PROFILE
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Slow. First contacted her early on Friday evening, by both voicemail and text.
No response until Saturday lunchtime.
Enquired about a booking on Sunday morning after 10:00, she took two hours+ to respond.
I never expect immediate replies, ever, but both of these together should have been a warning sign given her stated working hours and up to date AW profile.
LOCATION
Avonmouth.
Well, that's what's on her AW profile, and has been for months.
And Avonmouth is what I thought it was, until 20 minutes before the meeting time when I was already half an hour into a car journey.
She was nearly six miles away and a 15 minute journey back into Bristol, closer to Henbury than Avonmouth.
In reality the actual location was much more pleasant and reassuring to park your car in than Avonmouth, so a small +1 for that.
However, it's also an area I used to live in, and I still know many people around the area, so I'd normally give it a very wide miss, especially on a weekend.
Also, it would have been a complete non-starter if I'd been on public transport or walking.
COST
£100/60 mins.
APPEARANCE
N/A - read on.
MEETING
Thought I'd give Nancy Thai a go, as she was apparently in Avonmouth, an area where I don't know anyone, or so her profile appeared. Plus, she had a few previous good reviews on here.
However, after messing me around with location as described above, I then had to drive back to the postcode she texted to me 20 minutes before the meeting. Told her I thought she was in Avonmouth from her profile. Stroppy reply implying that was my fault (! HOW?), with no apology. I was already starting to think twice about this one due to her attitude, but gave her another chance.
Vague instructions in very poor English followed by text, telling me "exactly" where to find her. Followed them to the letter as well as could be expected, to the correct road. Thank god for satnav. Being Sunday lunchtime by now, and a packed residential area, the roads were full of parked cars and vans, so no parking spaces.
I drove around for ten minutes trying to find somewhere, still within time, but nothing free unless I wanted to park in a bus stop. Lots of texts asking where I was, even though I was still very early. Eventually phoned her to ask if there was anywhere close by to park and I got some shitty response in broken, half unintelligible English about where to park. From her tone, it was obvious she was having a very bad morning, or she's just got a crap personality. Broken English I can take, shitty attitude, no.
So, I patiently told her several times there was no parking there, biting my tongue not to tell her to stop being so bloody rude, but she was in an argumentative mood.
Eventually I parked nearby, called again, told her where I was and asked for directions from there, still within time. "15 minute walks" I was told. "No, not unless you lied to me a second time" I told her, as I knew I was parked about 30 metres along a foot path from her "mandatory" parking area. Not good enough, 15 minute walks, apparently. Maybe on my hands and knees, drunk.
Told her again there was no parking and that I'd call her back if I could find any. Got another shitty remark about being stupid and "must park near me, long walks". No thanks love, I decide where I'm going to leave my car for an hour, not you. None of your business.
Not wanting to get my tyres slashed or broken into, or perhaps being reported for yet another male visitor to her flat parking in the same place, I told her that I couldn't find a space and I wasn't happy being misled about where to find her, as I knew people who lived there. More abuse, so she simply got blocked permanently, including the second, alternative phone she used when it was obvious I wasn't going to be goaded by her, her gob, or her text messages.
CONCLUSION
Either she's generally shitty, had a very bad morning, or there's some scam going on with the parking.
She was clearly having a very bad day at best, and decided to take it out on me. I wasn't having a bad day until I was parked in Avonmouth and discovered she'd lied about her location and I had to drive back to find her, but it wasn't getting any better listening to her crap and BS!
No one has the right to tell a customer the exact place they should park, and if they think they do, they're not going to get much business. No doubt she'll have blacklisted me and probably ended up with my disposable number on another site, but that's better than getting your car stolen, broken into or bashed up. I'll live with that, in combination with her lying about her location. And probably a lot more if I'd made it inside her door.
Bottom line:
You'd think anyone who works cash in hand needs money after six months of lockdown.
Obviously not.
A WG should truthfully state not just her prices and services offered, but also where the meeting will take place. At a push, I'll accept her lying believably about her age. I don't want her exact address on a first visit, but FFS, Henbury and Avonmouth aren't exactly walking distance at six miles apart, and she didn't know I was in a car until I was in Avonmouth. Grrrr.
Gobbing off at someone by both phone and by text is unacceptable, and a great way to lose business, especially when you've lied to a potential, new customer about your location. Hey, it's my time and petrol you're wasting, you selfish idiot.
Contrast this to the excellent service I got last week in WsM at Chang Thai, and I know where I'll be spending my hard earned cash next time.
Nancy Thai - you blew it. And not in the usual way either.
