I have seen an old guy a few times but won't see him anymore as, when I ask him the time (towards the end of a booking) he always says: 'Oh no! Why do you have to DO that???!!' in an exasperated voice.
I can almost hear the whiny tone from here
but to be fair, there isn't any reason you should have to ask him the time - if you can't look at your phone then wear a watch. You're in charge of timekeeping, not your customers.
This is a creepy world as I found. I had this "do you do this for money?" business as well. So I doubt if it's rare. I think there are punters who also expect too much from wgs or do not respect our healthy boundaries. Since I am a newbie, I get this type of bull more often, I was assuming. At least, we talk and discuss this far more openly. As I said before, there's this dynamic in the current punters scene. It's best to admit that wgs do get far more hassles due to exposure whilst punters can go back to their civvie life.
I think newbies definitely get more boundary pushers, and also people who are perceived as being more likely to back down and easier to manipulate (because of age, language difficulties and so on) but some hardcore screening ought to stop most of them getting as far as being in the same room. When they do, some assertiveness and a no nonsense approach will go a long way to putting a stop to it and whilst I know some people worry that this will be a mood killer, the fact is that by haggling, trying to get somebody to do services they don't offer or stay for longer for free or whatever, they've killed it themselves.
I think quite a few of your posts sound angry and while it's good to let off steam here if the job is really making you unhappy, not only is that not the fault of punters as a group but it's not what anybody should expect from how they choose to earn a living, and if we can all help make things a bit easier by trying to figure out why, then maybe it can improve things a bit. Nobody here (hopefully) wants anyone to be scared and miserable even if their situation isn't ideal
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