How do you ensure your own safety? (47)

Im curious to know how in your professional role do you go about ensuring your own personal safety when sessioning with clients, especially with first time clients. I am aware that some PD's have a kind of sitter for the duration of the session but surely this isnt practical every time you session and what if this isn't an option available to you?

Also how do you minimise other potential safety risks that could happen outside of the session, for example that guy that had been posting and blogging everywhere about a Mistress that he claimed had abused him although it actually appeared he was just waging a vendetta due to not getting what he wanted from the said Mistress.

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PDs being in danger has been discussed before. In my opinion, based on newspaper reports and lack of anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the client is at more risk from a con-Domme, and her baseball bat wielding boyfriend, than a genuine PD is from a client.

Most of us, certainly the IC PDsthat I personally know, take a great deal of care in selecting which applications we want to take further. Most of us are by appointment only, and most of us have a very rigorous application process that tends to weed out the idiots and obsessed types. We also make them jump through hoops such as confirming on the day of the session but refusing to disclose our exact location until they are stood outside our premises so that we can inspect them for hidden machetes.

We also take a great deal of care in our level of service which means clients are happy, and don't feel cheated. It is also necessary to maintain strict personal boundaries so we dont encourage unwanted attentions from enamoured clients.

Outside of session there is very little you can do apart from hope that malicious campaigns are obvious to your colleagues and clients. The fact is, that only a timy proportion of our client base spends time reading forums or blogs. They are far too busy working and living life.

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Edited 1 Mar 10, 10:50 PM by Lady_Anna_Bradford

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John 16:33 (KJV)

Try not to be alone, have a maid or slave to hand if possible. If not, a safe call is a good idea.

Some dungeons have CCTV outside and a link to the local nick via a panic button.

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Thank you for your insightful responce..... i didnt think about the fact posting about such things here could be seen as problematic but i guess that makes sense really, so thank you for sharing what you did.

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Actually this is a good point... but as paypal have all your personal information do they not get to see that in the transaction details?

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Edited 2 Mar 10, 8:32 PM by MadameCaramel

If you work from a professional dungeon then their are usually other mistresses there. But I guess its like any job where you interact with the public, their are risks. I have'nt heard of anyone being attacked but I don't know alot of mistresses.

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I will say that the best way to secure your safety is by being extremely selective about who you see in the first place. It's the best safety mechanism that I know and also cuts down dramatically on timewasters.

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