My most lucrative booking ever (over 5figures for overnight, 5 times my listed rate, didn't ask for it, he just handed me a wad of cash and told me not to count yet) came from someone whose initial text started off as, "hey babe, can I book for..... Had I blocked him straight away, I wouldn't be able to afford to take 2 months off and enjoy Christmas with some fancy pressies for myself.
When they start off like that, my guard goes up, sometimes if they are too much, I remind them, my name is not babe John, it's L.S.D. Usually they stop