I HATE it when clients do that to me.  I understand how pissed you are.  Regardless of what you'd call it it's a lousy thing to do.

Everyone is different but no way I'm visiting a retiring provider, if I know she's retiring.
Why would she care if her services are based on customer satisfaction, since she's not worried about repeat customers.If she cared at all, she would have texted you.
Second thing you did wrong was call more than once.Thats pitiful..
Once you start groveling, you will receive no respect.

Apologies if I sound a little pissed, but I was supposed get laid a few hours ago and
plans "fell through" (will explain) and no one I like seems to accept last minute incall
appointments after 9pm, so I am out of luck on a back up plan at the moment.

So, I go out of my way to make myself available on a weekday so that I can have my
choice of providers.  I pick this indy PYT that is on her 3rd retirement tour.  (I'm not naming names)

She has 9 pages of excellent reviews going back 5 years!

All screened up and I get confirmation for an 8pm appointment at 3:16pm.  

Note that I don't have mobile e-mail access right now.  

I check my hobby e-mail at 6:30pm, and no cancellation notice from the provider.  I hop
in the car and get to her incall at just about 8pm.

For the next 40 minutes, I am pacing like a fucking idiot outside of her hotel.  Called
her 10 times, left 2 messages.    She never picks up.  Never calls back.

When I get home, I notice that she e-mailed me at 7:01pm saying she had an emergency
- "roommate problems".  

I tell her she should have called me or at least picked up the phone.  She can't expect
everyone to have a crackberry with mobile e-mail access checking it all the time.  

Her excuse is that she couldn't use her "work" phone because of the people she was with
and that's why she couldn't pick up or call back.

She did apologize in the e-mail and offered a discount for tomorrow (I am not available tomorrow).

So question for you:  Does this count as a NCNS?  

I'm ready to let it go and not say anything more and move on with my life, but if you think
I need to report this somewhere and call her out, let me know.

I had a provider text me because she could not get thru via phone.

You described the situation. It might not be considered NCNS but it sucks nonetheless.

By the way, I would not consider a provider on her third retirement with 5 years of reviews a PYT.

She has offered to make this right to you, the best way she can.  

However, I really hope you did not hang out outside her hotel, either in your car or "pacing like a fucking idiot" drawing attention to yourself & the hotel.  That's totally NOT COOL!

I often arrive a few minutes early to cover for possible traffic issues & to be sure of the location.  Having found it, I back track to a nearby coffee shop & return with just enough time.  If I was faced with your situation, I think I would have withdrawn to a coffee joint & taken a break, ready to return quickly if it came to pass but not drawing attention to myself in the meantime.  

Thankyou for posting this, because thinking on the topic has caused me to make a plan if it happens to me.  
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It's really essential for this very reason.

I'm not saying she didn't bail almost at the last minute, and that it doesn't suck.

NCNS means "No call (or contact, I suppose) and no show." YOU WERE THE ONE UNAVAILABLE. So onsider these points:

- First, she did email you an hour before. You used to set up your appointment, but say you don't have email on a mobile device. Did you give her a way to contact you (i.e. your mobile number) for cancellations? Did you give her ANY instructions about when she needs to let you know if there is a cancellation (i.e. I have to leave at 6:30 PM to get to you and you can't reach me via email, This is the alternate communication method for anything after 6:30.)

- She offered a discount for the next day. OK, you're not available, did you contact to find a mutually agreeable day?

Whatever her reason, hopefully it is legitimate, she tried to do what she could, and THEN offered a discount follow-on session. As the client, you need to make sure she has a way to contact you or you ALWAYS run this risk. That she doesn't answer her work phone in personal settings is SOP for providers.

Life happens and the world doesn't revolve around our dicks (as much as we'd like it too), so stop whining like a little whelp!

Nice post Red

No, I am letting this go. I will not call her out.  

But, I do think we on a review board have a responsibility to call out bona fide NCNS to protect each other, especially since the review system doesn't allow for it.

I will try calling beforehand to confirm like you suggested, but I'm not sure if providers will appreciate that.
But hey you have 201 reviews so you must be doing something right...

"YOU WERE THE ONE UNAVAILABLE"

Jeez, look at the technorati on this board.  I guess I need to beef up my smartphone.

"OK, you're not available, did you contact to find a mutually agreeable day?"

No, I think I'll pass on this young lady.  I'm temporarily boycotting retiring providers after this incident and reading quadseasonal's post above.

"Life happens and the world doesn't revolve around our dicks"  

Darn.

Thank you to all who have responded.   The jury has decided on the basis of EXTENSIVE deliberation.


Jane Doe, Provider

Charge:
   NCNS
Verdict:
   NOT GUILTY

Charge:
   being flakey
Verdict:
   GUILTY
Sentence:
   On RedCloak's DNS list.  (like she even cares)

---------------------------------------------------

RedCloak, Hobbyist

Charge:
   Not  confirming appointment an hour before.
Verdict:
   GUILTY
Sentence:
   Start doing it.

Charge:
   Using old technology
Verdict:
   GUILTY
Sentence:
   Get e-mail on your phone!

Charge:
  Being horny as fuck.
Verdict:
   GUILTY
Sentence:
   Jack off to video of dltube redhead wearing only stockings.   [sentence served]

Being a member of the Mangina Team however does means something.

Slightly used is more apopro. She's a bit worn after 5 years of strange cocks and circumstance?