Me thinks you are a little myopic when it comes to the provider side of no-shows.

Having "job" accountability is a good thing for anyone because it helps keep us all a little bit more honest.

If a provider pulls a "no show" isn't she just as unprofessional as the hobbyist who does the same thing?

If I make an appointment and can't keep it for some reason I am on the phone in a hurry to keep my client or provider from wasting their time. As a professional similar to providers I sell my time.

If I take off to see a provider, I am giving up time that I could have billed a client.I may still be horny if the provider doesn't show but I have also lost valuable time that I could have billed and collected. I have also lost "money".

Rudeness is a part of life. Having accountability and the "concern" that someone will point a providers no-show record is just as valid as the ladies reporting a hobbyist who pulls a no-show.

I'm merely data basing while objectively answering these redundant policy questions from hobbyists who have incurred this type of loss.

2 hour round trip = approximately                 120 miles
Average time wasted waiting at destination      1/hour
17mpg average vehicle fuel consumption         7.058 gallons of fuel usesd

$3.00/gal average fuel price x 7.05                $21.17
Approx. hobbyist income = $30/h ( x 3) =     $90.00

Approximate hobbyist loss incurred =           $111.17


-- Modified on 2/7/2007 7:56:04 AM

Two observations:

1) The provider loses nothing because the reason she no shows is she got a better deal, i.e. a multiple hour appointment.

2) Don't book Miki with an attitude like hers. She'd cancel in a heartbeat.

I had a damn good reason for it.  I had 2 guys book and the first called me from the SAME phone # as the 2nd gent I was supposed to see. So it did make me nervous so I decided the best thing to do was NOT see either of them. And of course I am NOT going to answer either call.

Sometimes there IS a reason for it NOT always but sometimes things happen that spook the provider and she will NOT answer the phone or respond to your calls.




-- Modified on 2/7/2007 7:08:18 PM

Not in diapers.  Its faster.  Try it and you'll see.  Simple high school physics.