Excuse me, but I sincerely hope that your suggestion of scheduling clients "four or five deep" was a joke. It must have been. I can't imagine a professional provider following - let alone publicly recommending - such a practice.
With that understood, I guess it might be a good time to point out that I can understand why a provider would be tempted to do such a thing. This would be especially true if she were in a city that had a reputation for high rates of NCNS on the side of clients. You can't be expected to eat the expenses and waste the time that you had devoted to earning your living just because some flake (or flakes) bails out at the last minute.
On the other hand, as a client that has never NCNS, or even cancelled an appointment for any reason, I can say that being on the receiving end of a NCNS or a last minute cancellation by a provider only exacerbates the situation. Those are the kind of events that prod clients to arrange Plan B and Plan C "just in case" Plan A falls through. Then when Plan A comes through, B and C are the recipients of NCNS or cancellations.
It becomes a vicious cycle. The more clients cancel, the more providers want to over-book their schedules, so the more frequently clients are NCNS'ed ... and so on.
The solution? I don't exactly know.
Politely ask people to grow up and be responsible adults? Hasn't worked in any other facet of modern life.
Lies and manipulation? Don't we get enough of that in the rest of society?
Threats and violence? I certainly hope it never gets to that level.
Anyone with a suggestion?
I'm touring Philadelphia, a city which has a bad reputation for last minute cancellations or no call no shows.
I am a very relaxed person and rarely if anything stresses me out. I understand that poop occurs and things beyond our control sometimes wind up screwing us over in a big way. I sometimes have had to rearrange appointments and my schedule due to traveling constraints etc but am a very prompt and prepared individual. There are few cases in which I am not.
However, I have had several cancellations during this trip and the excuses are astronomically hilarious.
~I got served with a lawsuit this morning.
~I got into a car accident on my way to see you.
~My bank wouldn't let me withdraw that amount of money from the ATM in one day.
I mean, some may be true, some may be fake but really? REALLY? I recently had to cancel a tour because of a car accident so I know that happens and unfortunate things do occur but let's see some creativity in the excuses, or how about just plain old honesty. Listen, I went out drinking last night and I really feel like shit. I'd rather cancel and save you the money than give you a crappy appointment. That's honest. That's believable. Not too responsible but that's a good reason to cancel in my opinion. A drunk girl is a bad enough lay, a hung over one I would imagine is even worse.
How about a simple, I can't make it my wife spent my hobby money on her shoe fetish. Or, I had to buy new tires for my car or a new windshield and can't afford it right now.
There are plausible reasons why someone would cancel, absolutely, and like I have told my assistant. It's the getting them in the door that's the problem.
I rarely, rarely have gentlemen cancel on me who have actually met me. It's always the first timers, the ones who've never experienced the tongue-fu that cancel.
What have been the BEST excuses or WORST excuses you have given or received for a canceled appointment?
Rae Monroe
Some guy 'took a tumble down the stairs'.
Another fell asleep and his car got towed.
One said his car wouldn't shift into park....kept driving past the building but couldnt stop. Now I really only do outcalls, they don't stand you up or cancel then.
...I just fell down & can't get it back up!
a new would-be client used that one with me...he went into graphic detail explaining the accident, how he was slightly injured, how his wife didn't even want to pick him up from the hospital, etc. then he went on to add (this was all via email) that if i didn't believe him he really didn't give a darn, and life sucks, and blah blah blah.
for a second...just a second mind you...i felt kinda bad for doubting him. but in the back of my mind i just wasn't buying it, especially since a vehicle fitting the description of the car he said he drove seemed to pass by my incall location several times that morning. and what do you know, a couple of days later he emailed me again, saying that he had made up the whole car accident story, the truth was he was just nervous and chickened out, he was really sorry and would i give him another chance please?? of course, i just had to giggle at that one. people are so weird. lol
That sudden cold snap froze the rain in my driveway. It wouldn't have been a problem...but... I got 40 chickens stuck in the ice there and can't get my truck out 'till the spring thaw!!! Works like a charm! 
I have never NCNS or canceled, but however maybe one day you and I will be in a collision, and Rae , I assure you it will not be an accident.
Thank you
2009 = 27
"My other two appointments had canceled on me"
She had 3 appointments that day. She told all 3 of us the same thing.
Another was stuck in traffic, and said she had to turn around and go home.
I was on the same route, perhaps 20 minutes behind her to get to her incall location, and traffic was light.
Aunt Flo is widely used, but I don't know of too many ladies who have their periods 2 weeks apart. It may have had something to do with her slurred speech, and music in the back round.
The one time I had to cancel, it was because I was called in to work. Another manager had called in sick and I had to cover his shift.
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..sometimes this happens so much I fear for seniors in certain areas.
I am sure some are true. But I also believe some are fabricated. I always wonder how they feel fabricating a story which involves a family member and death.
I believe honesty is the best policy.
What i would like the Gentlemen to know is this. I would never make up a story so I could see an ATF rather than HIM.
All the men I meet are my favs. They all get the same treatment.
Star treatment.
Rae...Philly is like that. I remember well. Make the best of it.
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Sexy Carolina
and I had to keep my cell phone off all day while I was in court, until they called my case.
... and had to pull me off this so I could respond to a robbery in progress.
Being that I'm in Vegas. I'm gonna have to go with the classic, I gambled all my money.
I was working on a computer system in what I thought would be a quick fix. I would schedule an appt. for a hour after the time I was going to be going to fix the computer, since I thought I would be out of the computer repair mode in a few minutes. Of course more than once the repair turned out to be a multi-hour repair that consumed all the time I had allocated for being out of touch with family, etc.
So the excuse was absolutely real as to being out of the house, but the time it was supposed to take was much longer than anticipated.
Those dreaded computer systems... 
The only appointment I ever cancelled... an appointment with a Fav lady. We both knew it would be tight getting there (45 minute drive). So I'm doing 70 on the interstate when the sky opened up. Down pours so you could not see beyond the hood... cars pulled over lining the road. The highway was like a lake, those who were still moving throwing up sheets of water.
OMG, I really wanted to get there... totally horny-dog! I was in the highspeed lane & then even that stopped... I was totally frustrated. It was stop & go for 15 minutes. I tried calling but she must have been in the shower. I finally got her (still stop & go in the high speed lane) when I should have made the arrival call. She could not slide her schedule which I completely understand... if I'd kept going I might have gotten 15-20 minutes. We agreed to cancel.
I rebooked a day later... just by luck I got free again... we had a good laugh.
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I have only canceled 5 times:
1. I had prebooked a week in advance, however the week I was to see the provider I had gotten so sick from the flu that despite being 3 days away from my rendezvous, I knew I wouldn't have completely recovered.
2. The other 3 times were similar to #1: cold or some sort of illness.
3. Traffic was so bad that I canceled the appointment for the lady. (I almost always do outcalls). I knew it would take her over 3 hours to get to my location, so we just planned for another time.
otherwise, been lucky, though been late a few times for new incalls when out of town traveling and traffic was much worse than I imagined it could be (and I usually plan to get to the vicinity at least 30 minutes ahead to allow time for this and parking, but in areas with bottlenecks such as tunnels, the worst can occur. When flying, if I have an appointment the afternoon/evening of my flight day, I always let the provider know that I'm flying in and confirm arrival upon landing (and let her know that if she does not hear from me, its probably because I'm stuck in the air/delayed on the tarmac )- that way if I'm somewhere that a call/email is not possible, she is not left wondering.
I am sorry, but my schedule has changed and I am not going to be able to keep our appointment. I hope we can try again soon.
Huh... you know, they never give me excuses. Just "I can't make it today, blahblahmaybeanothertimeblahblahwoofwoof..." I was starting to take it personally but another established provider told me it happens all the time. Haven't heard anything too outlandish yet but now I'm sorta looking forward to hearing the more insane ones, hehe!
I have only had to cancel when my SO tells me she has already made plans that include me for that time frame. I hate having to cancel, since I have to travel 1+ hour to even get to anyone.
the only valid reasons other than a car accident are a work schedule issue or illness.
In nearly 7 years, I have cancelled 3 appointments because of coming down with a bad cold. It is not fair to risk the lady's health just because I want to play. Once I had to cancel because the time of a meeting was changed and there was no way to make the calendar work to see a certain lady.
This was years ago, I got to the incall early and I was sitting in my car. A van pulls up and 2 skeevy looking guys with a woman in between them get out, scope out the street and go into the address that I had been given.
Needless to say, I listened to my instincts and just left.
Excuse me, but I sincerely hope that your suggestion of scheduling clients "four or five deep" was a joke. It must have been. I can't imagine a professional provider following - let alone publicly recommending - such a practice.
With that understood, I guess it might be a good time to point out that I can understand why a provider would be tempted to do such a thing. This would be especially true if she were in a city that had a reputation for high rates of NCNS on the side of clients. You can't be expected to eat the expenses and waste the time that you had devoted to earning your living just because some flake (or flakes) bails out at the last minute.
On the other hand, as a client that has never NCNS, or even cancelled an appointment for any reason, I can say that being on the receiving end of a NCNS or a last minute cancellation by a provider only exacerbates the situation. Those are the kind of events that prod clients to arrange Plan B and Plan C "just in case" Plan A falls through. Then when Plan A comes through, B and C are the recipients of NCNS or cancellations.
It becomes a vicious cycle. The more clients cancel, the more providers want to over-book their schedules, so the more frequently clients are NCNS'ed ... and so on.
The solution? I don't exactly know.
Politely ask people to grow up and be responsible adults? Hasn't worked in any other facet of modern life.
Lies and manipulation? Don't we get enough of that in the rest of society?
Threats and violence? I certainly hope it never gets to that level.
Anyone with a suggestion?
I've heard the car accident excuse from providers who were NCNS three times. The only time I ever canceled was when I woke up sick with the flu.
The few times I have had to cancel over the years, I let her know why. Once had to cancel because of basement flooding, other times because I had to stay late at the office unexpectedly. None of these were true cancellations, but rather postponements, usually until the next day.
BTW, this goes both ways. Fortunately, the ladies did the same thing...postponed until they were were ready, which was usually next day as well.
Shit happens in this life, but if we all play together nice, are patient, and accept that, things have a tendency to turn out all right in the end...