Time watch

For three days in a row I haven’t been to the gym and already starting to feel tired somehow. However I use to go in the morning, before clients awake up and the weather has been just horrible to leave my bed. Definitely not a big fun of dark winter mornings.!
Yesterday I saw a TV ad with Linda Evangelista for Prada.

I thought of her today because she is famous for that quote back in 90's saying she wouldn’t leave her bed for less than $10.000. i bet you she was inspired by one of those very depressing dark mornings. Nowadays I think she still must charge quite a lot . . . but not sure if she can still afford to stay in bed at 50!.

Signs of the credit crunch: more and more clients asking if I do ‘fast 30’.
For those one not familiar with the term, it means: a quick session, all inclusive where the client would get as much as he can within 30 minutes.

Technically they want us to charge half of the amount we normally would charge for the standard 1h service. In reality we never charge any near that, just give a sort of £20 or £30 discount because they still will get what they are looking for. Besides that, those small jobs can consume the same amount of time in terms of travelling around London – and the same amount of money on travel cards as well. I don’t think Transport for London would give me any discount if I tell them: listen, I dropped my price and I am going just for a real ‘fast 30’. You should drop your price too!. Hahahahahaa
It just doesn’t work that way.

Until more less 6 months ago, clients use to ask the price for the second hour, what would work exactly the other way around: if I am already at their place, spent the travel fees, why not be flexible about an extra hour bringing extra money? Now they want to pay less and less – sex almost for free if they can get it!

- You have to adequate to the new times! – Clients keep me saying. But it happens more often with those ones that still don’t know my services. The regular ones knows I worth what I charge, that I am reliable and discreet, and those things can worth quite a lot especially if they are married, politicians or celebrities.

Last week, one client fitting at the first category said that his partner started to act a bit funny recently. I didn’t understand properly what he meant by that once he uses to hire escorts and bring them home very often!

Tomorrow I have a client near Bermondsey. I don’t like the area, too many dodge people around the tube station and I don’t feel safe at all. But it is work and I’ve been there once before.