Sorry to have offended you. I meant this to be a little more lighthearted than it came across. Obviously I don't mean let's mock the people that come seeking help and certainly not anything so specific it breeches confidentiality.
I truly meant more generally frustrating themes that could be spun with a bit of satire.
I took your opening post in the way I think you meant it. I'm not sure why the replies have been so serious. I didn't see anything encouraging us to mock or make fun of our sitters....and since this is an anonymous place, it seems private enough to me. No one is going to be naming names here.
My first paid reading, which was word of mouth and I had met the lady a few times previously, she never seemed to recall meeting me ever, until she found out I read cards. Then everything changed. I went to her house for this reading, after a friend of mine recommended me to her, and my friend thought I'd have an easy time dealing with this woman. Ha!!
We sat down and chatted for a bit, then I moved on to my schpiel on what I do and what I charge. She then said, quite shocked, oh, I thought the first reading was always free. Uh, no. Not when I've driven out to your remote home, which is almost a mansion on vast acreage. No, I charge when it is a paid reading. I ended up reading for her for at least 3 hours, as she was probably one of the most manipulative and disarming people I've ever encountered in my life. Ever. She paid me $50. She told me that was all she had planned to pay me, regardless of the amount of cards and time I spent. I left feeling utterly drained and a bit nutty, also very much taken advantage of, but lesson learned. She kept trying to contact me, for more readings, and no intention of paying me at all. I just stopped answering her calls, though when we have run into each other in town, it's very awkward.
Some folks just seem to think that they don't need to pay for most of the services they seek out and enjoy. I guess that's how they manage to have giant homes on vast acreage. I'm also not the only person she has done this sort of thing to, as I found out later. Take a class that costs X amount? Pay them with a bag of oranges. And be very dismayed when the teacher says, no this class costs X. Literally.