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| Thu 25 Jun 09, 3:12 PM JJBoy UK(SE), 11 yrs |
I wanna tell you a storeeee….as Max Bygraves used to say: It's a cautionary tale…………Are you sitting comfortably? I met a domme here on IC as we subs do; she had a profile pic showing a great pair of ankles and well, after the usual memos to and from she suggest we meet. She lives in the environs of Bromley/southeast London and so she said we should meet at a restaurant she chose called Tamasha in Wigmore Road, Bromley - “It's a quiet place just to get to meet and see whether I like you” Last Friday arrived and txt'd my arrival as arranged. I txt'd again to asked what she would like to drink; a sparkling water. I had pineapple juice as I was driving and waited for her to turn up. She arrives and immediately ignores the sparkling water and orders a glass of champagne and we drink at the bar. Enjoying herself she then suggests having lunch…ok, I say, I wasn't sure as I don't do big lunches and an Indian at lunchtime not something I would do, but hey. I said ok, we pay for what we have because I cannot afford to keep buying you champagne I joked. She nodded as we walked through. We were the only ones in the restaurant! Lunch goes ahead, she insists she has a starter, and says to the waiter she would have her 'usual', likewise her 'usual' was ordered for her main course. Her usual starter was the most expensive king prawns and her main course was lobster! at £30.....another couple of glasses of champagne at £9 a pop, then she wanted to have pudding. I said I didn't want any as I was full, but please go ahead. Two puddings turned up!!....again when it came to coffee I said I was ok, she ordered her 'usual', being the 'Tamasha' coffee which she had also ordered for me….again 'the usual' . The bill came to £126! Her share being just shy of £100. So the bill turns up. Ok, lets pay…..your share is …..'Oh, I am sorry I don't have any money'….what about a card I ask. No, I don't get paid until Friday (this week) so my card is useless. She pleaded with me to pay. With a waiter standing there leering at me, I sent the waiter away. I agreed to pay the bill if she got cash from the cash machine and paid me back. She agreed and I paid!. We leave the restaurant (you know where this is going already!!) She goes to get the cash, saying she'll be 20 mins and then I hear nothing more. Half an hour later I finally get through to her and she says she is not going to pay me, and that the cost of the lunch was the price I had to pay to serve her and be used by her! (never something that was talked about) I took a pic of her car Reg and said I would report her to Met Police if she didn't pay come back and pay. She came back to the restaurant and produced a £20 note. She had hidden her car around the corner out of sight. She said she had come to that restaurant often with family and friends and yet when I spoke to the waiters she had only come there with single men on many occasions; she had never booked and consequently never left a name or phone number or they woudlo happily have given it to me. During our lunch she chided male subs from IC as 'all being complete wasters' - perhaps unlike me they didn't pay her bill!! I bumped into a senior patrol officer on the Wigmore Road and explained what had happened; he was great and encouraged me to report this person which I have done, including the Reg from her car so she they trace her, and her MO. The Police, and my female friends on IC with whom I have discussed this all say she clearly has done this before and will do it again, is a fake and others need to know about my experience. The Police actually suggested I post on here to warn others. I will probably not get my money, I'd like to think I will as money is harder to come by these days. It's the first time and the last time that this happens. Data Protection rules prevent me from identifying her in this thread, but if you want to know her ID, please memo me. If you recognise this scenario and were one of the 'wasters' from IC, please report to the Met Police. Tel: 0300 123 1212 My message to all the decent normal courteous folks on IC is beware. Best wishes, jjx PS. Admin sent me this wonderful link last Friday evening, which amused me out of my niggled embarrassed annoyance and was very much appreciated, thank you Admin, who wrote: 'I don't know whether you'll find this short story from the 1920s any consolation, but it sounds as if you met her great granddaughter...” See: http://isparku.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/the-lunc....
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| 25 Jun 09, 3:32 PM Avada_Kedavra UK, 7 yrs |
So sorry to hear that. I hope that the police do something about her conning ways. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/westlondonmunch/ | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:35 PM Sefriel UK(M), 3 yrs |
Damn, that's horrible. I hope something comes of it. All the best, mate. It's the wings, chicks -love- the wings. | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:36 PM Bubbles_2 UK(E), 6 yrs |
Yep, that Somerset Maugham story sprang to mind immediately! Club Subversion Crossing the Rubicon FleursduMal bobette's Facebook Beginners Guide to BDSM | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:38 PM Max_Bedroom 5 yrs |
Top man for dealing with it like this. Most people would not have the balls...which is why piss taking cunts like this get away with it... | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:40 PM Crystal_Eyes UK, 5 yrs |
Sorry to hear you've met such an appalling character. All the best for getting your money back. ------------------------------------------ | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:41 PM Mr_Worm UK(BN), 6 yrs |
I can empathise with you, but was there not a point after the champagne when she ordered the lobster that you thought hmmm maybe now is the time I really should make my excuses and get up and leave ? I know plenty of females who will quickly bail on a date (the standard pre planned call from a friend in case you need to escape ...) if they see that it is going nowhere let alone being landed for a bill from someone you have reservations about. Do males just tough it out in the hope that something will come of it ?
Edited 25 Jun 09, 3:44 PM by Mr_Worm | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:48 PM Jahc99 UK, 5 yrs |
I thought that, to begin with, but that's just the way these people work. They can be very manipulative, like that, they trade on other people's good will and politeness. So I'll add another 'good on ya' to the OP, one meeting with a character like that could deter a genuine soul from the whole malarky, and that's just not right. So let's see if this one can be nailed. Why poison your liver when I could eat it for you? | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:52 PM Sefriel UK(M), 3 yrs |
I take it as a point of honour that if needs be, I can pay for lunch with a date (or even a female friend I'm taking out); if not I'll agree well before I enter the restaurant, and make sure the person is willing to cough up. I have a great fear of being caught short on a bill, largely because of the values my father instilled in me about the service industry. It's the wings, chicks -love- the wings. | |
| 25 Jun 09, 3:55 PM Loving_Malevolence 3 yrs |
Sorry to read of your unfortunate incident. But good on you for standing up to her and warning others!! ~ When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. ~ | |
| 25 Jun 09, 4:00 PM Priapuss UK(PO), 4 yrs |
Shame you were taken in but a salutary lesson to be wary of. I applaud jjboy for not letting the scammer get away with her antics. Paying all the bill wasn't a good idea. A quick,'I'll just pop to the cash machine.' would have been a good get out and left her with the bill.
Today's the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. - Faith is a certainty without evidence-trust is empirical. |