I was getting disheartened a couple of weeks ago with the amount of TWs and no shows I was getting. Then I kept thinking to myself why should I give in just because of idiots that have too much time on their hands?

I gave up on Saturday though after having three late cancellations and a no show. Although still got two bookings out of it.so it wasn't a complete waste.

Genuine clients will reappear again. It's just a shame that all the TWs spoil it for everyone.

I'm too having a hard time struggling with the amount of TW's and tw-ts lately. I've never seen anything like this before. They are all coming out of the woodwork. I'm fully aware mental health is down the drain now, Ok I get, I'm anxious and a bit depressed too. All this uncertainty has taken a toll on me but if the pandemic didn;t kill me dealing with the phone these days certainly will.

These time wasters are bed blockers !
Uou can only keep motivated and enthusiastic for a certain time ,but when constant wankers are letting you down it gets negative thinking and that's hard to stop .

I had onerous conditions for requesting a booking before the vaccine programme started. I normally aim for older sensible clients so it was not much of a hurdle for them. I did see a handful of clients and they were good. This past week or so as people have eased up has seen the number of timewasters or prospective clients I would not  accept or ones who are already blocked (I get a message when they call) or ringaround merchants lurch upwards. I've been trying to figure out why. My guess (and it is a guess) is real clients may still be slow as they are out of the habit. Many are married so may still have to navigate a partners sense of safety. The excuses like business travel or visiting the golf club may still not be options. Perhaps timewasters are the ones with nothing to lose or any sense of real committment so they have nothing holding them back?

Time wasters wreck my mental health and undermine positive attitudes to clients. I'm learnign not to care about the timewasters and writing off dud clients much quicker than before. I prefer quality not quantity. I don't owe dud clients or timewasters anything.

I only use AW so this may not be helpful to everyone but investing the couple of quid to get detailed emails meaning I can see their content before I log in to AW has always been a big help.

I’ve also set up an auto reply and I’m sure they hate it but I just say it allows me to prioritise my enquiries so I reiterate the main points of my profile and the info I’d like to take their enquiry seriously. Some reply back after reading and confirm they are fine with the points mentioned and give me what I need, some don’t but I find it much easier to write them off more quickly.

I’m under the impression that many think they can book anyone at any time and we should be grateful for it without considering we have other jobs/priorities etc. I get more of this now than I ever did pre-lockdown and if it feels or looks like I’m making it more difficult for them to book, they’d be right. As been mentioned, the good ones make it worth it and I’m much happier knowing I don’t entertain idiots.

Some of these men live to annoy us or waste our time it's there nasty vindictive side that they feel they can take out on us as we are sitting ducks for there pleasure.

Does not matter what area you work, what you write on your adverts they will still do it.

Yea it is really disheartening! It seems really bad right now and it’s horrible getting messed around by people who never even meant to book in the first place. I’m hoping it’ll get better  as things open up