I guess I won't know until I come back to CA. Today, I was suppose to see Shane at 1130, but en route I get a text from saying he woke up late after taking care of his daughter who has COVID and that he wanted to get tested. I asked Shane if I should outright cancel? He said, "no", and that he would just need time to take care of his daughter and get tested as he had tested negative last night, so I got close to his house for the originally scheduled time and waited an hour, and then I texted and left a voicemail to see what his status was? No response, so I texted that I hoped all was well and headed to Palm Springs to see friends.
The day prior to today, he had texted me while I was in route to his place saying he would need to reschedule, which we did only to have this come up.
I am sympathetic to emergencies, things coming up, etc., so hopefully things are better for him and his family. It is a puzzling interaction, and in hindsight, I should have told him I would outright cancel for everyone's sake.
He looks to be an incredibly good looking man with mostly positive reviews. Who knows what the future holds, but this instance is why I prefer to go back previous hires rather chase the novelty of someone new.
On a separate note, I did hire Glenn out of the OC based off a fellow member passing over his cell. He is still a very handsome, down to earth masseur with good technique.
I also reached out to "Deron" who said he will be in Palm Springs 8-20 FEB. Unfortunately I won't be in town then, but good luck gents.