Hadn't heard that one before, but I might add it to my fee negotiating skills!

Whenever I'm contacted for a playing gig or any of my day work, I visit the venue (or business) and watch:

* How the management treats the employees.
* How the customers treat the employees.

I make my decision based on how people are treated.

Once, I was contacted by a private new "snoot" club, located at the top of a bank. The "entertainment chairman" called to ask me to work (I had been recommended by several of the founding members, whom I knew), and began to describe all the rules (come thru the back door, don't address the members unless they talk first, don't sit with members unless invited....all that junk).

I laughed, pulled out my membership card (corporate-I wouldn't have voluntarily paid money to be a part of this circus), dropped it on the table and left.

JERKS!

Russ

Well...I'm about as far south as you can get. Back in my wedding band days we played at the PGA National CC (you've probably heard of it). We were playing just one of eight parties in the clubhouse one night. Among other restrictive instructions we had, we were told on our breaks to go behind the false walls which were like a secret passage way from the kitchen to each of the ballrooms.
No eating. No drinking. No talking with guests. No chairs. Just stand and wait til time to go back on.

So...these seemingly rude requests were at a southern venue.... owned by YANKEES. (I guess DonM is right...Yankees seem to be mean by nature. Nah...it was just business as usual at places like this.)

Still in all...good memories and very good paychecks.

Eddie

That was so good......I fell out of my seat laughing!

About 20 years ago our band was booked to play at a cc in Grand Rapids, Mi. We got all set up and went to the bar to BUY a drink. We didn't expect anything free. The bartender told us we couldn't get a drink there because we weren't members. The band leader said if we aren't good enough to drink there we aren't good enough to play there. We started to pack up and leave. One of the members who followed our band for years asked what we were doing and our band leader told him. He went right to the bar and said whatever these boys want give them and put it on my tab.

Interesting video on the subject :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC7KQSdxR0

Bill no offense to you man, but I find these studies done by some of the supposedly smartest people in the word hilarious. I wonder how much this study cost and how many people were involved to discover what Jesus said long ago. Ha ha! "There's more joy in giving than in receiving." What they discovered about rich people so on and so forth.

I'd bet my right arm that if they did a study on "FAT" people that they would discover that they are heavier than "SKINNY" people! Ya reckon?