Patience

(ok so if you didn't notice i title my blogs w/ song names, just so happens that the first 2 have been from g'n'r though lol)

something i wish people understood is rotations...i'm sure the regulars by now understand it, but let me explain...

at the begining of the night, there's only at max 5 people singing...so i put everyone's names on the list & we keep going in the order of the list...simple right?...when more people come in, i add them at the bottom of the list, until it gets long...then i try to insert whoever is new before people who have already gone at least once go up again...i try to be fair to everyone...but sometimes there's so many new people that they end up dominating the list, so usually by now the regulars leave to go get drunk (cuz hey, waiting isn't the funnest thing in the world, i totally understand)

when i get a bajillion people at the end of the night, i am annoyed by 2 things:
-when people don't show up for their song, then accusing me of skipping them
-constantly coming up & asking "is it my turn yet?" when i clearly called someone else's name

like i said, i make sure to get everyone if the time allows...we're supposed to end karaoke at 1AM, but sometimes we go a little longer...i only skip people after i've called them at least 3 times on the mic or if i've gotten up to look & see if that person is still around...because i know how it is to be in the audience & wait forever...i've been skipped before, & it's pretty annoying

it's pretty funny though when at the end of the night people get antsy & try to pay me or art off to bump them up...i hear that every week, "hey, can you bump me up?"...haha...& just for the record, i don't bump anyone unless they are leaving, & i don't do it often...

hey people, why don't you make it easier on me & show up @ 9?!? i always get people at 12:30 asking me if they can sing like 8 songs...bleh




so aside from my "bump me up" rant, things went pretty good lastnight...we had a birthday group there that was pretty funny...actually, not much spectacular lastnight...now i just have to go back later today & pick up all the equipment...i started on it last night & the said forget it lol

so we'll see what next week brings :)

come on time to the owl in el centro on wednesdays & thursdays, 9pm-1am