I won't share what I am working toward in terms of education. It's not relevant anyway. I still think that being a good escort requires a number of skills that a lot of people don't have. Just because you do not respect those skills does not mean that they are not skills.
Originally Posted by China Doll
Charles doesn't seem to have any appreciation for what the ladies do. He also doesn't seem to appreciate that we don't really get our hourly rate every hour we work. Taking care of the business brings my hourly pay down to about a third of what I make in a one hour appointment. This is now, and I'm not even currently taking the time to screen new clients. I'd also like to point out that there aren't too many people with an equally viable back-up to their professions lest they find themselves in an unfortunate career-ending situation.
Originally Posted by China Doll
If I may, to illustrate China's point. China, among other marvelous skills, is exceptional at customer relations, and that's not supposed to be a double entendre (but I guess it could be..lol!). We had our 2nd visit a year ago on St Patty's Day...after our first meeting, we'd done some texting back and forth and I mentioned an erotic story I'd posted on Literotica a few years ago and wondered if she was interested in reading it. Declining would have been fine, and even understandable.
Instead, she agreed to read it.(I just copied and pasted the text from the story into a Word document to see if it was as long as I remembered and it was just over 28 single space pages and 20,229 words!) This was
not just a casual read. China not only read the story; she took some great notes for feedback and while she was complimentary, she did take me to task for a couple things I hadn't considered. Talk about prep-time!!! We spent a fair amount of time discussing her thoughts about the story during the appointment and it was really nice.
Now, taking the time to do all that clearly bit into the hourly pay in a big way, and while it was a tremendously human thing to do, it was also a consummately professional act as well. Giving that amount of attention and care for something somewhat outside the pale of a typical client provider and not kissing my ass about it...I was totally smitten, and probably always will be.
I know that on many levels, "China Doll" is a deliberate and carefully created construct and I respect that and the skills required to build and maintain her. At the same time, the core of that creation that still shines through is a pretty remarkable human.