I was getting burnt out so began making fake appts
I was a tutor at a college, and the extra money made a big difference, but it also really burnt me out.
The worst was that every term there was 1 student who needed way too much help and attention. Like, if I was there for 8 hours, she would just sit in the room the entire day in case there was a no-show.
When I got an adjunct course of my own I let my students know about the tutoring hours they could come to. 1 did, once, and that put her into the system.
I would make her an online appt at the start or end of most of my shifts, and it made everything so much easier. Over time, I had a collection of names and would make appts for them. It helped me keep the job an extra year.