A client booked me three hours in advance yesterday which was great as it meant I wasn't rushing about and could take my time getting ready.
I pre planned everything e.g. time I would get a taxi etc, and left some time spare incase I was held up in traffic. However, there was no traffic at all and I arrived with half an hour to spare!
I sat outside on my phone on Facebook and played games for about 15 mins, but it was getting cold, so I wanted to go in. I asked the agency to text the guy to ask if he was ready and they said they would but just to go up. The hotel was really weirdly designed (I normally just enter, clock the lifts and head straight for them), so I pretended I was on my phone and headed to the bar so I could then scan for the lifts. When I did, again, I headed for them, but had the receptionist ask if he could help... I said I was fine, then got into the lifts.
I knocked on the clients door and he was on the phone. He seemed a bit arsey and said "You're early!!" (By now I was 10 mins early for the booking). He then took the call next door in the bathroom.
It never normally is the case for a client to book well ahead; normally I get the "ASAP" texts from the agency, so I have to grab my stuff and go, and normally at the time they book, it's rush hour.
In the event of this happening again, how do you kill time if you are too early for an appointment?