Counting the money in front of the client

[beachboy]

That's one of the things I like about British banknotes. Not only can I tell at a glance if roughly the correct amount of money is present, but I can see the orientation of every note in the stack.

Filed away in the memory for future!

[escortrod]

our compulsions are always a fight...

 

This is waaaaaaay off topic, but I fell in love with Saab convertibles because of that and the subsequent scene. Such a shame they're no longer in production.

[mike carey]

*Note to self*

*If ever I hire Rod, use random selection of notes in random order.*

[escortrod]

*Note to self*

*If ever I hire Rod, use random selection of notes in random order.*

*Note to self: if ever hired by Mike, take a double dose of meds*

[Hornplatz]

I use some CBT techniques to remain calm, then I reorganise the notes as soon as the client can't see me.

Banks used to orient all notes in the same order, but now that's gone down the tube and I've received them helter-skelter from

a teller and out of the ATM.

[beachboy]

*Note to self*

*If ever I hire Rod, use random selection of notes in random order.*

Now don't be unkind to our hot Scottish buddy - remember their fierce kilt wearing reputation!

[mike carey]

Now don't be unkind to our hot Scottish buddy

Oh, I'm not being unkind, just chatting.

[Chuckball]

Oh, I'm not being unkind, just chatting.

I had an experience a while back when at the end of an excellent session with an escort I had been with several times before I handed him $200. He accepted it and realizing it was two hundred said "200. That's alright." I had no idea what he meant. Later while looking at the RM site I realized my favorite escort had raised his hourly rate to $220. I now feel guilty I cheated him. I would have preferred an up front correction.

[Epigonos]

Chuckball an interesting situation. I agree that IF the escort expected you to pay the increased rate he should have said so up front. What I don't agree with is his expecting you, a regular client, to pay the increased rate. All the escorts I have spent time with have kept their original rate for returning clients even when they increase it for new ones - an excellent way to reward regulars. Good escorts realize that developing a stable of regulars is the best policy and giving them little perks, like maintaining their initial fee, is a great way to do just that.

[instudiocity]

I had an experience a while back when at the end of an excellent session with an escort I had been with several times before I handed him $200. He accepted it and realizing it was two hundred said "200. That's alright." I had no idea what he meant. Later while looking at the RM site I realized my favorite escort had raised his hourly rate to $220. I now feel guilty I cheated him. I would have preferred an up front correction.

You can assuage your guilt by simply giving him $300 with the next visit, if you don't want to talk with him about his old rate/new rate. It's his right to charge what he wants to charge, and your right to pay what you will pay.

 

He might tell you $300 is too much. I'd like think when he said, "200. That's alright." He absolved the short-fall. But it is a subject to be discussed or a new rate you should pay if you don't want to discuss it.

 

Epigonos is a faithful client, but I don't believe any recurring client has a right to set a rate with no increases over time. As everything in life it's a negotiation. But frequent clients should be respected in some fashion. (But who pays $50/hour for repeat a customer?)

[Epigonos]

Instudiocity you are absolutely correct. I don't have a right to expect anything but everything in life consists of a combination of actions and reactions. An escort has every right to increase his fee on regular clients but doing so isn't always that wise as it can lead to a loss of some of those clients. If it happened to me I would cordially pay the escort his new fee and NEVER call him again -- he acted by raising his fee on me and I reacted by dropping him. Similarly I have ALWAYS asserted that escorts have the right to charge any fee they wish. The flip side of that choice is that I have the choice of not engaging their services if I feel their fee is exorbitant. In the end all that can be said is that we live in a free market/capitalist society and more glory to it.

[+ azdr0710]

Funnily enough I have ADD, with some OCD-esque symptoms. One of them is that I cannot abide banknotes being in different orientations; I must have them the correct way up, with the faces towards me. I have had to work to overcome that particular compulsion, so that I can avoid rearranging the notes in front of clients, which usually looks like I'm counting the money.

 

I have the same "issue", too.....in my wallet, in addition to face-up-facing-me protocol, the bill denominations must be in order (1-5-10-20) from front to back in my wallet (that part may not be so obsessive, as it actually helps).....and, yes, as you say, I presume cashiers at stores think I'm "checking them" when I get my bills all in order off to the side while they help the next customer......

 

I almost feel like the British must have felt at Yorktown when my wallet is not in order...........no, NOT going to post the "Hamilton" version!

 

[+ haring222]

I met up with a fellow years ago, ran to the ATM beforehand and had the amount plus a healthy tip already folded in my wallet so I could just hand it off. It was also Canadian money, which for whatever reason I get paranoid about mis counting. Anyway, mission accomplished, payment was made, and I went off to a wedding. It turns out my hour of canoodling was actually more like 2 hours of canoodling and I was clueless to that fact (I pity his rear end) until I got a nice note from the fellow pointing out that I had shorted him....making me feel ghastly, but he also was reticent to let me stop back by and make up for the mistake. I ended up using paypal to send over the balance plus an even larger tip to make up for the error. The point...as much as I think it would offend me to have a guy count out the cash in front of me it is preferable to do that as opposed to try and figure things out after the fact. Now I make it a point to always nip into the toilet and double check the time spent and the payment being made before I hand it over.

[+ bashful]

I met up with a fellow years ago, ran to the ATM beforehand and had the amount plus a healthy tip already folded in my wallet so I could just hand it off. It was also Canadian money, which for whatever reason I get paranoid about mis counting. Anyway, mission accomplished, payment was made, and I went off to a wedding. It turns out my hour of canoodling was actually more like 2 hours of canoodling and I was clueless to that fact (I pity his rear end) until I got a nice note from the fellow pointing out that I had shorted him....making me feel ghastly, but he also was reticent to let me stop back by and make up for the mistake. I ended up using paypal to send over the balance plus an even larger tip to make up for the error. The point...as much as I think it would offend me to have a guy count out the cash in front of me it is preferable to do that as opposed to try and figure things out after the fact. Now I make it a point to always nip into the toilet and double check the time spent and the payment being made before I hand it over.

 

But if your plans were specifically for an hour of his time, I would think the extra time should be on him. On a few occasions, I've gone way over time, but I compensate with a generous tip.

[+ BigRic]

our compulsions are always a fight...

 

 

This is waaaaaaay off topic, but I fell in love with Saab convertibles because of that and the subsequent scene. Such a shame they're no longer in production.

 

Apropos of little other than an opportunity cite hilarious James L. Brooks dialogue in this picture: I dig the bit shortly after this scene in which Carol/Helen is about to offer a platitude about overcoming, how we "all have these terrible stories to get over . . ." Melvin/Jack interrupts: "It's not true. Some of us have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad. Just . . . no one in this car." LOL!

 

"I am an ART DEALER!"

[GBoi]

I have the same "issue", too.....in my wallet, in addition to face-up-facing-me protocol, the bill denominations must be in order (1-5-10-20) from front to back in my wallet (that part may not be so obsessive, as it actually helps).....and, yes, as you say, I presume cashiers at stores think I'm "checking them" when I get my bills all in order off to the side while they help the next customer......

 

 

Oh my gosh I'm the same way. Not only do the bills have to be in order by demonination in my wallet, with faces all forward, I also sort them by how "nice" they are so I spend the rattier bills first and try to keep the cleaner/newer ones as long as possible even though they are worth the same amount. Drives my friends and family crazy that I have to sort my wallet after every cash purchase.

 

Euros perturb me a bit because neither side really looks like the front of the bill to me.

 

If I have any coins in my pocket I order them by size e.g. 10c-1c-5c-25c