I'm not understanding the lack of manners here on ECCIE. Not all of you men, but a good majority of you are literally ruining the hobby.
I had a client from ECCIE contact me for an appointment. I set it up with him earlier in the week and thought we were good to meet at 10am. I get on my phone at 9am to text this guy and confirm only to see that he has already texted me.
My last message between us was confirming and being good for our appointment. In addition to that, he also randomly sent me a text yesterday afternoon trying to see If I could see him then instead of this morning at 10am... I never responded because I don't have my hobby phone on me 24/7. I didn't see this or any other messages until this morning.
Instead of a "Good Morning, Are we still on for today?" like I usually get from clients, I got a very rude message not asking if we were still confirmed but instead asking if I always do this to clients, just make appointments and stop responding..... um wtf?? Then went on to accuse me giving away his appointment time to a regular....
This is an hour before our appointment. Note, he hasn't even given me the chance to show up, perform, or even confirm our appointment before making these hurtful allegations.
So I'm assuming that because I didn't respond to something at the moment he needed me to, that makes me a horrible person who your going to assume gave your appointment to one of my regulars??! That makes no sense.
I'm so offended. I'm not even going to respond to him anymore and YES I told him this, didn't just stop responding. I told him to kindly take his business elsewhere.
Screenshots available.
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I just think it Is really sad that you guys get light of one mistake a provider has made and consistently hold it over her head and try to talk about the matter when you have never met me and have no idea the kind of person that I am. Either way, this disrespect and verbal abuse will not be tolerated. I may be a provider, but I'm still a human being. I don't deserve the name calling, false allegations and assumptions you guys create and have thrown at me all the time. I furthermore won't entertain, respond or even read negative responses.
Same goes for messages that don't contain the simple screening requirements I ask for: if you can't take the time to read my requirements and send me what I ask for the first time, I'm not going to take the time to tell you what you need to do. If you want to see me, you will take the time to comply. I don't see why anyone should get upset about this though? It's a business. I experience the same shit every time I try to get a reference request and don't hear back from providers sometimes for days/weeks and sometimes not at all. It's annoying and frustrating, but it's something out of our control. We can't control if and when someone responds to us and we shouldn't care to. Just move on to the next. Don't blame me for your misfortunes.
Mutual respect is key. I respect my clients, I have gotten much better in all areas previously reported as unsatisfactory and my clients who have actually seen me and spent time with me know this to be true. This includes communication issues, tardiness, enthusiasm, and preparedness. So no need to bring up PAST problems anymore.
If I have wronged you, I've offered a discount to make it right. If I've denied you, that's your own problem and you should ask yourself and our references why. If you refuse my offers and want to continually troll my posts with hate, that's your problem and your wasted time. It doesn't affect me in any way and regardless of all the hate, bashing, etc. I've received, I'm still in business.