, close your eyes.
At beach parties it's too hot for the carpet.
I'm basically a human quick sand
where just my head is sticking out
and the rest of me is covered with sand and again,
my sign that says Step on Sand Man.
I can here people's steps better.
The sand cushions like the effect,
but the footstep goes through the sand,
there's not too much sand on me
so I can feel each wonderful step.
Can I have an ice cube, please, from the cooler.
Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
-I know Georgio about,
I would say about 14-15 years ago at a venue.
He's got a good heart, he's very empathic,
he feels energy when people step on him.
-I met him at one of the parties
and walked into the bar,
trying to get a drink, I almost tripped over him
but then I found out later, it's okay, it's alright,
this is what he likes, go right ahead.
-There's a part of me
that likes giving other people pleasure.
Like enjoying moments that they can't get from other places.
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-It felt like a lot of beautiful pressure.
Kind of naughty fun.
As long as I can keep going
and there are people who are happy to step on me,
I will just keep going. What I want for myself in life?
Just continue doing what I'm doing
and hopefully meet that right person one day.
It's a huge pleasure to convert so to speak,
people into carpet walkers,
people who would at first be freaked out
totally from walking on a person
and to people who would take pleasure so.
That's a huge reward for me.
Yeah, I'd love to continue doing that.
I see myself retiring from the human carpet scene
maybe 10 years after I die.
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