"INDEPENDENT" -- denotes what exactly ?

[Quarterpoundher]

I think a genuine service provider who uses the services of a secretary would make that known on her ad profile, I often get two profiles that share same number and now again they say they use same secretary and that may be true but it would be better to make that know before rather then later. I think many clients would rather know that when they ring for such a personal service that they are going to get through to the person who is going to provide it and not someone else, it would be common courtesy to make it clear beforehand and as I say a mark of a true professional would be to let it be known well in advance.

The mark of those that don't?.... I leave to you to decide.