'Are you available for a booking on Friday?'
'I'm sorry but I'm not available on Friday.'
'Are you sure?'
'Are you available at xx:xx on Tuesday?'
'Unfortunately I can only do from/before xx:xx'
'Are you sure you can't do xx:xx?'
YES, I'M FUCKING SURE. I can't stand these idiots. Under what circumstances would I not be sure? Has the answer ever been 'Nah, you're right. I'm lying in order to not get paid.'
Had this recently. My availability was on my profile but he still asked when I was free. I typed it all out again for him, then he asked for a tyme I had just listed as not free. I said, 'As I said, I'm not free at that time. Can do from x time on that day.' His response: 'I would really like an earlier time than that. Can you not make an exception for me?'
So he genuinely thought that when I said I was not free at that time, that I was planning to just lounge around and do nothing, turning down bookings for lolz. It never occurred to him I might actually be busy or, god forbid, already booked! As it happens I was on a training course on that day and he was really surprised when I told him that.
Another thing about that message was, 'Can you not make an exception for me?' Change my existing plans for someone I've never met, who already sounds like a demanding, disrespectful fool? Sure, why not?!
