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barry stamper

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Aug 16, 2006
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One of my peeves is for people to pile their crap on my work station in example glasses of booze on one of my tables booze on my speakers tops ect. I had a wedding last night that took the cake (hahaha). The groom started out by bringing bags of stuff to give away sitting everything down on my cd albums and leaving the trash piled on my table:sqmad: Then the crowd was piling their crap on my speakers but the one the really pissed me off is when this already condescending bride piled her veil on my mixer case as I was working, I kid you not. I had about all I could take from this crowd, they were mostly doctors or employees of the hospital, so I grabed the veil and tossed it behind me and she never asked for it later humm...
 
Any horizontal surface, Barry. That's all it takes. :D

Man, I'm saddened to hear. It's not enough that you have to work... then some inconsiderate people take the liberty of piling stuff in your road.

As for the giveaway bags, they should have had a separate table designated for that purpose. It's not your responsibility to provide a storage area.

Someone here once mentioned ~ can't recall who ~ that stuff tends to beget more stuff. One guest sets a glass on a speaker cab and the rest automatically see it as a trash dump. If you don't permit it to accumulate, you won't have a mess to clean up later.

If someone sets a glass on your speaker cab, remove it right away. If they put things on your table, set 'em on the floor behind you pronto. Any questions or comments, hey... I have to sustain a clean workspace. People are taking pictures. I don't want all this stuff in the pictures ~ or in my road.

Thoughts?
 
If someone sets a glass on your speaker cab, remove it right away.
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Don't forget to 'remove' the contents first (through ingestion), if it happens to be something like JD :sqlaugh:


The way I figure it, anything left on my table, speakers, etc., now belongs to me :sqwink:
 
It's unbelievable how some people are so inconsiderate and disrepectful.


Ask Rick about this one, he has a very cool solution
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Guess the only solution is to put up a wire fence around your setup to keep people out. Kinda like Rick's fence that keeps the goats in.
 

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Disrespect is something I can't stand!

Here's a novel idea...

SAY SOMETHING!

Just because they pay you doesn't make you their flunky. I love making people fully aware of when they're being ignorant. Next time go pile your bags and cases on the head table.
 
Guess the only solution is to put up a wire fence around your setup to keep people out. Kinda like Rick's fence that keeps the goats in.
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Actually, you don't fence goats in -- it's there to keep the bad guys out. The goats will remove, or jump over it any time their heart desires, and drink the beer on yer speaker (then eat said speaker) :sqbiggrin:

Mine used to jump out every so often, have their fun, then come and lay down by the gate -- sorta like my ex-girlfriend :sqerr: :sqwink:

What that has to do with the price of beer in Kentucky, I have no idea :sqlaugh:
 
Facade, baby. I have one and it keeps people from putting their trash on my table. The speakers are raised higher than they can rach so that fixes that.

The facade also keeps them from coming back behind my area. It clearly defines my space.

Now, occasionally I will have someone that wants to dance ask me if I can put their drink on my table. That is somethiong totally different. Ask me and I don't have a problem with it. With my rig, the table is just a place for me to put the paperwork.
 
Buy a cheap coffee type table or foldable bar stool. Put a nice cover over it, and set it nearby.

Stops most of the drink problem. Not all.
 
My biggest peeve above and beyond the drinks on the table & speakers is right after you bust your arse to get your set-up polished and clean looking an ignorant Photographer or Videographer comes and plops all of his crap down right in front of your table and junks it all up... I often hide there stuff and then put it back when they aren't looking... childish, yes... but it makes me happy. BTW, I love all the photog's here (No offense intended!)
 
Thanks Stranger aka Hank I also speak my mind. Most people just dont think but when they hear my voice boom they get the message.
 
On the occasion when photogs have needed a safe place to stow their gear, they've always asked if they can stow it on the floor behind us.

That's cool. No one will touch it. You guys do what ya gotta do and don't worry about it. We've got a pile of crap of our own back there anyhow, lol. :)

This has been the majority of our experience. People have always been polite and considerate. Seems like Barry got one of those anomoly wedding shows.
 
Fred Stewart said:
On the occasion when photogs have needed a safe place to stow their gear, they've always asked if they can stow it on the floor behind us.

That's cool. No one will touch it. You guys do what ya gotta do and don't worry about it. We've got a pile of crap of our own back there anyhow, lol. :)

This has been the majority of our experience. People have always been polite and considerate. Seems like Barry got one of those anomoly wedding shows.
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The only thing that would worry me is if something came up missing and they blamed you. Even though most people have gone to lap tops some people still use CD's, etc. . So they have to be watching over their stuff and taking care of the music. So somebody can sneak in the back, etc.
 
ditto Jacob

I Cant be responsible for Cameras, purses etc.:sqwink:
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The only thing that would worry me is if something came up missing and they blamed you. Even though most people have gone to lap tops some people still use CD's, etc. . So they have to be watching over their stuff and taking care of the music. So somebody can sneak in the back, etc.
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Thanks, Jacob.

Not my problem, man. You guys are welcome to stow your gear back there but we ain't responsible for it. If it makes you feel better, drag some speaker slipcovers over to help hide it.

Something goes missing? Sorry about your luck.
 
GoodKnightDJ said:
Now, occasionally I will have someone that wants to dance ask me if I can put their drink on my table. That is somethiong totally different. Ask me and I don't have a problem with it. With my rig, the table is just a place for me to put the paperwork.
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Not a viable option in my case. I'm disc based, and my table is felt covered to protect them, not to sop up moisture from a drink glass. Anything put on my table is removed immediately and placed elsewhere. My favorite place is "accidentally" on an empty drink pick-up tray. Even when taken away, the offender usually apologizes when told what happened
 
I remind people on mic that the Speakers (when low) are NOT a table and I will stop the music when someone does not obey this as there is LIVE wires that can cause DEATH (of which you can NOT be held accountable if anyone that does NOT obey this rule) it never fails

in over 21+ years of doing this only once I have had to stop the music dead in the middle of a great song but they all know NOT to do it again
 
i move glasses when they put them on my table....if i leave an inch of space with my topper,,,they will try to sneak a glass in there.
my worst experience was a women who picked up a pile of glass that broke on the dance floor. she picked up the pile...and looked around...didn't see a garbage can...so she put her hand over my facade and was going to DUMP the glass shards right on my computer. luckily, i was watching her...so i stopped her hand. She was drunk and said...well i didn't know where to put it. That was the closest i came to losing my temper.
 
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