A call for new excuses from no-show clients

[Rick Munroe]

I've come to a conclusion: the hiring of escorts can be hazardous to your family. How did I arrive at that? Well, the last three cancellations (two of them were actually no-shows for in-calls; I say "cancellations" just because I'm a nice guy) by first-time clients all had the same excuse: "My ________ (fill in the blank) died unexpectedly and I had to make funeral arrangements." I do realize that it could very well be true, but when the majority of excuses are "death in the family" (followed closely by "sent out of town on a last-minute business trip") one tends not to buy it after a while. Of course, I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and am always willing to make subsequent appointment attempts.

 

Last-minute cancellations and no-shows are just a factor of this business and I'm not complaining about it. Sure, it's annoying, but I'm too empathetic to others' nervousness or fickleness to get pissed off. All I'm asking is: can we please just be honest? I can't speak for all escorts, but personally, if you have to cancel or you get cold feet and have to back out, can you please just say so? Most of us who are successful in this business get that way from treating our clients with respect. Don't you think we deserve that same respect which comes through honest communication? (Coincidentally, that was the lesson on Full House tonight. :+ )

[theDCeBOY]

i had a guy whose sister managed to die TWICE, each time the very night before our scheduled appointment. i forwarded back to him copies of the emails and dates/times of voicemails. the guy started to feel exceptionally guilty and eventually made and kept an appointment. he turned out to be a good, if somewhat nervous, guy; he paid double, to try to make up for his previous mistakes.

[Rick Munroe]

>the

>guy started to feel exceptionally guilty and eventually made

>and kept an appointment.

 

I always forget to use guilt! I am such a disgrace to my people.

[+ Lucky]

RE: A call for few excuses from no-blow clients

 

Consider that the guy that didn't show up could have been an axe-murderer and he woulda killed you! Count your blessings. Or, he coulda been a creep like...

[theDCeBOY]

i don't think i was trying to throw a guilt trip on the guy. it is just that the second time his sister died, i chose to point out to him that she was already dead.

 

don't be so goyish, rick x(

[+ glutes]

Don't you think we deserve that same

>respect which comes through honest communication?

 

And what about a escort who says he has low performance due to a death of a family member, who's funeral he couldn't attend???

[Trixie]

I think "Death in the Family" has been a code phrase for quite some time now, a catch all term for breaking an appointment and not wanting to tell the real reason why. It could mean anything from "I've found something better," to "I just don't feel like it," to "They're showing 'All About Eve' tonight on Channel 9 and I'd much rather stay home and watch that,".

You could always offer a reduced fare if the client can provide a death certificate... .

Trix

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Multi Lane Traffic

 

While not all clients may feel this way, this is actually a perfectly legitimate issue to raise. Unfortunately, not everyone has the same courtesy and class that many clients on this site exhibit. While there may be very legitimate reasons (as Mr. Munroe indicated, nervousness can play a role), which is a reason why many escorts will reschedule, legitimate reasons are not always present. But just as clients feel (insert your word of choice here) "annoyed" or "upset" or as if their time has been "wasted" when an escort does not appear for a previously scheduled and confirmed (or even reconfirmed) appointment, escorts deal with this on a far greater scale, particularly when traveling.

 

As with any service based industry, where the provider needs to accept a "customer is always right" basis and where the needs of a client are foremost, you also take these experiences as part and parcel of the way this business is conducted; therefore you accept NO SHOW clients, hopefully with good grace, as what they are: infrequent and unfortunate aberrations.

 

Many of you like act in the manner some of you have described in prior posts: wherein you cancel, in advance, with at least 24 to 48 hours notice, or with as much notice as possible. While traveling recently in Boston, I had a cancellations, both with 3 days notice and with stated reasons, this client also indicated a desire to schedule a future appointment when and if I ever traveled to the Boston area again. However, a week earlier, in Washington, DC, two clients simply failed to call or to otherwise advise me that they were not going to show; both appointments had been confirmed several times, one including by a telephone conversation. Neither e-mailed or telephoned afterwards. A client would never be satisfied with an escort stating that he "forgot" or "changed" his mind but could not be bothered to notify the client before the fact. Certainly, they would not be satisfied with this behavior after the fact.

 

There is no excuse for this behavior from ANYONE at ANYTIME in ANY industry and this principle should apply to escorts and clients equally in these circumstances.

[axebahia]

RE: Multi Lane Traffic

 

>While traveling recently in Boston, I had a cancellations,

>both with 3 days notice and with stated reasons, this client

>also indicated a desire to schedule a future appointment when

>and if I ever traveled to the Boston area again. However, a

>week earlier, in Washington, DC, two clients simply failed to

>call or to otherwise advise me that they were not going to

>show; both appointments had been confirmed several times, one

>including by a telephone conversation. Neither e-mailed or

>telephoned afterwards.

 

I think frequent cancelations are another unfortunate side-effect of ticketron escorting. If clients have to book so far in advance to get a slot with a slut or a slut with a slot then, as the client's schedule evolves, the escort should expect last-minute cancelations. Call it the law of unintended consequences. That said, I rarely cancel, but when I do I give "adequate" notice, but for me at least cancelations are far more likely when I try to play with ticketron escorts.

[+ Charlie]

Although I agree with Rick that clients (and escorts) should contact one another when they need/want to cancel and should give honest reasons, that doesn't guarantee that it will result in a satisfactory resolution. I made a first time appointment with a well reviewed escort in NYC, but had to call him on the morning of the appointment to tell him that I had been quite ill during the night (probably food poisoning) and was returning to Philly to see my doctor instead. His attitude on the phone was very cold, and when I tried to contact him afterwards to apologize again and reschedule, I discovered he had blocked all calls and emails from me. I don't know if I would have done better if I had told him my dog died.

[Bilbo]

Rick's original post was about dealing with other people honestly. Yes, part of that is calling ahead if you're having to change your plans. But that's not all of it. The only lie that I want to hear out of a client is when he tells me he's in an open relationship whether he actually is or not. The most bothersome lie involves maybe calling back in fifteen minutes after you check your schedule. Well, that's maybe not so bothersome any more now that there are cell phones and one is not quite as stuck in place waiting for calls one knows won't materialize. There is something to be said for tact, but there is also a heck of a lot to be said for honesty!! Or at least a lie that doesn't tie up one's time.

 

BTW, my Cub, Maverick and I have contacted the phone company and when you call either of our main phone lines, if we don't pick up after a few rings, your call will automatically roll over to the respective cell phone. A lot of people seem to think that when they hear the difference in the rings they should hang up. Bah humbug. And I bet that this is just the beginning of people in our region realizing that this set up is possible. IE. I doubt if we're the only ones doing it. Please hang on and then once you actually get my answering machine if I haven't answered either line, you still have plenty of time to hang up without leaving a message if that's your thing.

[Candyman]

Hey Rick-sorry that David was a not show but Liza really did beat the crap out of him. He has the face to prove it}(

[Doc]

RE: Multi Lane Traffic

 

>I think frequent cancelations are another unfortunate

>side-effect of ticketron escorting. If clients have to book

>so far in advance to get a slot with a slut or a slut with a

>slot then, as the client's schedule evolves, the escort should

>expect last-minute cancelations. Call it the law of

>unintended consequences. That said, I rarely cancel, but when

>I do I give "adequate" notice, but for me at least

>cancelations are far more likely when I try to play with

>ticketron escorts.

 

 

What is it with all this slut business? I am curious, do you consider yourself a slut too?

[axebahia]

RE: Multi Lane Traffic

 

>What is it with all this slut business? I am curious, do you

>consider yourself a slut too?

 

Yes, I don't see it as a pejorative. How many times must i answer this question?

[Doc]

RE: Multi Lane Traffic

 

>Yes, I don't see it as a pejorative. How many times must i

>answer this question?

 

For starters, you knock down escorts frequently, but you seem a lot less likely to degrade and stomp all-over yourself as you do them. Instead, you present yourself with this "holier than thou" attitude. Until you can present yourself in the same negative light as you trash escorts, I will keep calling you on it. So in answer to your question, it is entirely up to you.

[VaHawk]

I agree Rick. But from my own experience this works both ways. I have had one escort who's friend suddenly died the previous night and another whose mother unexpectedly passed away that day. I certainly have no reason to doubt them, but I've only heard that twice compared to your probably often times.

 

I call these Klassic Klingers as it always reminds me of the MASH episode where Klinger is all decked out in a black dress, hat and veil asking Col. Blake for a pass home due to death in the family. At which point, Col. Blake pulls out the thick folder of excuses and reads them out loud, one after the other: "Father dying, mother sick", "Mother dying, father sick", "Father and mother both dying, sister pregnant".

 

Yeah, if we can't be honest, then at least come up with a more original excuse. How about something along the lines of "I was sooo hot thinking about you, that I popped a boner dreaming about you, but unfortunately when I rolled over I landed on my cock and now it is bent and bruised and it hurts waaay too bad to go out and play"?

[Guest niceguy]

Clients want escorts to be honest - therefore escorts should expect clients to be honest. I guess there are the procedural questions: how much notice for a cancelation, if not enough notice is given should a cancelation fee be requested?

 

In one case I scheduled a few hours with a noted BB for a muscle worship session in NYC. I was like a little kid waiting for the day to happen. Bought a few gifts, prepared an organic breakfast, dressed well... that morning I drove to NYC to his hotel. Low and behold he was not registered there. I tried every hotel in a four block area. I was wilting and so was the breakfast. I couldn't believe I had been stood up.

 

I returned to Philly only to find that my guy, a fairly high profile cover-boy at the time, had e-mailed the name in which he was registered. In getting prepared the night before I failed to check my e-mail.

 

On my own, I overnighted him $500. It seemed like the right thing to do. He e-mailed me back a few days later saying that the gesture was unexpected since no shows happen in his business and that I was a perfect gentleman. I figure as a client that is the way I would like to be treated so it is only fair to extend the same.

[LovesYng]

>I call these Klassic Klingers as it always reminds me of the

>MASH episode where Klinger is all decked out in a black dress,

>hat and veil asking Col. Blake for a pass home due to death in

>the family. At which point, Col. Blake pulls out the thick

>folder of excuses and reads them out loud, one after the

>other: "Father dying, mother sick", "Mother dying, father

>sick", "Father and mother both dying, sister pregnant".

 

"THANKS VaHawk, a true MASH fan. You got to love Klinger with all his excuses:7

 

When in doubt I whip it out:+

[theDCeBOY]

Priceless

 

okay, i just have to share this one with you...

 

"HI,ETHAN. X HERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR E-MAIL I ANE SORRY I FORGET I WILL BE OUT OF THE CITY FOR 3 TO 5 WEEK I WILL E-MAIL YOU BACK IN DEC,? THANK YOU, YOUR X, TALK TO YOU SOON, P.S. HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING 10-24-03"

 

who here has ever FORGOTTEN that he'll be out of town for a month?

 

i'd just like to know why people think some impossible story is better than the truth. i'd much rather hear "i'm a bit shorter on cash than i expected to be" or something reasonable.

 

<sigh>

[guptasa1]

RE: Priceless

 

You know, I honestly have trouble understanding the client side nervousness excuse. I mean, I'm one of the most nervous people out there (lol), which is why it took me a long time to decide to take the plunge and make an appointment with an escort in the first place. But I felt and knew that once I did, that was it, and I felt obligated to go through with it (well...obligated makes it sound like it was torture, and I don't mean to project that image...but what I mean is, yeah - I was nervous waiting, especially my first time, and even wanted to back out in a way, but I knew it wasn't fair to the escort and that I'd be missing out too if I panicked and backed out at the last minute).

 

Anyways, I just can't fathom making an appointment with an escort and then backing out without giving them ample warning - I'd feel AWFUL. I do understand things come up, and while this has never happened to me yet, I would hope if I truly had to cancel I would give them as much notice as possible and try to make it up to them (either by paying travel expenses + an apologetic bonus or maybe even the entire agreed-to amount depending on the circumstances and how stuck they were).

 

My last escort actually traveled to meet me (by air) on HIS dime without seeing any payment at all up front...or even having a place to stay if I didn't show up (it was an overnight), which really impressed me. Needless to say, if I hadn't shown up, he would have been out airfare and the cost of spending the night. I certainly wouldn't have been too happy if the positions were reversed and my client didn't show up. I guess I'm just surprised no-shows on the client side of things are so common. Though perhaps they're less common for travel arrangements like the one I described - I certainly hope so.

[SmallTownJohn]

Howdy,

 

I just happened across this post and thought I'd go back through email/voicemails, count & contibute. In the past three to four months, I've been told:

 

 

Mother/Father had a stroke or heart attack--4 times

 

Relative in auto accident--twice

 

Client in auto accident--3 times

 

Pet hit by car--once

 

Taxes due--once

 

Trip cancelled by client or client's company--5 times

 

ATM(lost card or was robbed at)--twice

 

Client was tweakin' when appointment was made & forgot--twice

 

Mother/Father flying over from a foreign country for an unexpected visit--twice

 

 

 

*No hanging chads were counted*

 

 

 

John

http://www.SmallTownJohn1.com

[BobbyB]

"Last-minute cancellations and no-shows are just a factor of this business and I'm not complaining about it....All I'm asking is: can we please just be honest?

 

Damn. So "the dog ate my condoms" won't cut it, then?

 

-BobbyB

[jimmer]

Hey Rick,

 

I confess to being guilty of cancelling an appointment (even with you), but I have always told the truth. Sometimes living in one city and travelling to another causes problems. I try NOT to cancel appointments, and, on those rare occasions when I have to, I tell the truth.

 

I ask that you and the readers consider the flip side for a moment. Here is what has happened to me this weekend:

 

I had an appointment with an escort on Thursday. He asked if I would mind changing the appointment to Friday. No problem. I agreed to call him on Friday morning (which I did). No response. No call. No e-mail. No appointment. I still have not heard back from him.

 

I had another appointment on Sunday at 7 pm with a different escort. He sent me an e-mail on Saturday morning and asked if I could meet him earlier (5:30). I agreed, and changed my work schedule for Sunday accordingly. I called the escort at 4 pm and asked if he was ready. He then asked me to go back to the original time (which I could not do since I had company coming later in the evening).

 

Two appointments with escorts, both a waste of time. Both due to lack of consideration on the part of the escort.

 

Happens both ways.

 

Jimmer

[Bilbo]

RE: Both ways

 

So, Jimmer, yes, it happens both ways. So, let us, as men of good conscience and kindness, resolve that, as far it is in our power, both sides will be truthful with each other in everything that is not gratuitously insulting. That can work both ways, too!

[jimmer]

RE: Both ways

 

Hey Bilbo,

 

Thanks for your comment.

 

I know Rick reasonably well, and I know that he will understand that I was venting a frustration I experienced this weekend.

 

It is not my intention to insult anyone, certainly not him.

 

Least of you, whomever you are.

 

Jimmer