What excuses have you made for not getting on cam?

[CuteAlysse18]

I've been so bad lately... It's really just out of sheer laziness. Especially if I have more than enough money, I'll find little reasons to not come online. Other times I really feel too shy to come on camera. It's strange!
The only thing that comes second to laziness is bloatedness. I'll preview my cam and if my food baby is lookin overdue I won't broadcast. lol
The past week or more I've been lazy and eating a lot... thus, horrible schedule.

Maybe if I get a cute kitten calendar and fill it out with my schedule I'll feel more motivation to log on. lol

 

[Kokoro]

I pull the sick card a lot. If I feel just a little bit bad, I won't get on cam. I'm always afraid it will affect my performance.

 

[PearlSparkles]

sometimes I'm like maybe after walking dead....
maybe after I eat...

most of the times iits cuz I'm shy....

 

[sexyvanessa4u]

I feel fat today, I'm too tired, it's gonna be slow, there's something on TV I want to watch, I'd rather be playing Facebook games. LOL My goal for 2014 is to not be such a lazy camgirl.

 

[KristinaReapsMe]

I'm a sickly person so there's always something going on. Almost every tweet is, "Sorry guys going to the ER. AGAIN." But this year I'm gonna try to stay away from my filthy roommate and cam every night.

 

[CatEarnshaw]

If someone was mean to me the day before, like last night.

If I am tired, I work during the day.

If I am ill or hormonal or just going out.

 

[AnyaSchwanz]

Pretty much the only thing that makes me not want to cam is being paranoid about anal... :?

 

[mynameisbob84]

One I see used fairly often and always makes me wonder if it's not better to be less honest in that instance and make something up, is "none of my friends are on, so I'm not gonna cam today".

I can see why a model wouldn't wanna get online without the safety net of her regulars being there, but for those on the outside looking in, it kinda communicates the following:

1. The model only works when she knows her preferred customer base is online. Which is great for the model if she's able to do that, but it's a luxury not many people have.

2. It suggests that the model is reliant upon her regulars for her income. If I'm one of her regulars, I don't necessarily wanna think that she's reliant on my tips, and those of her other regulars. It kinda makes tipping seem like a responsibility as opposed to something you just do to show a little appreciation from time to time. Which is less fun and probably feels like a burden after a while.

3. And for the members who are regulars of the model in question and are online when the model tells them that she's not gonna cam 'cos "none of her friends are currently online", it's probably a slightly needless kick in the balls to their ego. :twocents-02cents:

 

[LadyLuna]

1. procrastinating what I mean to do for the day, then finally doing it during the first couple hours I should be camming, and then feeling like I won't make any money if I log on that late.

2. "one more youtube show"

3. "one more chapter in the book"

4. "one more goal on GW2"

5. "my room is too cold, let me warm it up". *leaves door open, so it takes hours to warm up* "well, now I'd only be on for an hour... no point"

6. It's (insert time of day here), I never make money at that time. [recent analysis of earnings has proven to me that there is no set time of day, or day of week, or day of month, in which I consistently earn more than other times/days, but I still use this excuse sometimes]

 

[IsabellaSnow]

Sometimes if I'm hormonal or in an irritable mood I make the excuse up that if I cammed I'd probably end up losing my shit and try to verbally castrate passing by members unfortunate to fall in my path.

edit to add: I just did the best one. Log into the mfc homepage without telling any of my regulars I'm thinking of coming on cam. Notice oh, there's none of my closer regs or members who tend to tip me fairly well online at this current moment. Oh well, guess I'll have to give tonight a miss and play dungeon keeper instead! What a shame! *logs off rapidly feeling smug*

 

[AnyaSchwanz]

Sometimes if I'm hormonal or in an irritable mood I make the excuse up that if I cammed I'd probably end up losing my shit and try to verbally castrate passing by members unfortunate to fall in my path.

edit to add: I just did the best one. Log into the mfc homepage without telling any of my regulars I'm thinking of coming on cam. Notice oh, there's none of my closer regs or members who tend to tip me fairly well online at this current moment. Oh well, guess I'll have to give tonight a miss and play dungeon keeper instead! What a shame! *logs off rapidly feeling smug*

I've definitely used that one...

 

[AmberCutie]

One of the downsides to usually sticking to a consistent schedule is that I feel super guilty if I decide to take a day off. I feel like I am letting them down, especially the super sweet dedicated ones who are there every day. They work my cam time into their daily lives and I SO appreciate that. But, I have said this once in a while to my members, that one of the biggest perks to my job is the freedom I have and if I feel the need to take an extra day or few off, or log on at a different time than I said, that's just sort of how it's going to go sometimes.

As far as excuses, there's always a reason, but I don't expect my members to always understand my reason. Some days I may feel like barfing, other days I just am in a funk and it's too hard to put on a smile for 100's of people. I usually try to be as honest as possible without sounding too whiney or emo ( :lol: ), unless it's something really... icky... and even in those cases I'm usually honest just spare some of the details.

On a funny note: back when I very first started camming and wasn't as open with people, I used to make up weird reasons to take the weekends off when Aunt Flo came to town. I'd say my cousin was in town, or that I had some grand plans, when really I just didn't know what to do on cam if I was unable to masturbate freely so I took the days off. :mrgreen: I'm pretty sure most of my regulars have at least a hint of my schedule these days... I'm much more open now.

 

[Violet October]

"I'm hungry... but I want to cook a full meal."

"I have a headache/feel just a little bad."

"so-and-so said it's been slow all day."

 

[EraCute]

My damn landlord doesn't turn on the heat until it's in the negatives, so it's usually "My room's too cold for me to take off my clothes", but my number two excuse is "Ehhhh I've eaten too much", which is why I try to do it as soon as I wake up.