# Dutch banker fired for working as a prostitute "on the side" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480 "2015-04-24T22:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/1 "2015-04-24T22:40:07Z")
A 46-year old high-level employee of the Dutch Central Bank has been fired for her after-hours work, which was that of a high-level (and highly paid) prostitute specializing in S&M services. I knew that the stereotype is that banks fuck their clients and take their money, but I did not expect it to get so literal… Ahem. Anyway… Now, the Dutch central bank has rules for their employees about not engaging in activities “which could harm the reputation of the bank or lead to negative publicity”… But the main thrust of their decision to fire her was… …Well, you see, sex workers in NL are supposed to register with the chamber of commerce, get a VAT number and pay income tax, and she did nothing of the sort. A high-level bank employee is supposed to give a good example and not cheat with his or her taxes. Doing otherwise simply won’t do! _ **That** _ was the truly unforgivable thing. Link to the news in the “Irish Times”: [Woman fired for being a prostitute by Dutch central bank – The Irish Times](http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/woman-fired-for-being-a-prostitute-by-dutch-central-bank-1.2175923) Surely there is some sort of lesson here, but I don’t really know which 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/2 "2015-04-24T23:05:33Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Surely there is some sort of lesson here, but I don’t really know which 😛 That even whores need to pay taxes? Not that he was a whore, but didn’t the taxes thing do in Al Capone too? Yeah, so don’t mess with taxes. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/3 "2015-04-25T09:37:12Z")
It was a she, but yeah: that whole death and taxes, right! I also heard mentioned that by doing this (supposedly in secret), she made herself vulnerable to black mail. Which could have been problematic as her function entailed checking and controlling commercial banks (or something like that). ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/4 "2015-04-25T13:37:39Z")
The stock market was invented at the entrance to the Red Light District in Amsterdam, Ms van der Waal worked as an inspector of companies in the most secretive segment of the Netherlands’ financial sector: trust firms. My irony meter has exploded. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/5 "2015-04-26T15:34:36Z")
I find the idea of the PTB & the media being sensible and yawning about the sex while jumping up and down on the law-compliance angle to be very refreshing. Exactly the opposite of what would have happened here in the Puritan-but-widely-criminal USA. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/6 "2015-04-26T18:42:28Z")
How much money did Ms. van der Waal generate at €450 an hour? According to one source, she was willing to “dress up and perform as an SS-Commander”, which I suppose might be embarrassing to the bank’s image.\* \*though there might be masochists who’d enjoy being turned down for a loan by a bank officer in full Nazi regalia. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/7 "2015-04-26T18:48:54Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > I knew that the stereotype is that banks fuck their clients and take their money, but I did not expect it to get so literal… Well, then maybe this violates their non-compete agreement. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/8 "2015-04-26T20:17:08Z")
On the side? Don’t prostitutes usually work on their back? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/9 "2015-04-26T21:04:59Z")
I always thought that these “dominatrix” types were mostly fiction. I guess I was wrong. So some guys like being whipped/abused by women in Nazi costumes? weird! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/10 "2015-04-26T21:19:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > On the side? Don’t prostitutes usually work on their back? 😕 Not dominatrixes. (Dominatrices?) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/11 "2015-04-26T22:49:13Z")
> [@polar\_bear](#): > > It was a she, Al Capone was a she? I had no idea! ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/12 "2015-04-27T11:35:59Z")
I seem to remember years ago a bit of a kerfuffle about a female cop working part time in a legal brothel in Auckland. Here’s the wikinews link ( as opposed to the hysterical ghetto press links about it) > **[New Zealand policewoman found moonlighting as prostitute - Wikinews, the free...](https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/New_Zealand_policewoman_found_moonlighting_as_prostitute)** ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/13 "2015-04-27T12:15:18Z")
Well, now that she’s been fired, she can do the SS-thing full time provided she gets the proper permits and tax requirements fulfilled. I suspect she’ll be making a better living provided she’s not bothered by the publicity. ETA: imagine if she does prison time for the tax violation. She can bring her uniform to jail and make even more money as a Nazi Chick Behind Bars. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/14 "2015-04-27T15:06:13Z")
Bankers do it with interest. Substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Postariti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Postariti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Postariti)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/15 "2015-04-27T19:13:12Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I always thought that these “dominatrix” types were mostly fiction. I guess I was wrong. So some guys like being whipped/abused by women in Nazi costumes? weird! Cracked had an [interesting article](http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1298-5-truths-about-sexual-fetishes-a-dominatrixs-perspective.html) by a dominatrix. I found it really interesting and surprising. She has clients who pay her to blow up and balloons and pop them, they call themselves “looners.” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/16 "2015-04-27T19:22:02Z")
Conchita (her professional name) had some big bazookas. To be safe, we’ll call this NSFW. (sort of, maybe) [her picture](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/15/09/2796085C00000578-0-image-a-2_1429087322808.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/17 "2015-04-27T20:46:54Z")
Not the first time someone was fired for getting some on the side. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/18 "2015-04-27T20:56:49Z")
Why are her _eyes_ blurred in that photo? ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-banker-fired-for-working-as-a-prostitute-on-the-side/718480/19 "2015-04-27T21:40:05Z")
Looks like she’s wearing safety glasses. Probably to avoid blood splatter.