Three back to back clients cancelled on me this Tuesday and I'm honestly losing it

I had three houses scheduled for Tuesday and all of them called off within an hour of each other, one saying they 'forgot' they had a plumber coming. That's a solid $240 I was counting on for the week just gone in a single afternoon. Anyone else have their whole day fall apart like that for no real reason?

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owens.cameron5d ago

Laugh so hard I forgot to cry when a client pulled the "something came up" text on me last week. Turns out "something" was a last minute brunch reservation they didn't want to miss out on. And of course they expect you to just reschedule like it's no big deal, meanwhile you already turned down another job for that slot. Like sure, my time is just free floating out there for you to play with.

hugoh555d ago

Think it through for a second @owens.cameron. Brunch reservations are pretty serious business, maybe she had a strict window on a mimosa flight or something. But for real, is it that deep? You're talking like she passed on your kidney transplant not a photo shoot or a consulting call. I guess I just don't see why you can't reschedule her and move on. Clients flake, that's the game, and getting worked up over it is just giving them free rent in your head.