I was sent to a worksite, so mildly aware of the area (pretty high crime but mainly in the late hours), but it was early and I was with a partner. They pulled in first and had walked up and around the corner. The lot was down an alley. I parked, and as I was walking up the alley a BIG man comes from the opposite direction. I was alone, he made eye contact, and began to reach towards me and say “heeey”. I swear it was .05 seconds and the phone I already had in hand was against my ear, I skipped away, forced myself to pretend I had never perceived him, and said “yeah I’m here I’m coming around the corner now” as loud as i could. I keep replaying it though. It could have been a more determined asshole in that alley easily, and I might have been in a situation. Never doing in-homes again.

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    11 days ago

    Yeah I’ve taken care of that end. Ordinarily I would work alone for a home session. But I immediately requested they either a)come in person or b)swap remote after this, which is being respected thankfully.