Offers A Police Discount

Nude maid service looks to expand to Houston: Owner is an Occupy "nerd" withmammoth plans

Talk of nude maids tends to pique interest — especially from the cops.
For $100 an hour, a "fantasy" maid will clean in varying degrees of nudity.
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Owner Melissa Borrett has been active with the occupy movement since it startedin Lubbock during the fall of 2011.
Webcam photo by Melissa Borrett
In spite of Fantasy Maid's law enforcement discount, some Lubbock authoritiesfeel the company is required to have a local permit for a sexually-orientedbusiness.
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"While we do offer nude maid service," the maid service website warns, "this isnot a sexually oriented business. No physical contact is permitted and securitywill be present at all times."
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A little more than a month ago, Melissa Borrett was waiting tables and living at the Occupy Lubbock encampment.

Struggling to make ends meet, the 26-year-old decided to move forward with a brainstorm she'd had recently. Why not combine something practical (like cleaning) with something profitable and popular (like nudity)? And, thus, Fantasy Maid Service of Lubbock was born.

Customers can shell out $100 an hour for one maid or $150 an hour for two. Clients can request the amount of nudity — from lingerie to topless to fully naked. Aside from that, it's a fairly straightforward cleaning service.

"While we do offer nude maid service," the maid service website warns, "this is not a sexually oriented business. No physical contact is permitted and security will be present at all times."

"I was a waitress at a strip club, so I'm relatively comfortable in this type of environment," Borrett told CultureMap in a phone interview. "I'd been talking about the idea with friends for a while, and in February, I decided to just do it."

"I'm looking to expand the business to different cities," Borrett said. "Houston's actually one of the fir st places on my list. I have a fairly serious investor there right now."

As a single mother juggling work and school with her ongoing responsibilities with the occupy movement, Borrett found it was time to became her own boss. She hired three fantasy maids and began posting in the household services section of Craiglist. Business has been booming ever since.

"We have a large and incredibly diverse crowd of customers," Borrett said, "although, most are business professionals." She added that the company also offers law enforcement and military discounts.

All the success, however, has brought the scrutiny from area authorities. Lubbock Police Department sergeant Jonathan Stewart told local new reporters from KCBD-TV he considers Fantasy Maid Service a sexually oriented business that requires a $650 annual permit as well as a $5,000 surety bond or letter of credit.

"Just the fact employees are topless or semi nude in this case — it's just not allowed," Stewart said.

Borrett told CultureMap she not heard from the police since she started and is more concerned with growing the company at this time.

"The fantasy maids are just the first piece of an larger plan," she said. "I'm looking to expand the business to different cities. Houston's actually one of the first places on my list. I have a fairly serious investor there right now."

Borrett said she is working with a lawyer to iron out the details of Fantasy Maid's future and, as of yet, could not announce the full extent of her broader business ideas.

"I have big plans and hope to help out a lot of people along the way, especially people who've struggled financially or struggled with homelessness. I want others to be able to experience the success I've had," she explained.

"I'm kind of a hardcore Occupy nerd."

Unhappy holidays

Porch pirates swipe nearly $2B in packages from Texas homes this year

Porch Pirate Person in Glasses Steals Packages

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The Grinch isn't the only one stealing Christmas these days.

’Tis the season for porch pirates. If past trends are an indicator, the Grinch will swipe close to $2 billion worth of packages delivered to Texas households this year, with many of those thefts happening ahead of the holiday season.

An analysis of FBI and survey data by ecommerce marketing company Omnisend shows porch pirates stole more than $1.8 billion worth of packages from Texans’ porches last year. Porch pirates hit nearly one-third of the state’s households in 2024, according to the analysis.

Omnisend’s analysis reveals these statistics about porch piracy in Texas:

30.1 million residential package thefts in 2024.
An average household loss of $169 per year.
An annual average of 2.9 package thefts per household.

“Most stolen items are cheap on their own, but add them up, and retailers and consumers are facing an enormous bill,” says Omnisend.

Another data analysis, this one from The Action Network sports betting platform, unwraps different figures regarding porch piracy in Texas.

The platform’s 2025 Porch Pirate Index ranks Texas as the state with the highest volume of residential thefts, based on 2023-24 FBI data.

Researchers at The Action Network uncovered 26,293 reports of personal property thefts at Texas residences during that period. The network’s survey data indicates 5 percent of Texas residents had a package stolen in the three months before the pre-holiday survey.

The Porch Pirate Index calculates a 25.8 percent risk of a Texas household being victimized by porch pirates, putting it in the No. 5 spot among states with the highest risk of porch piracy.

The Action Network included online-search volume for terms like “package stolen” and “porch pirates.” Sustained spikes in these searches suggest that “people are actively looking for guidance after something has happened. Search trends serve as an early warning system, revealing emerging-risk areas well before annual crime statistics are released,” the network says.

Tips to avoid being a victim
So, how do you prevent porch pirates from snatching packages that end up on your porch? Omnisend, The Action Network and Amazon offer these eight tips:

Closely monitor deliveries and quickly retrieve packages.
Schedule deliveries for times when you’ll be home.
Use delivery lockers or in-store pickup when possible.
Ask delivery services to hide packages in out-of-sight spots outside your home.
Install a visible doorbell camera or security camera.
Coordinate deliveries with neighbors or building managers if you’ll be away from your home when packages are supposed to arrive.
Request that delivery services hold your packages if you can’t be home when they’re scheduled to come.
Illuminate the path to your doorstep and keep porch lights on.

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