This has definitely been posted before but I wanted to address it again.
Many clients get so standoff-ish and totally flip a switch when you ask them to screen- even when itโs in your ad. I donโt think they read the whole ad to be honest and thatโs fine, but are Ottawa men not used to being screened? I think itโs so insane not to screen.
Hereโs my process, I ask them if theyโve seen my ad, to which 99% say yes. If they say no, I send it to them. Then we talk rates and dates/ times. Then, to lock it in, I ask for my screening criteria. The shock I get is nothing far from funny and frustrating. I go down a level to a less โintrusiveโ form of screening, theyโre still rattled. Some suggest a FaceTime session to get to know each other first. I donโt know about you but to me- thatโs not screening. I still donโt know who you are, if youโre a safe, if you are who you say you are, you could be putting on a front and I could end up in a million little pieces later that night.
I donโt know about anyone else but screening is mandatory for me.
Has anyone else in Ottawa had this issue to this extent? How do you go about it besides just saying โbyeeeโ next? I have my script about how us sw have to be safe blah blah blah but thatโs just not cutting it
Love,
Candy