It was recently raised on Twitter how a provider that saw a client with glowing references got ripped off by him.
I too have had clients treat me poorly (e.g. one who continually cancelled, kept promising to book an hour next time when he did show up to only ever meet for hh's, try to get the sun and the moon all at once and for no additional cost, etc.) then go see another provider and be a model hobbyist (i.e. he showed up and on time, paid for extras, etc.). Did the stars align that day?
I remember when I started out in this career being on another board and warning other ladies about a time waster in our private section because he booked me on three separate occasions via PM when I usually only did so through a call and cancelled all three times due to illness, without ever meeting me, only to have another provider sing his praises. I did that because he has a well known handle on the boards, which I took to mean something in my early years. I now know better. A third, more experienced lady at the time had to interject and point out that clients can be one way with a certain provider and a very different way with another. This begs the question as to why?
I realize that just like with us things can be going on in your lives, but such inconsistent behaviour baffles me. I try to be the same with everyone as I feel it's a reflection on me/my character and business. I don't as a rule bring my personal life and problems into a session. I put them aside for the hour or two. Is that what's going on with some gents? Are some of us constantly catching them at a bad time while others aren't?
Thankfully this hasn't been a problem for me in some time but my thoughts/questions are predicated on past experience and this SW's post which jogged some not so pleasant memories.
Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
I too have had clients treat me poorly (e.g. one who continually cancelled, kept promising to book an hour next time when he did show up to only ever meet for hh's, try to get the sun and the moon all at once and for no additional cost, etc.) then go see another provider and be a model hobbyist (i.e. he showed up and on time, paid for extras, etc.). Did the stars align that day?
I remember when I started out in this career being on another board and warning other ladies about a time waster in our private section because he booked me on three separate occasions via PM when I usually only did so through a call and cancelled all three times due to illness, without ever meeting me, only to have another provider sing his praises. I did that because he has a well known handle on the boards, which I took to mean something in my early years. I now know better. A third, more experienced lady at the time had to interject and point out that clients can be one way with a certain provider and a very different way with another. This begs the question as to why?
I realize that just like with us things can be going on in your lives, but such inconsistent behaviour baffles me. I try to be the same with everyone as I feel it's a reflection on me/my character and business. I don't as a rule bring my personal life and problems into a session. I put them aside for the hour or two. Is that what's going on with some gents? Are some of us constantly catching them at a bad time while others aren't?
Thankfully this hasn't been a problem for me in some time but my thoughts/questions are predicated on past experience and this SW's post which jogged some not so pleasant memories.
Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
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