So do you think that using an hourglass to keep time is tacky?

[Guest100514]

This kind of turned into a thread that was started a while back (Who's fault is it if the appointment goes over). Personally, I have no way to tell time in my room, besides my phone and I never look at it. I never know how long the appointment has been until after they have left. I don't see anything wrong with keeping time, as long as you're not giving warnings every 5 mins and sometimes, if need be, you allow them to go over. I ran into this dilemma a few months after I started in this business. I used to be lower priced and high volume. I've seen the 10 minute fast trick and "get him out as fast as you can after one pop, no matter the scheduled time". Personally, that didn't work for me. I'd rather be higher priced and lower volume. That way, you can always be MSOG and you don't have to worry about time. I think people appreciate it more. Even though it's all about the illusion of passion, it's hard for me to lie. I have to actually give a shit in order for people to think I do.

[Prolongus]

Originally Posted by OldButStillGoing

Find one in the shape of a penis

I know what you're thinking OBSG, but ...sand gets in EVERYTHING.

I hear there's a guy who drives a Ferarri and parks it by the incall window. He has the horn timed to go off in one hour.

[ElisabethWhispers]

Originally Posted by doug_dfw

I rely only on my Rolex linked to the GM and distrust all others. Hour glasses are the least reliable for obvious reasons- humidity levels, just as the start. I have never made a comment but certainly my decision for a revisit is affected by the accuracy of the clock used by the Provider. Heck, the most obvious is one set 10 minutes ahead and used as accurate. Flowing sand is less reliable than tick tock.

Oh gosh. I certainly agree that an hourglass isn't accurate. But I doubt that I'm the only one who really doesn't count our time together in minutes and nanoseconds.

It just doesn't work that way. I did read an article that suggested hourglasses, the ones that are considered fairly accurate, would still have a -3 to +3 difference in timing and even THAT could vary.

[ElisabethWhispers]

Originally Posted by Rambro Creed

For some reason, I keep picturing a Jetsons style exit, where contraptions from the ceiling would grab you and literally throw you out.

Not really, but just once it would be funny to see.

I tend to picture flying green monkeys and swirling themes of music featured in popular musicals from the 1930's.

Otherwise, it might be sweet to end the time together with this song:

I'm so glad we had this time together,
Just to have a laugh, or sing a song.
Seems we just get started and before you Know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So long".

There's a time you wanna sigh for dreamin.
And a time for things you have to do.
The time I love the best is any evening
I can spend a moment here with you.



When the time comes and I'm feelin' lonely
And I'm feelin' oh so blue.
I just sit back and think of you only
And the happiness still comes through.


That's why I'm glad we had this time together.
Cause it makes me feel like I'm along.
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So Long".



Gosh, I just love Carol Burnett!

[planojim]

Elisabeth...
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Clean, hilarious, CLASSIC, sketch comedy...Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, and Lyle Wagner.

Originally Posted by ElisabethWhispers

I tend to picture flying green monkeys and swirling themes of music featured in popular musicals from the 1930's.

Otherwise, it might be sweet to end the time together with this song:

I'm so glad we had this time together,
Just to have a laugh, or sing a song.
Seems we just get started and before you Know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So long".

There's a time you wanna sigh for dreamin.
And a time for things you have to do.
The time I love the best is any evening
I can spend a moment here with you.



When the time comes and I'm feelin' lonely
And I'm feelin' oh so blue.
I just sit back and think of you only
And the happiness still comes through.


That's why I'm glad we had this time together.
Cause it makes me feel like I'm along.
Seems we just get started and before you know it
Comes the time we have to say, "So Long".



Gosh, I just love Carol Burnett!

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by Jillian Price

This kind of turned into a thread that was started a while back (Who's fault is it if the appointment goes over). Personally, I have no way to tell time in my room, besides my phone and I never look at it. I never know how long the appointment has been until after they have left. I don't see anything wrong with keeping time, as long as you're not giving warnings every 5 mins and sometimes, if need be, you allow them to go over. I ran into this dilemma a few months after I started in this business. I used to be lower priced and high volume. I've seen the 10 minute fast trick and "get him out as fast as you can after one pop, no matter the scheduled time". Personally, that didn't work for me. I'd rather be higher priced and lower volume. That way, you can always be MSOG and you don't have to worry about time. I think people appreciate it more. Even though it's all about the illusion of passion, it's hard for me to lie. I have to actually give a shit in order for people to think I do.

We do. At least I think the kind of clients most women want to see share that appreciation. Even us one-shot guys.

[Laura Lynn]

I think it's a creative idea, definitely not tacky like an egg timer. Seriously there are people who use an egg timer? But, it may seem like it's a little bit of clock watching. Once the sand is gone, you should be too kinda thing. Just a thought

[TinMan]

The egg timer was a wisecrack, as it only takes about 3 minutes to boil an egg.

[Texas Contrarian]

I wouldn't be offended by the use of an hourglass, especially one that appears to be a cool-looking antique collectible, and if accompanied by a humorous, whimsical reference to its use.

For additional effect, you could consider locating it near an antique tablet with numbers chalked onto it, and an abacus sitting beside it! (A slide rule would seem much too modern, right?)

Hourglasses were used centuries ago by timekeepers and navigators aboard ships. In most cases, they were accurate enough to enable fairly decent navigational reckoning by way of the simultaneous utilization of celestial observations.

Early mariners found them much more accurate in rough seas than the ancient "water clocks" used by the Greeks and Romans, especially since they weren't significantly affected by the motion.

One fun fact: Hourglasses were sometimes used in small churches early in U.S. history and colonial times. It's been said that some preachers kept a nervous eye on them, lest they piss off too many congregants by prattling on past the allotted time!