Hi Y'all!
(Read in a Texas woman's drawl) I'm sure you're all tired of me sticking my nose in every thread, but I just can't HELP myself!!!
(Back to normal voice...)
I am absolutely sure that doing due diligence as everyone here has suggested is the first and foremost way of avoiding duds, and it is absolutely true that duds happen from time to time no matter what you do or how perfect your method is.
Allow me to share an analogy. You meet a hot guy in a bar that gives you a stiffie just looking at him. You chat for a bit and dance, decide to go out for coffee chat for hours, get home, rip each other's clothes off and get down to business... Boring, stale and flat. Neither of you can believe it, but it just didn't work. This happens. Rarely, but it happens.
It might be entirely possible that the escort was a smooth hand at generating interest and skilled at recruiting (which is the easy bit really), but when it came down to doing the work, he may have been burnt out, having a bad day or just zoning out, had smoked a hit of reefer, the list goes on and on. I've worked with escorts that were burnt out hardcore, but somehow they still managed to communicate with what seemed to be genuine interest in the client, but observing them as they were writing or talking told me it was all smoke and mirrors. Then, seeing them in action, while they were able to be seen by the client they were animated, but as soon as they weren't being perceived, boop! Zone out! Eerie as hell really. And then a couple years later it happened to me. Remembering that zoned out escort prompted me to take a vacation, and after, to take a 6 month break. Best thing I ever did.
Ultimately, as an adittional layer of strategy to avoid duds after doing due diligence, I like to to say in the initial contact: "More than anything, what gets me randy as all F@&k is eagerness and enthusiasm is that ok?" Feel free to put your personal twist on the first bit, but always say "Is that ok?" It immediately confronts the issue in a polite way, and puts the ball in their court. It seems to give those who don't like to be present and engage pause and since it's directly contrary to how they work, they'll find a way to get out of it. If they continue to set up the appointment, then you have a specific reference to call them out on it when it happens. And the best bit, if you say this to a genuinely engaged escort, you get an eager and enthusiastic boy ready to please! Win-Win and umm... Win!!
Hope this helps,
Master Max
P.S. As far as kissing, here's my best method. Gaze into the eyes of the person you want to kiss. Softly stoke their hair and then placing your hand on the back of their head, with the barest amount of pressure pull them towards you, tilt your head to the right (always right people...) let yourself break eye contact for the first time to sight your target, and make the landing with a chaste brushing of the lips for a half second and then slowly ratchet up the intensity of pressure. Open your lips and allow them to do the same. Share a breath for a second or two and only then, slip your tongue in. Moan so that the vibrations travel along the tongues, and from here, go as intense and as long as you like. When the kiss breaks, lean into their neck and breathe deeply... Wait. I'm not writing a porno here, just describing the perfect kiss. *blush*. I may not be a huge fan of kissing, but this method always worked for me!