Popular Locations and Good Practices
Some great and helpful comments to my previous post have been illuminating. Again, a noob here, so any thoughts by wiser and more experienced members are welcome.
It seems like my main takeaway is the veracity of my first suggestion. Namely, that if reservations / bookings have zero effect on seeing the person you are booking, simply say that the establishment does not take reservations, it is on a first come first served, but that all the women are laser-focused on providing a great experience and that you encourage them to come in a see for themselves. Now I happen to think a second alternative, accepting reservations to repeat customers who have shown up in the past, is the best business practice. It helps with planning for the girls, managing flow better, and if obviously more convenient to repeat and reliable customers.
It seems obvious (at least to me) that accepting bookings and confirming with language such as you "have a date" has almost zero upside and potentially big downside, and is the worst alternative of three business practices (keep bookings for repeat clients; do not take bookings; or take bookings from repeat clients, but do not honor them). Many of us drive fairly long distances (fighting perpetually awful traffic on 405) to get to popular locations, with time pressures and tight schedules. Hence, having to awkwardly sit 20 or even 50 minutes in the timeout corner to wait for your girl in the event a walk-in snagged her, or try someone else randomly (which based on my first experience ended 25 minutes early at the behest of the provider CAN go wrong) is an unwelcome development. It seems like the first rule of business should be to underpromise and overdeliver. Few things are worse in a customer-service endeavor worse than setting up an expectation for client that is then unfulfilled.
It seems like another solid suggestion is to make sure personnel are honest with their clientele. So if someone is coming in with a booking to see someone specific, yet that person has taken a walk-in, to be upfront and let the client know that is the case. Having someone represent themselves to be the person booked when that is not the case just creates unnecessary deceit and (yet again) the potential for client expectations being left unfulfilled (not to mention needlessly creating distrust with one's client base). While I had the bracing, yet truthful, acknowledgement that my booked girl was with a walk-in in one instance while frequenting a popular location, on two other occasions I had girls tell me they were somebody they were not.
Again, these are suggestions coming from a fan of at least one popular location, hoping they become the kind of establishment that does not induce false hopes or expectations for their clientele (especially for those who are relatively new, but want to be regular patrons). Be kind and safe out there gents!
Downtown other than Jackson
I'll be downtown for some work later this week, but it's not familiar territory.
Any suggestions worth checking within walking or quick Uber distance from First Hill?