I didnt actually ask any questions at Ling. The woman who opened the door said none of the masseuses were in. But legit, if I'm calling ahead to see Cindy (or any other preferred provider) I'm assuming most people make same day or next day appointments?
Ling’s is generally more than fine with walk-ins. It’s possible you caught them on a bad day (tipped off inspectors coming, toilet backed up, everyone actually at Macy’s catching some cosmetics sale).
Maybe they decided to switch to a “foreigners only” business model LOL. That would blow everyone’s mind. Asian guys PMing each other for the secret code, asking non-Asians to vouch for them, starting obsessive threads....
Most likely, you being a “bundle of nerves” and busting out your American-born accented Mandarin, combined with what I’m taking a wild guess are your very youthful looks,
I’m standing by my original guess that you reminded them of someone’s son and that was just too much cognitive dissonance. (They are NOT nonconformists).
Honestly, you are so meticulous on the board, it makes you seem kinda Narc-ey. I can only imagine what it’s like in person.
By the time you stake out the block surrounding ABC Spa until you familiarize yourself with all the local businesses and the routines of their patrons, measure the distance from the spa to each of the Botanic Garden entrances, and pepper all the monger boards with clarifying questions about the staff rotation and floor plan, Cindy will surely be walking backs in Reno. Maybe you should just abandon your monger ambitions until a later date and knock off other items on your bucket list.