maxes about 10 years ago was a top agency,what happened
Oddly enough, and tying in with this following point in my post above...
And, in the unusual event that you got as far as 10 minutes into an appointment without handing any money over, you now have to face options 2 & 3, but with her asking or demanding the compensation from you
... it was just such an experience with a Max's girl in which I last encountered the above problem, and it was also one of the last occasions I used that agency.
I was a regular customer of the agency, and turned up somewhere in West London to see an Aussie girl of his who'd just recent re-joined. When I arrived she'd clearly recently finished a lunch n fuck appointment, at which she had sunk more drink than she could handle. She claimed to be suffering from '
a wee bit of jet-leeeg', and for a minute, I was disarmed enough to allow for her being tipsy. But it quickly became apparent that, in fact, she was paralytic, and had yet to reach the nadir. She was so bad in fact, that I could see she was going to be a menace to herself. I tried to gently diffuse the now clearly unworkable appointment by saying it looked like she wasn't quite herself. Naturally, this had the opposite effect - making her angry. She raised her voice about me being 'obliged' to pay her £300 'compensation, mate'. (At least she said obliged, not 'obligated', eh?)
I called the receptionist at Maxes, explained myself, and said that actually the girl needed a minder with her pronto because if her next customer was inclined to abuse the situation, she was in no way capable of looking after herself. They thanked me, and I left - the girl had collapsed on the sofa by then.
I corresponded with Max afterwards. If I recall correctly, he apologised, said he'd had previous with her some time ago, this was the last straw etc; and that she'd since been let-go again. All very civil, but I was 1 hour of wasted two-way travel and £70 in taxis out, and having probably spent £15k+ on his stable of pretties over the preceding few years, I was disappointed that he didn't think the situation merited at least something like 50% off my next 1 hour booking, at his expense. Accordingly I've not made a booking since.
That's what happened to Maxes, for me.