Watch out for Christmas thieves!!!

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:20 pm

Sometimes, due to inclement weather or other uncontrolable factors, shows are canceled. It happens. You lose that income but you roll with it. It hurts when you’re counting on the income, especially during the holidays when money is tight, but there are times when it’s just out of your control and you deal with it.

Then, there are other times when it’s just a matter of someone trying to fuck you out of some cash. Case in point: I was scheduled to play a show last night — a regular monthly gig that happens the same day, same week every month — and prior to the show, I received a text message saying the show was not taking place. This text came four hours before scheduled show time. When I got the text, I figured the cancelation was due to bad weather or whatever and I almost just let it go. But then I decided to go to the venue and have some wings anyway — I had a funny feeling. On my way there, some friends who had come down to watch the show texted to ask where I was, to which I replied I was on my way. They told me the band was set up and no one knew where I was or if I was coming. That’s when I started to scratch my head even more.

When I got there, there was indeed a band set up ready to play, including the person I was supposed to play with, the one who texted me to tell me the show was off. This person was obviously counting on me not showing up because when I walked in, he would not even look in my direction, let alone talk to me about what was going on.

In October, this individual quit last minute on another regular monthly gig we had in another venue because of "greener pastures" — he'd landed a regular gig with another player someplace else that happened the same night. That was cool with me and I hired someone else to play this other gig, but when the "greener pastures" gig fell through, this guy expected me to fire the player I found to replace him so he could have the gig back. Since I didn't fire the other guy, this eff job is my payback.

I have four kids and it’s nine days before Christmas. This person literally reached into my pocket and took $75 out of it — $75 from my Christmas budget. The person who was brought in to take my place last night — a friend of mine to boot — felt like a complete dick when he learned what was going on and why it happened. He tried to give me the money he was to earn that night because he felt like he was pushed into the middle of something he didn't want to be in. I felt for him because he was indeed used as a pawn in someone else's childish little game.

Moral of the story: Be careful who you work with. There are a lot of great people in this scene but at the same time there are some douchebags who think of nothing but themselves and their own personal gain. I’ve heard that hell’s hot.

Merry Christmas!

r:>)

Asundor · Post by **Asundor** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:03 pm

SORRY TO HEAR YOU GOT SCREWED LIKE THAT BROTHA!! IF THATS THE WAY PEOPLE WANNA BE WHO WANTS FRIENDS LIKE THAT ANYHOW.

REDillon · Post by **REDillon** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:09 pm

It's like you caught your woman cheating!

That takes a saggy set of balls my friend. I'm sure if a few words were exchanged instead of sneakiness, a better outcome could have been had by all.

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:14 pm

That sucks...

I've had kinda similiar experiences...

The best thing is to wait about 5-10 years so they don't suspect you, then throw a brick through their window hehe.....

Revenge is a dish best served cold....

Just kidding.....

Now I have every ex band member I've played with blaming me for every time their car got egged at Halloween etc etc......

Merry Freakin' Xmas...

edit... After much research (not really) it seems a "big" jolly guy was the one who screwed you? hehe.... Perhaps Santa? or more like Scrooge....

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:21 pm

PanzerFaust wrote:Revenge is a dish best served cold....

Isn't that an ancient Klingon proverb?

r:>)

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:29 pm

Interestingly, psychologists have found that the thwarted psychological expectation of revenge may lead to issues of victimhood.

The first written appearance of the proverb "revenge is a dish best served cold" is often credited to the 18th century novel Les liaisons dangereuses ("La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid"). The phrase, "Revenge is a dish best served cold", was actually borrowed by the British from the Pashtuns and popularized in the West, directing its original source to Afghanistan[2]. The English version of this phrase in that exact wording can be attributed to The Godfather by Mario Puzo, a major bestseller in 1969. However, the phrase appeared in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets as "revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold"[3]. The more well-known wording of this quote is also featured in the title sequence of the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill: Vol 1, accredited as an "Old Klingon Proverb", referencing the phrase's usage in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where it is similarly cited as such. It means that to be successful, revenge should be a considered and planned response enacted when the time is right, rather than a hasty and 'hot-blooded' action which will increase the chances of failure.

Wikipedia

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:54 pm

REDillon wrote:It's like you caught your woman cheating!

That's an ironic comparison.

r:>)

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:57 pm

BadDazeRob wrote:
REDillon wrote:It's like you caught your woman cheating!
That's an ironic comparison.

r:>)

Ironic or appropriate?

hehe...

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:02 pm

Dammit, I was gonna eat lunch today but for some reason, I'm broke.

r:>)

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:23 pm

BadDazeRob wrote:
REDillon wrote:It's like you caught your woman cheating!
That's an ironic comparison.

r:>)

sonofabitch man.

I still love you Rob. (yeshomo)

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:23 pm

BadDazeRob wrote:Dammit, I was gonna eat lunch today but for some reason, I'm broke.

r:>)

I'm makin spaghetti for Baggette's birthday. Cmon over...

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:25 pm

I like spaghetti almost as much as I like beans!

r:>)

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:59 pm

Hey, I wanna publicly thank Lisa from the Alley Popper for offering me a date at her bar to try to help me out. Even though Lisa and I argue on the boards, we've actually exchanged PMs in the past, like and respect each other and get along great, lol.

U rock, Lisa. You're proof that there is such a thing as the "Christmas spirit." I've been somewhat "Scroogy" so far this holiday season but your gesture has given me renewed hope that the whole world isn't made up of thoughtless people.

r:>)

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:08 pm

This thread is useless without names and pictures of the perps.
Sucks to be in your shoes Rob, but they'll get there's.

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:13 pm

metalchurch wrote:This thread is useless without names and pictures of the perps.
Sucks to be in your shoes Rob, but they'll get there's.

r:>)

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:18 pm

That sucks man, you had a gig stolen from you by Caulkin and Jackson?
Or is that a young Kid Rock?

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:25 pm

BadDazeRob wrote:Hey, I wanna publicly thank Lisa from the Alley Popper for offering me a date at her bar to try to help me out. Even though Lisa and I argue on the boards, we've actually exchanged PMs in the past, like and respect each other and get along great, lol.

U rock, Lisa. You're proof that there is such a thing as the "Christmas spirit." I've been somewhat "Scroogy" so far this holiday season but your gesture has given me renewed hope that the whole world isn't made up of thoughtless people.

r:>)

Hey wait one minute there sir...I never...NEVER said I liked you

I understand when even $75 is removed from your pockets at the holiday time....heck, I work for tips on the weekend to try to help make up for the fact that we only have one person bringing in a real paycheck now since we bought the business. I would hate to see someone take away my big bartending gig this weekend and me miss out on the tips from it because its the only way I will get to buy ANY gifts at all this year.

We'll bring ya in sometime......

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:27 pm

metalchurch wrote:Or is that a young Kid Rock?

HA!

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:30 pm

metalchurch wrote:Or is that a young Kid Rock?

r:>)

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:51 pm

metalchurch wrote:This thread is useless without names and pictures of the perps.

Yea you really have to be Dick Tracey to figure it out Colton.....

I hope your being sarcastic!!!

Baceman Spiff · Post by **Baceman Spiff** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:37 pm

PanzerFaust wrote:Interestingly, psychologists have found that the thwarted psychological expectation of revenge may lead to issues of victimhood.

The first written appearance of the proverb "revenge is a dish best served cold" is often credited to the 18th century novel Les liaisons dangereuses ("La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid"). The phrase, "Revenge is a dish best served cold", was actually borrowed by the British from the Pashtuns and popularized in the West, directing its original source to Afghanistan[2]. The English version of this phrase in that exact wording can be attributed to The Godfather by Mario Puzo, a major bestseller in 1969. However, the phrase appeared in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets as "revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold"[3]. The more well-known wording of this quote is also featured in the title sequence of the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill: Vol 1, accredited as an "Old Klingon Proverb", referencing the phrase's usage in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where it is similarly cited as such. It means that to be successful, revenge should be a considered and planned response enacted when the time is right, rather than a hasty and 'hot-blooded' action which will increase the chances of failure.

Wikipedia

I liked it better when it was just about Klingons...

It all comes out in the wash, Rob. Dude will get his, sooner or later.

Merry Christmas!

RFBuck · Post by **RFBuck** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:23 am

If Rob was an asshole that deserved everything he got, I wouldn't be saying anything. But he isn't, and the dude that gave it to him without lube really whipped karma the finger...not smart.

Damn, now I feel obliged to come to Del's Saturday......