I've said before so many times, Austin is the only place I know of where providers seek personal identity information on customers to make themselves feel safe...
Originally Posted by theaustinescorts
I'm not sure where your agency's members have worked, but it's been my experience that escorts in most major cities require personal information such as full name, employer, address, etc. from hobbyists for screening
if that hobbyist has no references, or if the provider is unable to verify the hobbyist using board handle, etc. This has been true in every major city I've toured in, including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Corpus Christi, Midland/Odessa, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Diego, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
I am
not newbie friendly, but if I have trouble verifying a hobbyist's references, I may give him the option of going through an alternate screening process
if he chooses. The information I request for alternate screening depends on what information I have already been able to verify and what the particular situation is. For instance, I recently received an appointment request from a gentleman who had several OK's on P411 from more than 2 years ago. He said that he had taken a break from the hobby while he was in a LTR, and that is a perfectly valid excuse for a lack of hobby activity in my book; it didn't throw up any red flags. But, when I contacted his OK's to verify he was a good client, several never responded, two were retired, and four couldn't recall anything about the hobbyist.
At that point, I had developed a decent rapport with the hobbyist, but didn't particularly feel like trusting my safety and peace of mind to just "having a good feeling" about the guy. So, I proposed alternate screening. He happily provided the information I requested, and we had a great session.
It amazes me that clients in this market are so willing to hand over such potentially damaging info a provider who they don't know at all.
Originally Posted by theaustinescorts
It amazes me that so many hobbyists (and agencies, from what I've seen of 'theaustinescorts' on the board lately) expect a provider to give so much of herself - her body, her emotions (because let's face it, a spectacular GFE involves some genuine passion and emotion), and her time... All while risking her safety and freedom... and not take
any precautions to protect herself. It also amazes me that an "experienced" agency prides itself on shunning hobby screening practices, and encourages hobbyists to avoid providing info necessary for proper screening. I'm all for promoting your own business, but knocking other providers' screening methods as a form of shameless self-promotion? Not exactly a show of provider solidarity.
As for personal information that could be "potentially damaging," A provider is easily reached via her website, ads, telephone number and email address, and if someone were trying to be "sneaky" and corner a provider who didn't want to see them, they could create new handles, fabricate references, attempt to see that provider under a new identity, or simply show up unannounced at the lady's incall. (
Before any of you laugh, it's happened before, to more than one of us, and it's scary to catch someone trying to pull a fast one on you. And you wonder why we're paranoid.) On the other hand, a hobbyist who didn't want to be found could simply ignore PMs and calls/texts or even change his info, no harm, no foul. The potential for damage here seems to be greatly skewed in favor of the hobbyists. But that's just my opinion.
The majority of providers I've associated with are professional, respectful and intelligent. Same goes for most of the hobbyists I know. Your insinuation that hobbyist's personal information is somehow more valuable than a provider's personal information, and that any provider who asks for personal information is is a tad insulting. We're all people here, and we're all important, and everyone's privacy and safety is valuable.
Gentlemen, if you don't like the way a provider screens, move on to another provider. Or ask for advice on who you might be able to see based on the info you're willing/able to provide. Most of us are happy to offer recommendations for other providers. If you sit around thinking you can bully providers into relaxing their screening methods or taking chances with their personal safety, I'm fairly certain you'll be disappointed. We're not as dumb as
some hobbyists would like us to be.