I got one for you. I will be doing a review after this on Rain Blossom Stone, but felt the tip would be better served here.
I was going for a massage today, but was torn between 2 choices. I wanted to try Summer at Kara & Bubbly, but I also had Jasmine at RBS on my list of providers I would like to see. I texted Kara & Bubbly asking for Summers availability today. The response I got back was “ What Time”? So I said noon. They responded back “how long”? After I responded back 1 hour, they responded “see you at noon”
In the responses I got back from Kara & Bubbly, I was looking for one word, which never was said.
Now here is my text interaction with RBS. I asked for Jasmines availability today. RBS says that JASMINE is available. After we went back and forth on the time. RBS said JASMINE will see you at noon.
As you can probably see, the difference between the two texts is that Kara and Bubbly never said “Summer”. Now maybe I still would ha e been given Summer if I went, but the best way to not be taken advantage of is to not put yourself in that situation to begin with
FWIW I got a text from the K&B number when they reopened after the initial pandemic closures. (I'd been there a few years earlier before I took a job on the west coast. The text said it was Summer and that they were open again.
(1) I have no evidence either way, but it's possible Summer thought you knew it was her. It's also possible it wasn't Summer.
(2) They keep our numbers for a long time. Summer texted me about 3 1/2 years after my last visit when it was named Crystal Spa. When I went back to Blue Wave this year, it was about 1 1/2 after my last visit. The manager recognized my number. (She said they were only open to existing customers, not new ones. Again, no idea if this is true, but the Open light doesn't seem to be on.)
(3) A burner phone seems like a good idea based on (2). While the NSA can find my burner easily, I figure it might take the Newark police an extra 15 min if they took customer numbers when they shut Wellness Spa. (I only called them once when they were on Philadelphia Pike, in Newark I texted one of the women I had seen previously).
I see ads for both Crystal (old number) and K & B (new number). Any ideas? Just in case someome calls the old number?