Fucking Hell. I have never had a week like this before!
To give some perspective, ordinarily I see between 10-20 clients in a week. 10 would be a slow week, 20 a very good week. In London last week I saw 27 clients. I tell you this so that you know how long my particular piece of string is, as an independent who works five days a week from a dedicated incall flat. Everyone has various factors and one person's busy is another person's slow.
So, with that perspective I am saying that have had..... ZERO bookings this week. Not a single one. I literally have not had sex in a week, now.
My phone has been quieter than usual and the callers have been less viable. I would say that I have ignored numpty texts and declined bookings from people I didn't like the sound of from maybe a dozen men. I have accepted five bookings and four have cancelled and one has done a no-show. I just had a regular text to say that he is feeling ill and has to cancel. (I have no reason not to believe him.)
I thought I had pinpointed one potential problem the other day when I saw that I had forgotten to put my prices back down to my usual non-London rates. However, that was only on the form. I do still write out my rates clearly at the top of my profile. I also discovered only last night that I had forgotten to tick the "does outcall" box. These two factors may have cost me a booking or two but I can't be sure.
I have run a special offer on half-hours (sometimes I lower the price when I'm in the mood for quick-and-dirty PSE-type bookings, but my usual rate is higher than the local average.) I have also posted a special offer to members of my regional punting forum (advertisers are allowed to tout and there is a special section for us to post for this.)
Nothing worked.
I have had to take deep breaths and reason with myself that this CANNOT be anything to do with me. I have the same new, attractive photos that were successful over the previous two weeks and the same profile copy. Sure, there was a glitch with my prices but that was fixed days ago.
Also, to be fair, I didn't work on Monday as I was at a conference and I wasn't feeling great on Tuesday so I didn't take any bookings/stopped answering my phone - although missed relatively few calls. So, really, this is only two full days and one half day of true deadness. But it's definitely unsettling.
I have never had this happen to me before. I have had a handful of days where I made no money but they have been rare. I remember a couple of dead weeks - one last spring where my friend and I (she a very attractive young size 6) said, "My God, even the time wasters aren't calling!" but I think that meant I only saw five clients or something that seemed utterly dreadful at the time.
I now feel utterly unmotivated and like I want to just fuck off and give up and go home until Monday. I have had some calls and emails about next week, including one from another regular.
But, fuck me - this is unbelievable!
