So there was a thread in the incall section, called 'truth in advertising', where the issue of YMMV was debated (again, I imagine). Just to throw the cat amongst the pidgeons (i.e: shit stirring) - and with the risk of pissing off the moderators, those loathe to rock any boat, and maybe some SP's here:
. . . isn't saying "YMMV is a fact of life, get over it" a recipe for playing a paradoxical lottery?
Consider . . .
- Being the sweetie you are you approach your SP adventure fully acknowledging the human elements (respectful, cleanliness, and accepting YMMV as a product of the intangibility of chemistry (clicking or not, as some write)). You are so nice, let me squeeze those cheeks.
- But your SP approaches it as business, so that YMMV is a weasel word for managing your business transactions as you see fit at that point in time. The client is human, sure, but mostly a medium of exchange, managed by something called a YMMV factor. In the end, it is JUST business, sweet stuff; in reality the SP is not your girlfriend.
- The client thinks 'mechanical'. Probably gets reminded of YMMV, even though he knew it and tried to accomodate it by being respectful, clean, etc.
- So next time the client goes all business-minded. What's on the menu, if it's a business transaction? But now the client gets chided for not acknowledging the human elements. Doh! It's MORE than business; SP's are not robots.
- So client goes back to the sweet and caring approach . . .
- YOU ARE NOW IN THE CIRCLE!!! YOU ARE GETTING DIZZY!!!
Note how you can get ran around in circles very easy, with this whole YMMV stuff? The only way out of the vicious circle is to acknowledge the game you're actually playing . . . rolling the dice, hoping it works out.
That's probably not a satisfactory conclusion, but nor is it really affected - if you follow the circularity you get caught in - by saying do your research, write reviews, etc, etc. It is what it is, it seems, even if none of us want to get shafted by the YMMV stick.
But it would be cool if someone could prove me wrong - that we're not, ultimately, playing a paradoxical lottery.
. . . isn't saying "YMMV is a fact of life, get over it" a recipe for playing a paradoxical lottery?
Consider . . .
- Being the sweetie you are you approach your SP adventure fully acknowledging the human elements (respectful, cleanliness, and accepting YMMV as a product of the intangibility of chemistry (clicking or not, as some write)). You are so nice, let me squeeze those cheeks.
- But your SP approaches it as business, so that YMMV is a weasel word for managing your business transactions as you see fit at that point in time. The client is human, sure, but mostly a medium of exchange, managed by something called a YMMV factor. In the end, it is JUST business, sweet stuff; in reality the SP is not your girlfriend.
- The client thinks 'mechanical'. Probably gets reminded of YMMV, even though he knew it and tried to accomodate it by being respectful, clean, etc.
- So next time the client goes all business-minded. What's on the menu, if it's a business transaction? But now the client gets chided for not acknowledging the human elements. Doh! It's MORE than business; SP's are not robots.
- So client goes back to the sweet and caring approach . . .
- YOU ARE NOW IN THE CIRCLE!!! YOU ARE GETTING DIZZY!!!
Note how you can get ran around in circles very easy, with this whole YMMV stuff? The only way out of the vicious circle is to acknowledge the game you're actually playing . . . rolling the dice, hoping it works out.
That's probably not a satisfactory conclusion, but nor is it really affected - if you follow the circularity you get caught in - by saying do your research, write reviews, etc, etc. It is what it is, it seems, even if none of us want to get shafted by the YMMV stick.
But it would be cool if someone could prove me wrong - that we're not, ultimately, playing a paradoxical lottery.