This question has come up many times before and I should know better than to ask. But can somebody explain Provider Logic to me???
Let me give you some back story and yes, I already know the usual answers. A local Provider I know was getting a bit overly needy (contacting me for non-Hobby things, expecting me to leave my job during work hours to assist her & provide funding for future services that never materialized). It got to the point where I had had it with her and cut her off. Now mind you I had known her for several Years and things had been "ok" until her Father died, then things went sideways.
About Six Months goes by and I hadn't heard anything from her (I did not try to contact her at all during this time period). Then I saw a post by her regarding moving and foolishly PM'd her asking if she needed help with relocating. She responds back that she could use an hour appointment from me to help her get the Deposit and First Months Rent. I didn't rise to that since I knew better than to see her again.
About two Weeks later I get a Text from her out of the blue asking me If I wanted to schedule an hour appointment with her. I ask her what's going on and she claims that she needs the Money for a Motel room because she & her Significant Other (whom I have never heard of or seen in the 5 Years I have known her) got into an argument that got physical. So concerned for her Safety I foolishly front her $ for a room. When I drop the Money off she tries to show me a bruise from the supposed altercation. Later when I check ECCIE, I see a review by a guy that saw her the same day I dropped the Money off. She had him pay for a room at the local hourly no tell motel and did a hh appointment with him.
About a Week later as I am getting ready for work. My phone starts to get blown up by calls & texts from her that she is in Trouble and needs me to come and pick her up and bring her some cash (big red flag right)? So again, concerned about her Safety I go and pick her up. When I get there she claims that an unnamed "Somebody" dragged her name into "something" and that two guys have been following her around in a car all night. And then her immediate concern turned to "did I bring her something". I told her that since I was mostly concerned about her Safety and coming to get her. That I hadn't had time to stop by the Bank. So she has me go to the Bank and pull Sixty dollars out of the ATM and take her on a couple of errands that end with us back at her place. She has me come upstairs because she feels the need to be serviced. I go because at that point she owes me for the equivalent of an hour appointment and I figure its now or never if I am going to get anything for what's been invested. We do about a hh (I still have to get to work). I suggest coming back later after work for the rest of the hour. She agrees, however she blows me off later that day.
She posts that she still needs $$$$$$$$ for the move while trolling for clients. So I contact her and suggest an act I know that she has refused to do in the past. And she agrees to do it for $$$$. She contacts me the day of the appointment and asks if I can advance her $$ on the appointment scheduled for 5 pm (its 8 am). So I drop the Money off and proceed to go about my day. At 3:30 pm I receive a Text that she has unexpected company and can we reschedule. We agree on 4:30 pm the next day. I text her at 11:30 am the next day. She says we should be good for 4:30. About 3:30 I receive a text from her saying that her company hasn't left yet. I was busy and didn't respond until after 4:30 pm and asked when she would like to reschedule for, No answer. I check ECCIE and she has posted an Ad in the Weekend section saying that she is available Fri - Sun. So since I have already decided that its not going to be worth it to chase her. I wait to see if she has any intention of trying to contact me to honor our appointment. The answer to that would be a "No". It's been 5 days and not a word from her. She posted another Ad today that she will be available Mon - Thursday. And yes, I have decided to go back to my original plan of not contacting her and moving on to other more reliable (and much better service) Providers.
But back to the Logic question. Why would someone go out of their way to burn a long time regular client who knows all kinds of real World info about them (she even told me where she is moving to)? It makes no sense to me whatsoever. But then again trying to figure out the logic of Women (Providers or not) is near impossible and if you throw in some other external influences it can be downright vexing.