Michael Paul

BEACHED !
 

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Very Nice....

Thank you for the Pep talk. I'm not giving up. I really do enjoy what I'm doing. ....

Thank you for the Pep talk. I'm not giving up. I really do enjoy what I'm doing. ....

It's a quirk of the business. Just remind yourself of the amazing encounters you've had, and the pesky No shows and Cancelations are easily forgotten.

In Georgia...my favorite is Mrs. Winners Fried Chicken. There are not many left, but lucky to have one close to my home.
 
I also love Waffle House... scattered , covered and smothered and country-ed.

I am realizing this ...

No-shows are a chronic headache for all professionals, not just escorts. I should know. I'm a Primary Care physician. On any given day, no-shows account for a PCPs total daily booked appointments at a rate of 5-20%, depending on the demographics of the patient panel and geography. Yes, that's a daily no-show rate. My personal office no-show rate hovers around 7%. It used to frustrate me a lot more than it does now. At this point in my career, I have come to understand some people are simply disrespectful of others. And I have a much better strategy of managing no-shows then I did when I first started.
 
I have a policy that 3 no-shows in <18 months (not 12 months) will have the professional relationship terminated and the patient needing to find a new physician. And if a new patient no-shows on their very first appointment, the staff are not allowed to make them another appointment. A no-show on the first appointment is that is all the evidence I need to know that the patient will be a hardship on my practice, and by extension, the health of my other patients in my panel who actually show up. Even if the patient calls to cancel but if its less than a 24 hr notice, it is still considered a no-show. The reason is, sometimes if there is <24 hr notice, that appointment spot can not be replaced by another patient as it sometimes impossible to logistically get another patient in his/her place. In this day and age of physician shortages, an unused appointment slot is a seriously unfortunate event which harms other patients. I have no desire or need to fill my panel with such disrespectful patients. It's not that they are disrespectful to me that is the issue, it's they are disrespectful to my other patients and prospective new patients who want to be seen but my staff have to say no to or put them off to a later date.
 
My office staff has a large protocol to help diminish no-shows. First, when they make an appointment, they are informed of the no-show policy AND if they are established patients, how many no-shows they have accumulated (if any) in the past 18 months. When a patient hears they have 2 no-shows in the past 18 months, it help motivate them to show up next time, or at least give 24 hr notice. Patient's are called 2 days before to remind them. If we have an address, email reminders go out the day before to further remind. Letters go to each patient who no-shows offering concern over their health and a reminder of the no-show policy. If they have no-shows already documented, that is included in the letter. The letter is as professional, pleasant, but matter of fact as can be in such a letter as this.
 
But we urgently suggest to patients to inform the office of a no-show even if it's less than 24 hrs because it might help them in the future. Is the patient rude to my staff (you might be surprised to hear how many patients are rude to office staff)? Do they always pay late or refuse to pay their co-pays/deductibles? Are they not getting better under my care due to their non-participation in the treatment plan? To many "yes'es" and I'm gonna terminate them. But if they have 3 no-shows but one of these was a call 2 hrs before the appointment to cancel (which is still a no-show) but are otherwise good patients (no yes'es to the above questions), I might delay termination... maybe, if they really ask for clemency and understand one more and they are gone. See, I'm not as mean as you think.
 
By implementing this protocol, my no-show rate, although frustrating, is at a reasonable level. Without it I have seen a no-show percentage of near 20%.
 
Why have I described in depth this office protocol? To suggest to all escorts to find and implement your own robust protocol for your business which can only help you. This should include accepting (as I have to do) that no professional can eliminate all no-shows. It's just a part of doing business.
 
Suggestions To Escorts:
1) Get an address at least 3 days before the session. (Why wouldn't a client give you one?)
2) No blocked calls.
3) Insist on a Day-Of confirmation text/phone call.
4) Where possible, identify red-flags which alert you to a client with an increased risk of a no-show and come up with a strategy to navigate and diminish that risk.
5) Inform the client making an appointment that you are the consummate professional and will absolutely give him at the least a 24 hr cancellation call (or more) if an emergency comes up. But ask him to do the same and actually get a verbal agreement from him on this. Review with him that this is your livelihood and to respect this and your time by giving you the same courtesy. Be pleasant, matter of fact, and polite with this part of conversation, but be clear. Possibly by getting him to verbally agree to give you a cancellation call, he will commit to respectful behavior because now he doesn't want to let himself down by breaking his word to himself.
 
I would love to hear other suggestions that escorts and clients are using/considering to use for this vexing problem.
 
Hugs to all,
Josh

@VictorPowers ..... I do several confirmations, because being a bottom escort takes some effort. @FTM Zachary Prince ..great advice, if they don't want to give me the address when I ask, then I will not consider them being serious about booking.
As for the rest some good explanations... although the guy that prompted this thread was not young..actually 45 yrs old....

@VictorPowers ..... I do several confirmations, because being a bottom escort takes some effort. @FTM Zachary Prince ..great advice, if they don't want to give me the address when I ask, then I will not consider them being serious about booking.
As for the rest some good explanations... although the guy that prompted this thread was not young..actually 45 yrs old....

Right, I can see how someone newer to escorting might not pick up on the subtlety of dangling that information to be given at some point in the future, but I think experience teaches most of us that when clients are not forthcoming with the information that we NEED to know for the logistics of the booking, it's usually a warning sign that something is off. Like maybe they're not really sure if they're serious about it or not.

Yes this happens to me - youth and inexperience seem to be factors. “I forgot,” “I lost my phone,” etc.
I always tell them that if something comes up to please let me know - I don’t care if I’m told. Especially when I’m home a last minute cancellation is no big deal. But waiting for a no-show is a bummer.
I just realized this thread is about CLIENT no-shows. Oh well it goes both ways.

Your scenario is a constant headache. To limit those occurrences, I confirm and re confirm:
1. Days prior (If traveling day of arrival in city)
2. Morning of
3. 2 hours prior
 
If they do in fact No Show, I save their number and it's highly unlikely I will ever meet with them. If I give them a 2nd chance, they'll be required to pay for their full session in advance. All of this is under the assumption it is a new client you've never seen.
 
If it's a regular, then that is completely different. Then again, a regular wouldn't stiff you, right? (Pun not intended)

I can't think of any reason why somebody would rationally pick "not telling anything" as more polite than "just tell him and quickly apologize" (am I being too optimistic here?). Hence, typing or calling in this situation must be making some people feel uneasy.
 
The rest comes, as very usual in life, from a lack of actual consequences, for the client, for this or the other behaviour.

WOW.... his shirt is torn.... :rolleyes:

This is for the Escorts that have a booked client. Everything is set, what the client expects, time and place. When that day arrives. I usually text or email them several hours before to confirm our appointment The client tell you everything is a still on, and will give you the address closer to our appointment time. You pick out your clothes, shower, shave and do everything to be "Ready " for the reason you were hired.. Only to have that client not respond to any further communication.
 
Why is so difficult for a client to let the escort know something has changed and they will not be able to keep our appointment.....

What did you decide?

I do like this new 3 step program... :D

Mountain Man
 
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"Sorry Girls, I like bulls & BOYS"
 
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At 65, of course I'm older than my hires, but sometimes not by much, since I love daddies. I hardly think about age. I just relate to everybody as a contemporary. I have a friend who is 85, and he feels like my contemporary. Some younger men relate to me as an older man, but most dont.