When she called you and said she was in the shower, what did she say about when/how you would know to come to the door again?  She should have told you to wait in the car and she'd phone you again when she's ready, or to please come back in 15 minutes.

To answer your question, I think it varies from girl to girl how often this happens and how well they handle it.

last week i arrived 7 minutes late for an appointment with a very together lady (i'd called earlier to say i was on my way but in traffic). she didn't answer the door. my cell rang, and she explained she was in the shower. ten minutes later, as i was cooling my heels nearby, the previous client left the room. my cell rang again, coast clear. i knocked and after the greetings asked for an explanation. the explanation was garbled, but had something to do with "he was a regular and he arrived late and we were talking and i kept saying 'i have a client coming' and he didn't leave and i'm sorry."

the lady more than made it up to me after i settled down. but this was a first for me. how often do these client collisions happen? are they ever outside the escort's control? was there a hidden agenda?

-- Modified on 8/9/2002 10:42:45 PM

Double decking?  Let us hope that you did not deck either the lady or her other visitor, let alone both.

I play 2-4 times a week, and have been for 3 1/2 years. I've only seen another client once. And in that case the girl made a lot of mistakes, including this one (my review of Keidi).

It has been clear now and then that there was the potential of a "collision", but the girls successfully maneuvered to avoid it, and I was happy to cooperate. I believe in many cases it was the customer's fault more than the girl's.

Perhaps when you suspect such maneuvering is going on it would make it easier for everyone if you didn't "loiter nearby". If I am on the outside, I stay a reasonable distance away and look the other way. I'd just as soon not be seen myself.

The fact that the lady more than made it up to you says she is, as you wrote, "very together".

no, she just said she was in the shower and would be ready in a few minutes. luckily i'd wandered off to look at the garden -- besides, it was silly to just stand there! i'm guessing in the shower meant more than i heard ... the situation was unexpected and new to me.

it's easy to get complacent in this, and think i know the rules. then situations come up that test my comprehension, and my ability to think on my feet ... all part of the adventure.

-- Modified on 8/9/2002 11:04:33 PM

I've regularly visited a few ladies who were energizer bunnies that booked themselves non-stop. I've sat in the car down the street many times and watched the previous gentlman leaving.

The two-call system is quite common: call once to set the appointment, call an hour ahead to confirm, call when you arrive to get the room number. (I guess that's three calls, but who's counting)

When I make the confirmation call, I assure her that I'll be there, and ask that SHE call ME when she's ready for me to come up, even if I already know her apartment number. I make sure I don't arrive a minute too soon and I keep a fair distance until I get that call. It's safer to have the lady in control of the timing. I also know that 1 hour means 50 minutes.

As others have said, an actual face-to-face meeting between clients is rare, but near misses are not that uncommon.  One of the skills of a good "companion" air traffic controller is directing the incoming away from the outbound.  I've never had a direct confrontation such as the one BigJohnson described, but there have been more than a few times when I noticed someone going or coming that appeared to be at the same airport as me (see my review of Erika, for example).

LC

what surprised me was the mix of very together lady, my arriving late, my calling half an hour earlier to say i was on my way and would arrive "5 or 10 minutes late," and that it was a repeat visit: she knew i already had the room number.

the other client didn't see me, but you're right, some kind of all clear confirmation is prudent. i'll ask her suggestions next time we get together.

"energizer bunny" isn't in your top five, riker!

especially for those that only worked a couple of days per week.  Because of reasons of traffic delay, second pops and shower afterward, it is not unusual for 8 to 15 minutes over the hour.  If the client is a regular and they are engaging in good talks, sometimes the lady will forget to check the time.  It is not easy to say no or state the obvious to a regular if he occasionally stayed over the time.

I have seen previous clients leaving the scene and drove off.  I usually parked a few blocks away and walked to the place after receiving the go ahead.  I actually set the alarm on my cell phone to alert me.  In a few cases, I have reminded ladies that time is up and I should be leaving.  The gesture is usually greatly appreciated.

I must say, I have never put a client in even a near miss situation. This is crazy. To me 1 hour means 1 hour not 50 minutes. And I am not a clock watcher, so it could just as easily mean 1hr and 15 minutes.
I have never book a client back to back in this manner, I leave myself at least 30minutes to reshower, brush my teeth, ect.
If woman are doing this.....my question is Have they even showered before seeing you? This is disturbing and in my opinion a blatant disrespect to the client.
But, that is just my opinion. For every one I have I am sure there is one who would disagree.