# Professionalism WA during signing **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/professionalism-wa-during-signing/51154 "2025-04-07T00:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice2uworld](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/alice2uworld/32/33416_2.png) [@alice2uworld](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/alice2uworld)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/professionalism-wa-during-signing/51154/1 "2025-04-07T00:59:11Z")
On positive note last 2 weeks have not had negotiate for payment at my going rate. Comments by 3 signers were “wish I had you for my last signing”. Other comments were could tell Notary was new due to lack of preparedness and docs not signed properly or notarized properly and had to have another appointment; Notary on personal phone calls during signing; and most shocking comment Notary left in middle of signing to go to another appointment and returned to complete signing. Don’t know who is training new Notaries but I find this behavior shocking or maybe I’m just old school. ---
**Author:** ![cNsa5](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cnsa5/32/33381_2.png) [@cNsa5](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/cNsa5)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/professionalism-wa-during-signing/51154/2 "2025-04-07T11:04:05Z")
> [@alice2uworld](#): > > have not had negotiate 🎉 _ **Wonderful!** _🎉 In my _ **direct experience** _ this is finally occurring, presumably due to the **repeat scheduling** with double (_or triple_) the cost that Title/Escrow Companies [T/ECs] must expend for corrections/Post Close executions. This is also a direct experience shared by other Professional Signing Agents [PSAs] over the last week or so regarding their _ **Fees being met** _ without annoying _ **Fee haggling** _. . > [@alice2uworld](#): > > “wish I had you for my last signing” 🎉 Kudos for the caliber of the professional services you provide. 🎉 The majority of signers intrinsically _ **know** _ when they’re in “good hands” _& when they’re not . . ._ Like you, this has been more often expressed by the signers over the past 1.5 to 2 years during signing appointments. . > [@alice2uworld](#): > > Notary was new due to lack of preparedness and docs not signed properly or notarized properly and had to have another appointment This clearly demonstrated lack of preparedness is one of the reasons I regularly share my _ **direct experience** _ regarding Training/Certification & do directly reference the ONLY one I **recommend** (_see direct url below_). > [@Clarify what fees can be added-State of Illinois](http://forum.notarycafe.com/t/clarify-what-fees-can-be-added-state-of-illinois/48710/7): > > @lktravis There are many scams to be wary of . . . This is what is meant when we reference that “it’s a very small world” in this business sector. Someone new can make an inadvertent (or simple) error on their initial few signings and VOILA! Their name is “out for publication” between & among lenders, title/escrow companies [T/ECs], etc. and those individuals are avoided for possible Signing Orders. Another reason we advocate for ensuring you receive some professional, reliable, & trustwort… . > [@alice2uworld](#): > > Notary on personal phone calls during signing ![ConfusedWhitePersianGuardianGIF](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/notarycafe/original/3X/4/7/470cf5d1913761d673623a10ac593bc9d7786d70.gif) . > [@alice2uworld](#): > > Notary left in middle of signing to go to another appointment and returned to complete signing 🤯🤯🤯 . Thank You 🙏💫 for sharing your recent experiences in this regard. 🥰 I’m _ **cautiously** _ hopeful we’re finally seeing some logistics being engaged for _ **responsible scheduling** _ of these vitally important Signing Orders [SOs] across the US. . 🦢 ---
**Author:** ![LindaH-FL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LindaH-FL](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/LindaH-FL)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/professionalism-wa-during-signing/51154/3 "2025-04-07T12:23:17Z")
No excuse for lack of preparedness…but something did catch my “hmmm” reaction… In her defense, is it possible that that personal call was from a family member about a family emergency?..leading to her leaving "for another appointment’ which, in reality, was her tending to this emergency? Just a thought I had. Also, were all signers present, were they paying attention and getting the stuff done? Or was there a problem with keeping them focused so she left to tend to another then returned to complete. We know we’ve heard about non-focused signers all the time. Just a couple thoughts on this.