Originally Posted by
sharkskin
Well, here are some example conversations with names and times changed:
"Hi Jenny, could I come and visit you this afternoon?"
"Sure honey, what time?"
"Can you tell me where you are?"
"In Dublin 2 near the Ferryman pub"
"OK, I can be there at three."
"Sure honey, that's in 45 minutes?"
"Yes, I will call you from there at a couple of minutes before three."
"OK honey."
I arrive and call at the agreed time only to hear that I must wait.
Another time, I was directed to the Tesco on Rathmines Road. I got there and called again and was directed to another location that was a ten minute hike away. I got there and called again only to be told:
"OK, just wait there please and I will call you back."
Was that reasonable?
Or the lady who I called at five one afternoon:
"Hi can I see you this evening at six?"
"OK, it's five now?"
"Yes, you are in Mountjoy Square?"
"Yes."
"OK, I will call you from there at a couple of minutes before six."
"OK."
I call only to be told:
"Oh, is it six? I'm not there yet. I'll call you in half an hour."
Or I call Svetlana. A Russian lady with Baltic affiliation who lists her location as Barrow Street.
"Hi Svetlana, can I come and see you this evening."
"Yes, what time?"
"Seven O Clock."
"OK. You know where to come?"
"You are with Masha?" (Masha is also Russian with the same Baltic connection and I had visited her in the same street the week before.)
"Yes she is my friend."
"OK, I know the apartment, I will call you just before seven from outside the Spar shop."
"OK."
I call at one minute to seven only to be told:
"Oh, honey, I cannot see you now. Can you call in fifteen minutes?"
Then there was the lady in Smithfield.
"Hi Gabby, can I see you this evening?"
"Sure honey what time?"
"You are in Smithfield?"
"Yes."
"OK, I can be there at seven pm."
"OK, call me when you are there."
Again, I arrive only to hear:
"OK, I will be there in a few minutes, please wait and I will call you."
In each of these cases, there had been an additional discussion as to exactly what I want and an agreement by the lady that all is OK for her.
Now tell me, are these confirmed bookings? Because each time, when I called at the agreed time and from the agreed place, I was told to wait by an escort who was clearly not even close to being ready.