12/08/2026
For you professionals (and clients that wanna read to make sure they don’t get in my bad books🤣)… BAD CLIENTS! 😩
Is there some sort of forum, group chat, page or group for us professionals who sadly have to deal with bad clients?
I’m talking about the people who don’t pay, take weeks to pay, completely ignore your terms and conditions, think cancellation fees somehow don’t apply to them, and then, when you politely ask for the money… block you. 🙃
I’m getting sick to death of all the admin involved in chasing people for money, chasing cancellation fees, only to then be ignored or blocked. It’s not fair. This is my livelihood. I have bills to pay, just like everyone else!
It is not my fault you “forgot” about the appointment, don’t have transport to get to your yard, moved yards and forgot to give me the new address, or that it’s raining and your horse doesn’t like the rain. These are just a few of the excuses I’ve had recently… although, unfortunately, not the rain one recently!😢😢
I am very considerate and flexible with my clients, probably to the point where I’m now being taken the p*** out of. I don’t want to start taking deposits because, frankly, I can’t be arsed with even more admin. 😂
I’ve also looked into an app that automatically reminds clients about their appointments, but I’m trying to keep my costs down. I could message everyone before their appointment, which I do try to do the night before or a couple of days beforehand, but even then I still get people saying they’ve forgotten, they’ve got the kids, they’re working, they’ve made other plans… 🤦♀️
Another thing is people who just hop from practitioner to practitioner once they start owing money to one. 🤣 With a group chat or something, we could at least warn each other about non-payers, serial late payers, or generally problematic clients before we get caught out ourselves. It would basically be a way of looking out for each other and sharing information where appropriate.
PLEASE TELL ME IM NOT ALONE!!🙄
Is there a secret support group for those of us who spend half our working lives actually doing our job and the other half chasing grown adults for money they owe us?! 😂
Picture of my do**us to lighten the mood🤣🤣