[Klinky]

Getting a membership would have cost him money & hassle. Showing up at the client's place of business without permission from your company sounds like a good way to get reprimanded, maybe even fired if the company got the impression you were "going rogue" & trying to steal the contract from them.

[MiguelHudnandez]

My intention with my comment was to encourage people to avoid behaving helplessly. That is a potential trap that could keep one surrounded in mediocrity.

I did intend to suggest that an unapproved visit to your employer's client would be conducted anonymously, but I did not word it very well.