Have you ever had a feeling like your appointment with a provider was going south long before you even put the key in the ignition or pulled out of the driveway?  
   
 I guess that is the feeling I had last week, after making an appointment to see a “reviewed” provider. She claimed she was offering incall in an area of town until the next week, so I felt comfortable making a Thursday appointment at 1:00pm. The time was agreed to and a meeting was set.  
   
 Thursday arrived, and after checking my e-mails in the morning, I quickly scanned BP and discovered an ad for a provider that claimed she would be in one area of town until noon, then available in another area of town after 3:00pm. This alone was not alarming, as many hotels even with late check out require you to be gone by noon, and most hotels won’t allow early check in until 2:00 or 3:00pm. What had me scratching my head was, this was the provider I had a 1:00pm appointment with. Okay, I thought to myself, she must have this covered somewhere… I always try to be optimistic, but something already didn’t feel right.  
   
 11:02am – I receive an email simply stating “Looking forward to our 1:00pm appointment today ”  
   
 Okay I felt this was her way of confirming our time, before giving me her hotel information. But in the back of my mind I can’t get the ad posting to stop haunting me.  
   
 11:05am – I replied simply “Me too!”  
   
 Expecting the next email to give me hotel location.  
   
 11:08am – I receive another email claiming: “I’m so sorry, out of no where something bad just came up! I am going to have to cancel.”  
   
 Okay stuff can happen, and I didn’t have the heart to tell her nowhere is one word. But I guess, I saw this coming long before the email arrived in my inbox.  
   
 11:13am – I replied: “I am sorry to hear that, I hope you’re okay. Perhaps we can reschedule?”  
   
 I never heard another word from her, although by 3:00pm she had updated her location in her ad, so I assume whatever the “Something Bad” was, it was not bad enough to deter her from updating her ad listing.  
   
 I wasn’t born yesterday, and don’t assume for a minute anything “Bad” ever happened, other than she had decided to change locations for whatever reason. But wouldn’t a more mature solution to the problem be simple honesty. A note stating: “I am so sorry, I need to change my incall location and will be unable to accommodate our 1:00pm appointment, I hope we can reschedule for later today, or tomorrow.” This would have been far more credible, than manufacturing “Bad” things. And in business we’re all trained to do what’s needed to save the sale.  
   
 Okay, I can’t be alone in seeing a train wreck coming long before it’s left the station, what tales can fellow hobbyists (or providers) share? After all misery likes company.  
 

Have you ever had a feeling like your appointment with a provider was going south long before you even put the key in the ignition or pulled out of the driveway?  
   
 I guess that is the feeling I had last week, after making an appointment to see a “reviewed” provider. She claimed she was offering incall in an area of town until the next week, so I felt comfortable making a Thursday appointment at 1:00pm. The time was agreed to and a meeting was set.  
   
 Thursday arrived, and after checking my e-mails in the morning, I quickly scanned BP and discovered an ad for a provider that claimed she would be in one area of town until noon, then available in another area of town after 3:00pm. This alone was not alarming, as many hotels even with late check out require you to be gone by noon, and most hotels won’t allow early check in until 2:00 or 3:00pm. What had me scratching my head was, this was the provider I had a 1:00pm appointment with. Okay, I thought to myself, she must have this covered somewhere… I always try to be optimistic, but something already didn’t feel right.  
   
 11:02am – I receive an email simply stating “Looking forward to our 1:00pm appointment today ”  
   
 Okay I felt this was her way of confirming our time, before giving me her hotel information. But in the back of my mind I can’t get the ad posting to stop haunting me.  
   
 11:05am – I replied simply “Me too!”  
   
 Expecting the next email to give me hotel location.  
   
 11:08am – I receive another email claiming: “I’m so sorry, out of no where something bad just came up! I am going to have to cancel.”  
   
 Okay stuff can happen, and I didn’t have the heart to tell her nowhere is one word. But I guess, I saw this coming long before the email arrived in my inbox.  
   
 11:13am – I replied: “I am sorry to hear that, I hope you’re okay. Perhaps we can reschedule?”  
   
 I never heard another word from her, although by 3:00pm she had updated her location in her ad, so I assume whatever the “Something Bad” was, it was not bad enough to deter her from updating her ad listing.  
   
 I wasn’t born yesterday, and don’t assume for a minute anything “Bad” ever happened, other than she had decided to change locations for whatever reason. But wouldn’t a more mature solution to the problem be simple honesty. A note stating: “I am so sorry, I need to change my incall location and will be unable to accommodate our 1:00pm appointment, I hope we can reschedule for later today, or tomorrow.” This would have been far more credible, than manufacturing “Bad” things. And in business we’re all trained to do what’s needed to save the sale.  
   
 Okay, I can’t be alone in seeing a train wreck coming long before it’s left the station, what tales can fellow hobbyists (or providers) share? After all misery likes company.