I have 3 regulars who have all been annoying the crap out of me lately. Seems like the regulars can really start pushing our buttons after a while...
Reg #1 thinks he's way too important with his big Hollywood lifestyle to actually set a time for an appointment, and has asked me to keep multiple days open for him. Obviously that did not happen. When he actually nailed down a time he then emailed me at 2 AM the morning before saying "my day is now packed, I will let you know if we wrap early early." My response: "Shockingly I prefer actual plans since I'm also quite busy, not to mention that's just common courtesy. Let's consider the appointment canceled regardless of when you wrap. I will be giving preference to people who are able to make concrete bookings moving forward, so unless you can do that I'm not the provider for you." Haven't heard from him thank god, he can take his movie set and shove it, been there done and that left the film industry b/c of people like HIM!
Reg #2 insists on talking politics for like an hour. Literally just shoving his opinions down my throat b/c he thinks he's so much older and wiser. Sorry but I have more life experience at 25 than he'll have at 80...I think he realizes that and it makes him insecure. But an appointment is not the time or place for that talk, not to mention our views are total opposite and it's so hard for me to keep my mouth shut and stay pleasant. I was a bit harsh at the end of our last booking and have been wanting a reason to stop seeing him and I'm praying I don't hear from him again.
Reg #3 is a good guy but he wants to be the only one to do certain things with me and I have to be very firm in reminding him that this is business and the services I offer are available to anyone who passes my checks and will pay my rates. He'll send me texts saying "save your ass for me" etc. and when I remind him that this is my business and no one gets anything saved for them, he says something along the lines of "I get that but I want you to be open for me/it will be better for you if you do." Um, unless you're going to pay me the extra $$ I'll lose out on by saying no to anal all week, then no, it won't be better for me. Blech.