Looking for alternatives, I PM'd a couple other providers, including Amber the Housekeeper. However, I did not hear back from her until late Monday afternoon:
I would love to see you today, however... Would tomorrow work for you?That same evening, I thanked her for her reply, but let her know:
Tomorrow will definitely not work. Weekdays are generally bad for me, for two reasons...Today, at 4:34 PM, she replied again:
How about I just come see you?Wow, I thought -- gotta give this girl credit for trying. I called, identified myself, and let her know that my place wasn't presentable. But would she like to meet me at one of my favorite steak houses by the Big Boots; and, if she felt comfortable with me (she never mentioned references), we'd repair to her incall for an hour afterward?
That sounded great to her, and we agreed to meet at 7:00 PM. Having given a description of myself, I told her I'd be waiting at the bar.
On the way, I wondered to myself: Did I mention to her that dinner was off the clock? I thought I had. However, knowing that she'd recently been "stiffed" by a client ( see her alert at http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?t=355797 ), I decided to leave nothing to chance, and sent her the following text msg:
...im on my way. i hope i already mentioned dinner being off the clock, and youre ok with that.Had she not been "OK with that", I expected a call back, so we could either compromise or call off the date. However, having heard nothing, I called at 6:44, to let her know I'd arrived, and was sitting at the bar; no answer (busy driving, perhaps?), so I left a message.
7:09 -- Called again. Hung up after 3-4 rings.
7:19 -- No answer. Left a message:
"This is Gary. Are you OK?"7:27 -- I heard a voice after a couple of rings. "Hi, this is Gary." There was a lot of noise around me; since I could hear nothing at the other end, I almost shout, "Hello? Hello?" Nothing. I hung up.
7:38 -- I called to let her know I'm about to leave. After 3-4 rings, I hung up, leaving no message.
I can only imagine that my text message must have touched a raw nerve. If that was the case, I deserved at least a, "Hey, what kind of crap are you trying to pull..." not a scuttled date, followed by the "silent treatment."
