12is12 Posted May 17 Posted May 17 https://hotman.co.kr/ Their website is very clear - actually blunt, for a discretion-prefering society. Setting appointment via telegram was very efficient, given the english-speaking administrator. I set the appointment for 17:30, but warned there r uber and traffic prblms and that I would update him accordingly. "OK, no prblm" was his response. Indeed we had to postpone again and again, each time - "ok" and a new hour set. However, when I arrived at 18:25, he said my appointment would b only 40 mnts instead of 60 bcs I m late (bumping against a 19:10 appointment). I said "ok, but I'll pay two thirds accordingly". He raised his voice, wouldnt explain why he didnt say so in advance, and demanded full payment. I left, him running after me in the street, shouting about money and "f--k u". FYI )-: Olddaddy, xpaulo, Ian here and 1 other 1 3 Quote
Keithambrose Posted May 17 Posted May 17 36 minutes ago, 12is12 said: https://hotman.co.kr/ Their website is very clear - actually blunt, for a discretion-prefering society. Setting appointment via telegram was very efficient, given the english-speaking administrator. I set the appointment for 17:30, but warned there r uber and traffic prblms and that I would update him accordingly. "OK, no prblm" was his response. Indeed we had to postpone again and again, each time - "ok" and a new hour set. However, when I arrived at 18:25, he said my appointment would b only 40 mnts instead of 60 bcs I m late (bumping against a 19:10 appointment). I said "ok, but I'll pay two thirds accordingly". He raised his voice, wouldnt explain why he didnt say so in advance, and demanded full payment. I left, him running after me in the street, shouting about money and "f--k u". FYI )-: Quite a success, then! khaolakguy 1 Quote
floridarob Posted May 18 Posted May 18 21 hours ago, 12is12 said: I left, him running after me in the street, shouting about money and "f--k u". Reading this, I thought it was a post by @Olddaddy 😳 tm_nyc and Travelingguy 2 Quote
Keithambrose Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago On 5/18/2026 at 1:27 PM, floridarob said: Reading this, I thought it was a post by @Olddaddy 😳 Not with running involved! Travelingguy and floridarob 2 Quote
PeterRS Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago An issue made in the OP is one everyone should consider. If an appointment is made to suit an individual client, it is as much the responsibility of that client to be on time as it is the service provider. Regular messaging updates about bad traffic is hardly an excuse, the more so when the appointment time is at rush hour. And this is as true in Seoul where the traffic is horrendous, as it is in many other major Asian cities. Surely the OP could have got himself to a coffee shop, hotel or at least somewhere hear the massage spa in advance so as to be on time for the appointment he himself had made? Trusting what is assumed to be an agreement by a phone operator in Seoul about bad traffic is, as the client discovered, of little use. To offer to pay only two thirds when it was the client who was late was demeaning, especially in a very Confucian society. And then just to walk out even more so. Blah, bkkmfj2648 and captainmick 3 Quote
macaroni21 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 7 hours ago, PeterRS said: it is as much the responsibility of that client to be on time as it is the service provider..... To offer to pay only two thirds when it was the client who was late was demeaning, especially in a very Confucian society. And then just to walk out even more so. +1 Quote
