I don't mean to apologize for his behavior, although, I reread what I wrote and I don't see where I apologized or excused what he did at all.
With that said, I find it troublesome when people start to post things like, "He's one to avoid" based on a solo review. I've seen it before in other threads, specifically about a Russian named Alex, who was positively and negatively reviewed in his thread and he jumped in to clear some things up. The tone of the thread took a turn with people understanding where he was coming from and it seemed to level the playing field. Obviously, these are two different situations, but as Max is someone who I have seen over the past two years, I feel the need to speak up.
Again, I'm not excusing what he did, but I don't think he should be put on some kind of "avoid him" list. I had a very popular masseur on here cancel on me an hour before our appointment (I was already en route) after confirming the night before and the morning of the appointment, as he mixed up his calendar and forgot he had something to do. Was it highly annoying, yes, but shit happens, he apologized and I rescheduled and had a great time.
Just pointing out that there are two sides of the coin, and that perhaps, we shouldn't be so quick to label/judge.