I agree kinda - A few thoughts -
If I go to a dentist, he needs to be qualified to handle a tooth polishing or root canal. If I go to a high end restaurant, the food better be good. If I go to Target, thankfully, I get value. If a Provider claims she is high end and gets low reviews, yea, there is a problem. And any provider, like the dentist, should be able to handle MOST situations.
The providers job is to make sure there is a "click". Not my job. If she is having a bad day, cancel - but for the ones that cancel all the time, expect the people to shop elsewhere. I ONLY SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WHEN I AM IN THE MOOD. Wait? Really? Yea. I get the lady may not be. But don't let me walk in the dentist office and sense they are not up to the task I am paying them for. And ladies, if we all looked like movie stars, we wouldn't be coming to you. Sorry.
As for ratings, I REALLY wish everyone would look at the numbers. a 6 = Nice looks and a 6 - Nice service.
Ladies, seriously, do you not look at a 6 6 as a disaster?? I know you do! But it really means you are Nice. Guys are scared to put up 6 6 reviews. Though 6 6 and 7 7 should be around 80% of them.
Would a lady feel like her income is being slighted or she was less beautiful with a 6 6 . Probably. BUT not if that was the norm. It's not though. That all changed when guys became brands too. Got a review from SOandSO - his friends will see you to. So you cut a deal, do special services, spend more time, whatever, to watch SOandSO post his 9 9 review of you (or 10 9 because oh wait, beauty is in the eye of the beholder - BS! - Aesthetic beauty is not - inner beauty is probably not what we are rating here.)
If SOandSO gave a lady a 6 6 review, she would be devistated. He would lose his brand with the other ladies because they ain't cutting any deal to someone who does not do reviews or reviews at a 6 6. And if SOandSO will shill you - yea, you'll dance. It's business. And the guys are trying to maximize their brand as are the girls, but the girls also have HUGE ego's in this. The guys know this. And some get played. Or use it as a marketing cost of business.
So Jayme - if you knew up front your first part of your review was going to be a 5 or 6 for looks (Plain and Nice respectively) and a 5 or 6 for performance (Average and Nice Time respectively), would you still offer the review discount? Or, are you going to give EVERY GUY regardlless of their brand, the same level of performance and effort that a guy doing reviews who's brand you know on the board who you think runs in a big circle?
While you might say yes - I believe a lot of ladies would not...
Providers are extremely compassionate people who put up with a lot of crap. I honestly think the ladies did themselves a disservice when they started looking at reviews and lost sight of service. It became easier to worry about getting a high review to get the next client in the door, than to prepare for the next appointment. And a lot of this was driven by brands around agencies, assistants, etc. Keep in mind, low scoring performers they work with do not really do them any good - they cost them $ and drama. So yea, they want high scores too for their ladies...
If I go to a dentist and said he didn't do a great job on a public site, and he came out on the site and said "because he has big teeth!", what's it loook like. Human nature is the game.
Peace
P.S. I have never met Jayme so I do not know how I would rate her. Just an example...