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Joey - 2006-02-15 08:20:01
FIRST~
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Huh? - 2006-02-15 08:33:31
Who cares if you're first? I'll never understand that.
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Nightmare - 2006-02-15 08:49:39
I think that any Dad who supports these types of pagents have a little something wrong in his "Hey thats my daughter, I'm ooogling" Button.

fucking pervs--I'm not first by the way. I don't get that either.
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FOURTH!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 2006-02-15 09:03:30
Keep the money UB, keep the money. Don't think for a minute they wouldn't sue you for breach of contract if you didn't show at a party.
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Next - 2006-02-15 09:48:42
If you call the boss and say mistakes happen, keep your money, blah, blah, blah, you send the message that there's no penalty for them if they're careless with your schedule. "Let's book Bob for New Year's Eve even if we're not sure we're really going to need him. If we have to cancel at the last minute, I'm sure he won't insist on being paid. He never has before." If you wanna look like a good guy, be a team player, keep the gig, etc, then offer to split the difference, or settle for $100.
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Kate - 2006-02-15 09:59:51
Take the money. Your boss is not your friend...repeat, your boss is not your friend, fourth is right!
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Somewhere Way Above All Those J.A.'s Down There - 2006-02-15 10:00:01
Yeah, totally, UB, you should keep the money. They really would love to fuck you if they could and they would do it with a smile... or worse, with an apologetic eye while they took the food off of your son's plate. They're the ones making the rules. They'll be sure to mind they're P's and Q's in the future. It really is karmic balance. Besides, the world's going to end, what is it? 2012? So, what's $300 between now and then, eh?
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Andy - 2006-02-15 10:03:01
Keep the money. The contract is there to protect both you and them. It's a clean proffesional way of doing business. You were a stand up guy to let the first 2 times pass without billing them, but it's clear they have problems booking you and I don't see that changing unless you take the money. Why are screwing yourself and familly out of $300 when this d-bag doesn't care enough about your time and effort to make sure she's got a simple schedule correct? Are you waiting for this to get completly out of hand before you finally snap?
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Fran - 2006-02-15 10:05:56
It's very generous of you to give back the $300 but it's not even about the money...it's about the contract...do not do away with the contract. It's meant to protect you also. I echo what "Next" says.
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Jane - 2006-02-15 10:17:07
Ditto. Keep the money else they won't take you seriously but double check the dates with the BOSS in the future. And keep the contract. It protects you.
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dom - 2006-02-15 10:21:05
i've been screwed not having a contract with a few djing jobs. it only seems unnecessary until it's necessary. but then it's too late. keep signing a contract. even if you want to split the money or give it back this time, don't stop getting a contract or you will regret it.
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Whinerhater - 2006-02-15 10:37:45
Hey UB, little mister sickie... poor baby. Anyway, refer to my name, and messages above. If they offered the contract, then they should prepared to give you the money promised in writing irrespective of whether the gig goes or not. Also, why Thai hookers? Why not German Crack Whores? Can't you throw a little love that way??
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The Boy - 2006-02-15 10:39:22
I'll pile on here... Keep the Money. they have cost you more than that already with 2 jobs you have had to swallow. Plus if it costs them (the company, because the boss is not paying this out of HER pocket), then she'll remember for sure to have her shit together with your bookings. NOt taking the money makes you more likely for a good shot in the brown-eye when they want to "unofficially" rebook someone else. If they'd never screwed up before, then be compassionate nice-guy, but these choads haven't earned that so let 'em have the UB-comments-section treatment..... no one here gets a break.....
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Perry Como's German Crack Whore - 2006-02-15 10:39:59
Yeah!! Yeah!!! YEAH!!! SNNNNNzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Kara - 2006-02-15 11:03:12
Are you a fool? Keep the money and keep signing those contracts. Business and friendship are two entirely separate things and you need to set a precedence. If you don't take the money they will say "But you didn't take the money last time!" the next time this BS happens. If you feel guilty about the money, use it in some charitable fashion... I have a Visa payment coming up if you can't think of anything else to spend it on.
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valja - 2006-02-15 11:37:49
Keep the money, that was the agreement. If you don't, everyone's right, they really will take advantage of you (plus there will be no permanent evil consqences for ms. bubble-head the secretary). Quid pro quo, do ut des, etc. everything is an exchange in business. Keep the contract too, your life will be insane without it. Order is good. :) (Yes, I am reading lots of Plato/Virgil at the moment.)
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Courtney - 2006-02-15 11:37:49
Think of it this way: They paid for you to keep that time open. It doesn't matter if you didn't get any other offers to fill that time; If you had, you would have said no, so they still purchased that time, even if they didn't use it. If you worked at a desk job and played solitaire for 8 hours when they didn't have anything for you to do, you'd still cash your paycheck, right? Same principle...
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meme - 2006-02-15 12:09:01
I understand being first it rocks!! For those of you who dont, when you become first, you will get that ohhh so awesome feeling...until then keep placing hahahahahaa
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shoshie - 2006-02-15 13:41:04
DON'T KEEP THE MONEY! Unkie, don't listen to them! You're doing the right thing by NOT taking it. Carma, carma, carma! You will be rewarded later for being nice now. I promise.
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wellawella - 2006-02-15 13:43:12
summer nights? please, that song is ALL about teenage sex! how is that better? sure, it's a little more subtle, but "did she put up a fight?" come on...just coz it's old doesn't mean it isn't sleazy...
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Whinerhater - 2006-02-15 14:45:38
Shoshie: the word is "karma." It is of Hindustani origin describing Buddhist phenomenon. And it's not quite "what goes around, comes around," like everybody thinks. (See also the mistaken idea of Darwin's survival of the fittest, which people confuse with David and Goliath.) Go UB!
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smirktastic - 2006-02-15 16:04:11
Take the money, keep the contract and donate the $300 to make-a-wish.
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Bix Bender - 2006-02-15 16:40:25
The money is yours. The contract was their idea, and protects you both. Opportunity costs. A handshake deal is the lawyers' dream. The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. Luck to ya!
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Nobody (in Particular) - 2006-02-15 17:50:21
Split the difference - $100/200 or $150/150. Shows good faith but that you're not their tool. Karma is a 100% bullshit concept, and you're just as likely (if not more) to get screwed in the future if you give (all) the money back.
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The Boy - 2006-02-15 17:52:17
Shoshie -- you owe me $300.. pay up... because I say so
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Aranel - 2006-02-16 00:05:29
This could be very, very wrong, but one of my more hip hop inclined friends told me that "Laffy Taffy" is actually referring to a woman's... Um... Labia. *cough*
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Pete - 2006-02-16 02:39:25
Take the money, they owe it to you according to their contract. What would they do if you defaulted and didn't turn up for a gig? If you feel bad about taking the money, you can donate some to charity and some to Mrs UB who I am sure can find a use for it.
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sean - 2006-02-16 07:08:11
Bob! Is ya crazy? Let this one go man if ya want to but dont try to get rid of your safety net. ya idjet.
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Squeakzilla - 2006-02-16 08:04:41
Everthing else has been said. May I suggest you lighten up on the 'quil? The green faeries are clouding your judgement like absinthe reportedly does.
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Squeakzilla - 2006-02-16 08:04:50
Everything else has been said. May I suggest you lighten up on the 'quil? The green faeries are clouding your judgement like absinthe reportedly does.
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deborah - 2006-02-16 17:42:32
I'd take half the money and call it a cancellation fee. As for the dads and daughters dance: remember, it *is* Alabama.
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elayne - 2006-02-17 18:30:29
You want to get rid of the contract exactly... why? So that the next time (and there WILL be a next time) that the secretary schedules you for something and you show up and it doesn't exist, or you've been replaced, you can say "But... but... but I'm just CERTAIN that you said..."? That's what would have happened this time, had the contract not existed - your word against theirs, and then YOU get the rep as an unreliable fuckup, instead of the secretary. I can just see Boss casually mentioning that "Yeah, that Uncle Bob, he's so disorganized, can't even remember when he's scheduled to show up for a party - and then he tried to rook us out of $300 by claiming we'd booked him!" Real good word-of-mouth there... The money, meh, up to you (I agree that you're setting yourself up to be enthusiastically screwed in the future if you let it slide, but also strongly relate to you "they're paying me for NOTHING, that's not right" objections), but given the secretary's track record and the nature of the game, you're a dummy if you do away with the contract.
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shoshie - 2006-02-19 17:45:54
Whinerhater: My cheeks are red! I don't like making mistakes! Waaaaahh.
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shoshie - 2006-02-19 17:48:27
HOWEVER, I do believe that it is in UB's best interest to be gracious and kind to the dopes that made the mistake.
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emopirate - 2006-02-19 19:11:28
why is it that little kids listen to songs like that, yet years ago, parents FLIPPED over The Who? ...farther back still, Elvis?! i will never understand this...
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