And, as typical for what David posts, its not that simple. Assume ALL the time you spend with a provider is on the clock. You will never be wrong that way. If in doubt, ASK the provider BEFORE you start the session about showering and cleanup time. You have no way of knowing what she may have as time commitments both before and after you. And that includes non-hobby related activities. And check each time. What may be OK one time, may not be the next. You are paying for an hour of her time. Not an hour plus some extra without asking first. I have NEVER seen a provider say you are paying for an hour of BCD time. You are paying for an hour. Its up to you to manage things to get the most out of that hour.
I bill for my time with my customers. If they are not ready when expected, I still charge even if I am sitting around. And if they try to keep me after our time is up, I politely remind them I am happy to spend more time if I can with them, but I will have to bill them for the extra time.
I do agree with David that arriving squeaky clean if possible is the best thing to do.
Originally Posted by OldButStillGoing
And, as typical with OBSG posts, he looks to see where I have posted and tries to find something to wrong with it and disagree with so he can tell everyone about it. Since we are ASSUMING, as I said, in my post,
unless otherwise discussed... so
assume your BCD time is for an hour.
If the time you spent with the provider does not require you to do at least some cleanup afterwards, then the session itself was probably nothing to write home about, and if she does not allow at least 10 minutes to clean up, which sometimes includes taking a shower, and get dressed comfortably without hurrying or she is kicking you out before you can tie your shoes, then she is in the wrong IMO. Regardless of what she was before your scheduled time, the provider also should be freshly showered and squeaky clean when you arrive or she needs to put off the session for 30 minutes or so in order to do so. On the other hand, if a hobbyist is late and she does has other commitments afterwards, then it is on him, regardless if the lateness was his fault or not, unless she is flexible enough or has no immediate plans soon afterward to still allow you to get your full hour of time in after you arrive, but she may or may not be lenient enough to give that time to you other than what you have you scheduled for, that is HER choice.