I may be in the minority here, but at 250-300 per hour, im not looking for a whole lot of conversation. Some ladies are really strict about that hour also.
Originally Posted by Ranchhand
I agree with Ranchhand.
We are not going on "dates" with providers when we call to see them and check their schedule and all, we are "renting" their time to have, hopefully, the "happy ending" of a date. A real "date" is a whole 'nother situation altogether IMO. Many, but certainly not all, providers want to get you in, get you off, (more like you get yourself off, but use them as a tool to do it), and get you out, it is all about the time to them.
I went out on a date, per say, with a provider and she said it was one of her ways of "screening guys" and she got a free meal to boot. Then we went back to her place, had our BCD time, (which was way less than an hour), and all total the time we spent together was a little over 2 hours, maybe closer to 3. Now I bought the dinner, which she ordered one of the most expensive items on the menu, (kinda sounds like my dates I had before I got married), so that total bill was about .6 with the tip, then I forget how much I paid her for the BCD time, maybe it was $$, and this particular provider "bitched and moaned" about how she got treated bad as her time was more valuable than the donation I gave her, but it was what we agreed on before I set the appointment to see her.
My point is that a "classic date" is a bad idea, unless you want to get rid of the provider "tag" and do it "off the clock", then it is good as you can get to know someone and maybe get that comfort level where it needs to be for when/if the BCD activity takes place and you can have a better time than not, and perhaps going on the date beforehand will get you a longer term, multiple visits type of client. Now there does not have to be any BCD activity during the date, just a nice time together and having some drinks, eats, get to know you better type things, and yes, you are right, Alecia, when the "date" goes well, the BCD activity goes better as the comfort level is there.
In other words, I am all for it IF the time spent on the date is "off the clock".