@Mike1976 - 7 minutes early and exactly 7 minutes early...

I'm pretty sure some of the punters will remember that phrase :-D

Its a condition... lol

If this is the lady THE VETERAN is on about she has on three occasions asked me to wait ten minutes which turns out to be twenty . The waiting is not in her accommodation and in the street.The last time I ducked and she then contacted me to say i am unreasonable.Us old guys like the punctual style and yes understand that the wheels may come off from time to time..

I agree with Cassie, I also try book my appointments, so that there is at least 30mins in between appointments, but sometimes even that does not quite work out so well.

For instance, I have a lady client, who takes very long after the appointment is over, to finish showering, get dressed and leave. She has made me late for 1 other client already (I lost the booking because of it - I was running 10 mins late and did sms client to let him know) in the past.
So now what I do with her, is that I make sure that I schedule the next client after her, at least 45mins - 1 hour after her appointment is over, cause she literally takes up to 45 mins or more to shower and get dressed! It pisses me off sometimes, but she has been a loyal client for 4 years now and books me a few times a month, so I have to accept it and just work my schedule out to include an additional hour for her to get dressed and showered.

I find I need that 30-45 min break between clients and although that helps with time planning, its also essential for me to switch off from the last booking and get focussed on the next. I find I just can't walk from 1 booking straight into the next.

@BBW Nadia - I think that is great.
I don't believe that the service provider can go from one booking straight into the next, without some kind of disconnect. The service would surely suffer.

On 2016-10-22 08:19:22 oldship said:
Us old guys like the punctual style

Not sure if age has anything to do with it - but if I am on time (almost always the case) and I'm asked to wait I leave, in fact I don't understand anyone who will wait: why? If you do then she'll have the next one waiting as well, this becomes a slack habit and an appointment becomes worth very little - of which I'll have nothing, I move one.