Ladies, please don't read into this post more than what I put in back and white.
Gents, this post is information. PM me if you'd like specifics.
I had an experience today that I feel is a lesson for both the provider and the monger, and perhaps worth sharing as a gentle reminder.
This is NOT an alert. It is simply a post. Respond as you may like, and I shall do my very best to reamin neutral.
Those of you who know me, know that I have my self proclamied no-review policy. Be it good, or be it bad, that's how I choose to conduct myself.
Here goes...
So I see this AD on ECCIE Weekend Lineup, and she has a few good reviews. So I text her that I'd like to see her at 2pm today. She replies "that's perfect time, what's ur eccie handle ?". I reply with my handle.
So here I am thunkin' I'm good to go with a 2pm appt. However, to be sure, I send her a PM to cover my bases so she can confirm my handle.
At 1pm, an hour before my alleged appt, I text her asking for her address.
No reply.
So I log into ECCIE, and sure enough there is a PM asking for references. I reply back with my refs, wondering "is this going to happen?".
Lesson #1: choose your communication medium; mix and match will likely lead to miscommunication.
After I PM her my refs, I also text her letting her know I PMed my refs, and that I need to know if she thinks she'll be able to see me in an hour.
No response.
However, she texts me back after 2pm: "running late, will be one hour as I'm still en route to Austin".
Ok... I'm not pissed. No harm, no foul. I'll just go to Sugars and grab me a cheap steak and hang till she replies.
3pm ish, she texts me: just got in, I'll call you when I'm showered.
Ok, another beer at Sugars is not such a bad deal. So I order me one more.
3:30pm. She calls. She tells me she's off I35 and Pow###, and that I should call her when I'm at that exit. I tell her I know of no such exit, and for her to text me her address so that I can lock it into my GPS.
She says "ok, I'll text you".
4pm, no text; instead, she calls back at around 4:15pm, and tells me to go North on I-35 till I come across the Pow### exit, and that I call her when I get to the exit.
WTF ????
How does a out of town hooker know if I need to travel north or south to get to Pow###, since I never gave her my location ? Dit ti rei.
Now, I'm starting to get pissed.
I get to I-35 and Pow### within 5 minuetes (v v close to Sugars), and my GPS turn-by-turn navigation is interrupted by her incoming phone call "why are you not here yet ?" - urrrggghhhhggghhhh !!!! This is 5 minutes after our last conversation & remember my requested appt time was for 2pm, and it is now close to 4:30pm.
I tell her I'm 2 minutes from the cross section. She tells me "call me when you get there".
As I reach the intersection, text tone goes off on my hobby cell. It's her: you did bring proof of employment, right ?
My response: I'm NOT showing you my ID. Are you willing to show me your ID ? Thanks for wasting my time. Cya.
Moral of the story: For every bad customer, there in a equally clueless provider.