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External Link/Members OnlyHer name at the time was Carmo Lis.
This was a very
strange experience.
⦁ I made a 30 min booking for £100.
⦁ I asked for the postcode.
⦁ She provided.
⦁ I put this (temporarily) into my Contacts on my MacBook, which syncs with my iPhone, instantly and automatically.
⦁ This was so that I could use google maps on my iPhone and just type in her name.. (no need to even copy and paste her post code).
⦁ Unbeknownst to me at the time, she'd accidentally typed in a capital o (”O") in place of a zero. I was led to the wrong end of a
massive road.
⦁ My punting "phone" is a Nokia E100. (It can only to texts and calls - no camera, no apps..)
⦁ I've heard about muggers on mopeds. I figured if they nabbed my Nokia I wouldn't care as much.
Immediately Before I left home⦁ I gave her my exact route. I said I'd be going on the {123} bus route and alighting at a {named bus stop}.
⦁ (Looking back, it's weird that at that point she didn't say "don't go there, that's miles away!")
Two different phone numbers⦁ She was also confused that I had two different phone numbers.
⦁ When I made the booking using AW it sent her my 2012 number, a Vodafone PAYG Sim, which had gone dead because of disuse. (I have no way of retrieving that number — it's dead forever)
Hackney Hangups⦁ When i arrived, I was extremely nervous because it was a strange part of Hackney.
⦁ I don't care that it's apparently gentrified. Feral urban youths don't give a fuck about house prices; they aren't going to be less violent. It's of no comfort to me. I could still get stabbed.
I arrive in E5⦁ I arrived on time. I phoned Carmo Lis and texted her my precise location: "I'm on the corner of X and Y street". We spoke in the phone and she said she would "come and get me".
⦁ At that point I thought I was very close. I was relieved that she was coming to me as I suck at maps and directions.
⦁ To avoid the appearance of loitering, I walked down "Y street", and circled around the block.
⦁ No sign of her at all
Still waiting⦁ My fingers were so cold that I was finding it hard to type texts -- it physically hurt to press buttons. (I also had the added challenge of using T9 text for the first time in years.)
⦁ We subsequently spoke in the phone a couple of times. She asked me what I could see. I replied: "a park?", ”a phone box", "a bus stop", "tennis courts? ".
⦁ I could see no distinct brands or landmarks — it was just houses, flats and greenery.
⦁ As I walked around, I kept my eyes peeled for a food shop with a foreign name. She had mentioned it was close to the meeting point.
⦁ I tried to get her to give me the (approximate) door number. I was exasperated. I had been walking around and around. Obviously I didn't mean the precise door number — I know the drill — but in the absence of landmarks I needed
something to aim for.
ScoldingSuddenly, after endless pacing — out of the blue —she unleashed a diatribe on me. I was bewildered because I did not see it coming! It crossed the line into abusive. I was aghast ! .
Attempt to reconcile⦁ I could barely believe what had just happened.
⦁ I pulled out my iPhone and used google maps to find the aforementioned food place with the foreign name. Aha! Found it. But it was bit of a trek.
⦁ I'm a fast walker but it still took me about 15 mins. When I got there I tried one last time. It was like look, look, I'm here ! But she was having none of it, she was convinced that I was a clown wasting her time.
⦁ I thought she'd later apologise and just say she was having a bad day or something. But instead she told me not to contact her again. What choice did I have but to leave her negative feedback on AW? I'm not going to lie.
Her response to my negative feedback on AWShe sent me a PM with a very sneering, ominous message which I found very callous. This is her message verbatim :
200 positive feedback against you? Good luck my friend. You will need it. I am reporting you to every sex worker forum, Ugly Mugs and here.
Next time be careful with whom you play with!⦁ What. The. Hell.
⦁ What does this even mean? I'm being blacklisted? That's the most cryptic, ominous message.
⦁ (I saw a fit Hungarian bird a few days later - I found her on AW, but I booked by phone instead of online, due to blacklisting fears.)
⦁ The whole time I'd been nothing but polite.
⦁ You'd think she'd take some constructive criticism on the chin. To me it seems like a massive overreaction.
⦁ It makes a mockery of the AW feedback system if people are deterred from saying what they really think.
It seems I am alone ⦁
I want to stress that it seems I'm the only person to have ever write anything remotely negative about her! By all accounts she is very highly regarded.
⦁ The purpose of my negative report here and on AW is simply to share my experience. It's just one data point. It's not to dissuade anyone.
About me — for context ⦁ I'm a very infrequent "punter". I did my first for AW in 2012. On average I've done about 1 a year.
⦁ I only ever see independents. Just my preference.
⦁ I didn't realise such detailed reviews even existed until I stumbled across this website, a few days ago. The wiki here is expansive. Very useful!
