4/16 Review of Rod Hagen

[Epigonos]

After reading today's review of Rod Hagen I am, all the more, convinced that certain reviews should we left unwritten. Over the years I have hired dozens of escorts but have written a much more limited number of reviews. The majority of my experiences have been adequate; not outstanding. It just might be that the escort and I didn’t click or that one of us was NOT having a good day. In both cases the situation is regrettable but certainly NOT a major fault on the part of the escort. We can’t always be all things to all people and everybody is entitled to an off day.

Sizzlingrice states that during his meeting with Rod it appeared that there was “zero chemistry” between the two of them and that Rod did not meet his “expectations”. These two circumstances are certainly unfortunate but do they warrant a negative review? Sizzlingrice finish his review by stating: "he was very professional both in meeting and in our correspondence and I can see why he has all the positive reviews he has. He apologized about my disappointment via email and I thought that was classy”. If this is true then why write a negative review?

I guess in the end I just don’t get it!!!!!

[seeker630]

After reading today's review of Rod Hagen I am, all the more, convinced that certain reviews should we left unwritten. Over the years I have hired dozens of escorts but have written a much more limited number of reviews. The majority of my experiences have been adequate; not outstanding. It just might be that the escort and I didn’t click or that one of us was NOT having a good day. In both cases the situation is regrettable but certainly NOT a major fault on the part of the escort. We can’t always be all things to all people and everybody is entitled to an off day.

Sizzlingrice states that during his meeting with Rod it appeared that there was “zero chemistry” between the two of them and that Rod did not meet his “expectations”. These two circumstances are certainly unfortunate but do they warrant a negative review? Sizzlingrice finish his review by stating: "he was very professional both in meeting and in our correspondence and I can see why he has all the positive reviews he has. He apologized about my disappointment via email and I thought that was classy”. If this is true then why write a negative review?

I guess in the end I just don’t get it!!!!!

 

I think the review would have been more useful if the writer had explained WHY Rod didn't meet his expectations. Rod's reply seems (to me. at least) to imply that his age might have been the issue for this client?

 

I do think that 'no chemistry' reviews can have some value, especially whne the reviewer is explciit about himself & the interactions. If there are multiple such reviews(NOT the case with Rod!), I would be inclined to think the escort can be 'hit or miss', or perhaps doesn't mesh well with certain types of clients.

[marylander1940]

Exactly! Epigonos is right, besides sizzlingrice doesn't even elaborate about what happened between the 2 of them. Why there was no chemistry?

 

Rod didn't look like his pictures? He had issues getting a hard on? No kissing? Bad hygiene?

 

Sizzlingrice only says he should have excused himself and leave, but he decided to stay and go on with the appointment. If he didn't like Rod, he could have just walk away at that moment.

 

Rod Hagen has an excellent reputation, 90 reviews, all of them positive except this one. I think there's some people out there who only see the glass half empty.

[bigvalboy]

I have to agree with Epigonos on his assessment of the situation. In Rods response he does mention that the client said he should have excused himself immediately. If that is in fact the case, then I fault the client for continuing. If in your head you do not feel any chemistry or connection, whether it be physical or emotional, and you opt to stay, then the fault lies with the client.

 

I know Rod as a perfect gentlemen, and a true professional. Had the client indicated even for a split second that things were just "a little off" and wasn't feeling the moment, I can assure everyone that Rod would have graciously ended the session. That being said, I to am a bit perplexed as to the need in writing a negative review, though I hardly think that this will have any affect on his business. The only thing that comes to mind is perhaps the need to 'vent' on the part of the client.

 

One of my strict policies in writing reviews is that, if by chance the session is a disaster, and the reason is just a lack of chemistry, then I would never write a bad review. A bad review is only written in the event that the escort or masseur mis-represents himself in someway.

[seeker630]

Exactly! Besides sizzlingrice doesn't even elaborate about what happened between the 2 of them. Why there was no chemistry?

 

Rod didn't look like his pictures? He had issues getting a hard on? No kissing? Bad hygiene?

 

Sizzlingrice only says he should have excused himself and leave, but he decided to stay and go on with the appointment.

 

Rod Hagen has an excellent reputation, 90 reviews, all of them positive except this one. I think there's some people out there who only see the glass half empty.

 

If you ordered a glass of wine at a bar or restaurant, would you satisfied if it was served to you half full?

 

I doubt that there ever been a escort who satisfied EVERY client. It's unavoidable, considering how individual and subjective the whole process is.

[gallahadesquire]

I am sorely tempted to make an incredibly "politically incorrect" comment, but will restrain myself. Some of sizzlingrice's other reviews are also negative. I think he might just be very hard to please.

[Bart]

Well this is all hoot because not long ago I posted a thread about this same subject. Where were all of you then? The results of the post were that 90% of those who replied said please post the review. If there a positive reviews it will all balance out. I even posted this thread in the escort section because I wanted an escort POV. But I think only 1 did the rest all non-escorts said please post the review.

 

Then I posted in another thread where a client stated he had a not so good time and I posted in that thread yeah my meeting was similar, not bad but just not up to my great time. The client ripped me for not posting a review of my so-so meeting.

 

Well now I have one of those types of meetings where the chemistry was not there. It happens so now we are going to jump all over the reviewer because of the so-so meeting seriously. It makes a person not want to post reviews when we have people like Epigonos who are going to determine when we should and when we should not do a reviw. Again I ask where were you all when I posted my thread. I dont think this anything to do with reviewer. We are just concerned that Rod Hagen got a bad review and you all think he is a god. Look we are human we all have bad days. And I would love to meet Rod seriously if he traveled I would have had him for an overnight years ago already. But if he loses a client because of one bad review I dont think so. Comment on his classy response but dont pick on the reviewer.

 

We bitch there never any negative reviews and as soon as one posts we jump down the guys throat. Rod will live and bounce back besides it was buried with two other reviews and most poeple only looked at the first one posted (or last one numerically) and wont even see the second and third one. Stop picking on the reviewer.

[marylander1940]

...It happens so now we are going to jump all over the reviewer because of the so-so meeting seriously. It makes a person not want to post reviews when we have people like Epigonos who are going to determine when we should and when we should not do a reviw(review). Again I ask where were you all when I posted my thread. I dont think this anything to do with reviewer.

 

We bitch there never any negative reviews and as soon as one posts we jump down the guys throat. Rod will live and bounce back besides it was buried with two other reviews and most poeple only looked at the first one posted (or last one numerically) and wont even see the second and third one. Stop picking on the reviewer.

 

I think the reviewer didn't even write a review, he just stated he almost walked away but didn't and he said there was no chemistry. That's not a review, that's a comment.

 

Daddy has a rule not to post reviews in the forum, he should have a new rule not to post telegraphic "reviews" in the review section.

 

I wish he had written a proper review, not a telegraph, and clearly say why things went wrong. Let me give you some examples of reasons why things were bad, yet we don't know because he doesn't even address them:

 

Old pictures? Fake pictures? He looks too old? Rod couldn't get a hard on? Rod wasn't what he expected and the client should have walked away? Bad breath? He's not good giving/receiving head? Too fast? Rod lied about his cock's size?

 

Saying simply that there was no chemistry it's not enough for a review. "No chemistry" is too general, vague, it could mean so many different things for all us. There must be a reason(s) for it.

 

We all have expectations when we hire an escort (things we need/like from a younger male we can't date for free), why the escort couldn't reach those expectations is something we should at least be able to point and describe.

[corndog]

I'd like to be counted as appreciating the review, no matter how inadequate it may have been. I really wish there was a little more information about what went wrong, but something is better than nothing.

 

Further, I think this negative review is still a net win for Rod. You can tell a great deal about an escort from their response to a negative review, and Rod's response is a textbook example of humility and professionalism. With the overwhelming number of positive reviews, this one mildly negative review is unlikely to scare anyone away, and in my mind adds a little credibility to Rod and the whole review process.

[instudiocity]

If you ordered a glass of wine at a bar or restaurant, would you satisfied if it was served to you half full?

Absolutely! In fact I demand it. Restaurants have small wine glasses they insist on filling to the absolute rim with wine. If I'm ever in that situation I ask for a second and even a third glass. Part of the wine experience is the ability to swirl the wine in the glass, to capture the aromas coming off the wine in the bulb of the glass. Big Red Wines need Big Bulbed wine glasses.

 

As to sizzlingrice's review, I consider the source. He' doesn't have the ability to end the session even when I thinks he should and he's with a well-reviewed escort. Sounds to me the chemistry is sizzlingrice's fault as much as Rod's and sometimes that just happens. To each his own, that's why they make chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Don't eat the vanilla when you wanted chocolate and then bitch about it.

I'd prefer some nice white rice and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc with that please.

[marylander1940]

If you ordered a glass of wine at a bar or restaurant, would you satisfied if it was served to you half full.

 

It's an expression, it means no matter what you do some people always see the negative side of things.

 

"You are yourself and your circumstances (and your baggage)", José Ortega y Gasset

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortega_y_Gasset

 

I also would like to add to my previous request for more information, a request also suggested by instudiocity and corndog, what kind of expectations the reviewer had.

 

If he reads this, I hope he'll add some information to his previous review, if not let's close this thread and move on, I think we all agree in the lack of information about what really happened and the classy reply Rod wrote which proves he's a true gentleman.

[unsub2O17]

I think that there's a lot of ambivalence in this review. I can't get inside the reviewer's head, but I got the feeling that even he felt bad about writing it. I know that he informed Rod that he had done it, and I note how he goes out of his way to also praise Rod. All I got out of it is that he thinks Rod is a great guy, but he won't be hiring him again as an escort. Rod is sorry about that. And that's about it.

[McLeanspider]

I think that there's a lot of ambivalence in this review. I can't get inside the reviewer's head, but I got the feeling that even he felt bad about writing it. I know that he informed Rod that he had done it, and I note how he goes out of his way to also praise Rod...

 

I know, he also thought about leaving after he met Rod, but he didn't leave and after Rod's email apologizing for things going wrong, he thought about not writing the short Review, yet he wrote it...

 

Reminds me of a local escort's negative review where a client complaints about the lub the escort brought, and wrote he thought about reaching the night stand to get the lubricant he brought, but he didn't extend his arm and grab that lubricant to use it... Do the test, try to type it and then just extend your arm and grab something from your night stand. What's faster?

 

Calling Dr. Sigmund Freud!

 

An escort should be a fun moment, not something to be in your head over and over for days to come, thinking about it.

[Steven_Draker]

A bad review is only written in the event that the escort or masseur mis-represents himself in someway.

 

Or better ... goes thru your belongings, steals money/valuables or rips you off.

[sfguy]

I don't know that I can blame the guy for giving a rating of "Unsatisfactory." He was unsatisfied with his experience so he put unsatisfactory. That makes sense. He's just being honest.

 

I agree that he should have explained why he was unsatisfied. Saying there was zero chemistry is an insufficient answer since there are so many possible reasons for a lack of chemistry. His review is useless, but it's just as useless as guys who give "Recommended" ratings while only saying "He was hot and fun!" Yet no one says those guys shouldn't post reviews.

 

In my opinion at least, the review/response is a net positive for Rod. Yeah, he said it was unsatisfactory, but the only specifics he mentioned were positive and he failed to identify any negatives about Rod. The zero chemistry line reads more like shrug than an indictment of Rod. And then Rod's response is amicable and classy. Unlike so many other escort responses, Rod doesn't attack the client. He apologizes for the client's disappointment (in a customer service industry, I think it's important to apologize even when you're not in the wrong since it demonstrates that you take customer satisfaction seriously). And he still has a sense of humor about everything.

 

I imagine it feels awful for someone to publicly post that the were unsatisfied, but this review/response just confirms what those of us who haven't met Rod can see: Rod is a top notch escort that we'd be lucky to hire. (I wish you'd travel, Rod!)

[+ Gar1eth]

I didn't read the review. I was so sure it was positive- as Rod 'always' gets positive reviews- and since Rod is a strict top- and I don't hire strict tops as I am one too- I skipped the review. I will go back and read it now. But citing a lack of chemistry- there are a lot of things that could go into that-- was for example the lack of chemistry because the escort wasn't trying, did the escort not look enough like his pictures, was he more effeminate or too masculine , was the escort's apartment in a bad area or not clean- there could be lots of things. While sometimes it might be difficult to pinpoint, it seems to me that if you are going to write a negative review- you should try as much as possible to state the reason for the lack of chemistry. If the lack of chemistry is due to something that you know is most likely personal only to you and most likely would never come up with another client- then you might want to do a lot of soul searching before posting a negative review.

 

Gman

[instudiocity]

I also would like to add to my previous request for more information, a request also suggested by instudiocity and corndog, what kind of expectations the reviewer had.

Not I, sir. I am NOT, repeat NOT, requesting further information from a MAN who thinks he should end a session and DOESN'T. Nor from a MAN who writes a less than mediocre review of a well-reviewed and beloved escort, even if it was an awkward session. Maybe saying, there was no chemistry. Even saying, "He didn't make my dick hard." But what he wrote? No. I need no further from him.

 

As to your lumping me in with your desires for more information, I'm chalking that one up to the vagaries of presbyopia, eccentricity and voyeurism. Because I certainly did not express any desire for any more information.

 

For goodness sakes, HIRE ROD HAGEN and find out for yourself!

 

LOL!

[+ poolboy48220]

Count me on the side of saying this review has some value as well. I've been with incredibly well-reviewed escorts that I had a lousy time with, and had high expectations based on the overwhelming number of reviews that said he read everyone correctly and clicked with their needs. I've since had discussions with other forum members where they indicated that they had less-than-stellar experiences with him as well. Knowing that there were multiple situations where this escort and others had a "lack of chemistry", countering the overwhelming positive reviews, would have influenced my eagerness to try this guy.

[+ newatthis]

Well this is all hoot because not long ago I posted a thread about this same subject. Where were all of you then? The results of the post were that 90% of those who replied said please post the review. If there a positive reviews it will all balance out. I even posted this thread in the escort section because I wanted an escort POV. But I think only 1 did the rest all non-escorts said please post the review.

 

Then I posted in another thread where a client stated he had a not so good time and I posted in that thread yeah my meeting was similar, not bad but just not up to my great time. The client ripped me for not posting a review of my so-so meeting.

 

Well now I have one of those types of meetings where the chemistry was not there. It happens so now we are going to jump all over the reviewer because of the so-so meeting seriously. It makes a person not want to post reviews when we have people like Epigonos who are going to determine when we should and when we should not do a reviw. Again I ask where were you all when I posted my thread. I dont think this anything to do with reviewer. We are just concerned that Rod Hagen got a bad review and you all think he is a god. Look we are human we all have bad days. And I would love to meet Rod seriously if he traveled I would have had him for an overnight years ago already. But if he loses a client because of one bad review I dont think so. Comment on his classy response but dont pick on the reviewer.

 

We bitch there never any negative reviews and as soon as one posts we jump down the guys throat. Rod will live and bounce back besides it was buried with two other reviews and most poeple only looked at the first one posted (or last one numerically) and wont even see the second and third one. Stop picking on the reviewer.

Well said. But then this forum is not famous for consistency.

[+ Gar1eth]

Ok I've read the review now. I have to take issue with one of the posters who said SizzlingRice may be picky. Aren't we all picky in our own fashion? I'd need a lot more proof about him to call him 'extra' or 'especially' picky. I read a least 4 of his other reviews, and the main escort he didnt like was Lars, formerly of NYC and now back in Berlin, for not remaining hard.

 

However I will say Sizzlingrice needed to be a lot more specific about what went wrong. I've complained about so-called good reviews where no information was given- well bad reviews need more info too- especially when he reports that Rod's description didn't match up and he didnt live up to expectations. I mean what if Sizzlingrice had wanted to be strapped upside down in moonboots and f-cked in that position but the door frame wasn't the right height and Rod couldn't f-ck very well on his tiptoes. Or the opposite scenario- maybe he wanted Rod in the moonboots- but Sizzlingrice wasn't able to position himself properly. Or as I wonder from Rod making a point of stating his age in his reply- could Sizzlingrice once he met Rod in person, have been expecting someone younger? So I don't mind Sizzlingrice's negative review. But in this case just as in certain good reviews- there is not enough information give to figure out whether the review only applies to Sizzlingrice because of his particular set of wants or whether it might be useful for the rest of us also.

 

Gman

[Guest pvt7171]

I find it interesting that this thread has 20 reviews already for a "bad" review of an escort. Of course, it's because it's Rod, one of the classiest and best escorts out there. I find it interesting, just as those before me, that all the commotion is about 1 sentence about chemistry and expectations. The reviewer also says that he does see why there are all of the positive reviews that Rod has earned. It's also interesting that he didn't leave when he says he really should have - was the chemistry maybe not so bad and he was continually intrigued that something WAS there for him? Rod is the kind of guy who would have allowed the client to leave without any drama - he's too classy for that kind of reaction.

 

Rod's response was, as all have said, as classy as you can get and it speaks volumes for the kind of person he is.

 

One other comment about Rod being "always unavailable": from the first time I ever contacted Rod I have never had him not return an email, text or phone call and never had a time when I couldn't schedule. Maybe that had more to do with Sizzlingrice's schedule than Rod's? As Rod knows, I'm really looking forward to our next visit when I return from out of the country and I'm not concerned about his finding time for a meet!

 

And I WILL still love you when you're 44!

[Lankypeters]

the main escort he didnt like was Lars, formerly of NYC and now back in Berlin, for not remaining hard.

 

Do you mean Lars is banished to Berlin because he couldn't remain hard? Sorry. Couldn't resist. Sometimes you can have fun with misplaced modifiers.

 

You certainly can have fun with modifiers too. I had fun with Lars' modifier, which indeed got hard, and he certainly had fun with mine. I don't think that's why he's in Berlin. I heard it's because he couldn't re-enter this country after a visit to the homeland. A shame. No one could say "Do you vant me to fook you?" as hotly as Lars could.

[McLeanspider]

Aren't we all picky in our own fashion? I'd need a lot more proof about him to call him 'extra' or 'especially' picky...

However I will say Sizzlingrice needed to be a lot more specific about what went wrong. I've complained about so-called good reviews where no information was given- well bad reviews need more info too- especially when he reports that Rod's description didn't match up and he didnt live up to expectations....

 

Exactly!

 

Daddy should have returned the review to Sizzlingrice and ask him to write a proper review. Some of the comments in this forum have been longer than that review.

 

I hope Sizzlingrice is reading this and trying to write an appendix to the "review".

[TwistedPuppy]

I come down on the side of the reviewer here! I've had a similar experience with this escort and did not write a review for this very reason. Why can't the members just accept the information and say thanks for your input? Instead there is harrassment, criticism and defensiveness. Geez!

[anotherjohnindupont]

I come down on the side of the reviewer here! I've had a similar experience with this escort and did not write a review for this very reason. Why can't the members just accept the information and say thanks for your input? Instead there is harrassment, criticism and defensiveness. Geez!

 

Thanks for the input? Yes, but please write some "input" about WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED so we can read IT and say thanks for the input.

 

Harassment! Please, don't be so sensitive... Nobody is harassing anyone, we just would like to know what happened.

 

No chemistry, we get that, we aren't stupid but can you tell us why there was no chemistry? Please!