So up until this point, I've never counted the envelope in front of a client, and thus far it's always worked out with no problems. I think there's gotta be a certain degree of trust in this world on both ends.
However, I recently had a new client book 90 minutes with me. In an email, he said something to the effect of if things go well that he'd like to extend it to two hours. Cool. Well, he showed up, put the envelope on the tv stand, and the date commenced. Once the 90-minute mark had passed and he showed no signs of leaving, I had assumed (I know, dumb on my part) that he had just decided to go ahead and do the 2hr option. No problem.
I'm not a clock-watcher by any stretch of the imagination, due in part to the fact that I can be a little bit of a jabber jaw at times. But once we were at a few minutes over the 2hr mark, I did my usual "gtfo" hint and put my clothes and shoes on. I've never had a guy who didn't get that hint. This guy, however, proceeded to sit on the bed and chat me up for another half an hour. It wasn't a huge deal at that point, but I really wanted to go to bed (it was after 1:30am at this point). So I was just like "I think I'll grab some snacks from the vending machine before I hit the hay for the night." His response? "Do you want me to leave after that?" I didn't want to be rude, so I just said "Well, I really need to get to bed." He finally got the hint that time.
So I go get my peanut butter crackers and my Coke Zero and head back to my room to crash. When I get back to the room, I count my envelope. UHHHHHHH there's 90 minutes worth of cash in there. So the dude basically got a free hour. I was fucking dumbfounded.
I guess my question is a two-parter. Is there a professional/nice/classy way to say "Alright, dude, you don't have to go home but ya can't stay here."? And how does one handle a short envelope?