Is it really!

[Spirits High]

Did a Wedding gig last night and as normal was taking requests from guests.

One guest about an 40mins from the end asked for "Footsteps on the Dancefloor, don't know who sings it" :muppet:

Obviously she was after "Teardops" by Womack & Womack. I said I'd try to fit it in and off she went.

Come 10 to midnight and I hadn't managed to squeeze it in as it didn't really go with what I was playing. I announced that it's the last couple of tunes as chosen by the B&G. She comes over and say's I've not played her song she requested etc etc....I explain that I couldn't fit it in etc etc to be told by here that, you're going to love this one.......


As I had accepted her request it was a legally binding contract and by law I had to play it :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D :D


Oh, how I laughed :bang: :bang:

[RabbittsKaraoke]

I thought this was common knowledge! ;)

Indeed, everytime I have a karaoke request come in I have to ring my solicitor to make sure I can accept it. Only then will I take the piece of paper

[Cowlinn]

How did you actually reply to this one, with saying something massively sarcastic lol!

Out of interest, what was your reply? :D

[Spirits High]

How did you actually reply to this one, with saying something massively sarcastic lol!

Out of interest, what was your reply? :D


Unfortunately it was massively sarcastic :D :D :D :D

I told that I was contracted to the B&G and although the guests had been asked for requests I only had to play what the B&G wanted. If she wanted the same contractual obligations she would have to book me herself :p :p :p :D

Unsurprisingly her face looked proper confused and she wandered off :D :D

[Corabar Entertainment]

I've heard it all now.

Please tell me she was saying it tongue in cheek?

[Cowlinn]

Unfortunately it was massively sarcastic :D :D :D :D

I told that I was contracted to the B&G and although the guests had been asked for requests I only had to play what the B&G wanted. If she wanted the same contractual obligations she would have to book me herself :p :p :p :D

Unsurprisingly her face looked proper confused and she wandered off :D :D

Haha poor woman!


Thats the way to do it, confuse the hell out of the :muppet:'s :D :D

[Spirits High]

I've heard it all now.

Please tell me she was saying it tongue in cheek?

I only wish she was but she added that She was at Uni with the bride studying Law!

I think she must have failed :D :D :muppet:

[discomobiledj]

Oh dear. Let's hope she never deals with anything of a serious nature!

[andyw]

I only wish she was but she added that She was at Uni with the bride studying Law!

I think she must have failed :D :D :muppet:

wait till monday when you hear from her solictor, then you won't be laughing, i wonder if it works the other way round when someone makes a request and don't dance to it can we sue them for breaking a contract with us, if so i could be very rich:)

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

wait till monday when you hear from her solictor, then you won't be laughing, i wonder if it works the other way round when someone makes a request and don't dance to it can we sue them for breaking a contract with us, if so i could be very rich:)

:lol: Me too. :beer1:

[DJMaxG]

One guest about an 40mins from the end asked for "Footsteps on the Dancefloor, don't know who sings it" :muppet:

Not everyone knows the name of a song. Its like Gareth Gates - Anyone of us, some people call it "stupid mistake" etc




As I had accepted her request it was a legally binding contract and by law I had to play it :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D :D

I only had to play what the B&G wanted

In all seriousness, are you obliged to accept any request once the contract has been signed etc? I have noticed that in DJs terms and conditions, it states that requests will be taken, but can they actually take legal action if you refuse any?



Unsurprisingly her face looked proper confused and she wandered off :D :D

Great English you speak Paul - top dollar :approve: :D

[Spirits High]

Not everyone knows the name of a song.

But when they insist that's what it's called :muppet: :bang: :bang:


Its like Gareth Gates - Anyone of us, some people call it "stupid mistake" etc

I take it that is top of your bedroom playlist that you "rinse out to the masses"





In all seriousness, are you obliged to accept any request once the contract has been signed etc? I have noticed that in DJs terms and conditions, it states that requests will be taken, but can they actually take legal action if you refuse any?

Not contractually obliged but I will always try my best to fit them in. No where on my T&C's do's it say "If you request I'll definitely play it" :p :p ;)




Great English you speak Paul - top dollar :approve: :D

Surely that would be "top pound" :confused: :confused:

[Mark Wild]

"rinse out to the masses"

LMFAO !!! Nice ! :D

[DeckstarDeluxe]

Yes its laughable and yes I bet theres other people like that out there.

It does surprise me somewhat the amount of people out there that request a song and demand it next and then throw their toys out of the pram.

[robbiedj]

As I had accepted her request it was a legally binding contract and by law I had to play it :eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D :D


Oh, how I laughed :bang: :bang:

Did you not explain, as Sam Goldwyn said "A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's written on" :D :D :D

[soundtracker]

REQUEST: to ask for, especially politely or formally - some punters appear to find difficulty in understanding the difference between this and a demand. I had a request last night from a woman for Wavin' Flag, which was totally out of place. This was later followed by some big prat thinking that if he intimidated me, I would play his friends request. I explained to him in easy words of one syllable that any chance of me playing the song had now totally disappeared as I refuse to be spoken to in that manner. This was followed by the young lady returning and apologising for her friends behaviour(drink apparently) and asking if I could play it soon as she was about to leave - explained to her that I was there to entertain the dance floor full of people that were in for the night, not those who were leaving early despite my best efforts.

[STEVE HANLEY]

It would have been a case of (Geordie accent) Yeah go on sue me pet Cos I don't have a song in my collection called Footsteps on the dancefloor:muppet: :muppet:

[DazzyD]

This is priceless!

... off to speak to my mate in Trading Standards to see if there's any truth in her theory!!!

[Corabar Entertainment]

... off to speak to my mate in Trading Standards to see if there's any truth in her theory!!!
Please tell me that comment was made with your tongue firmly in your cheek? :D

[Kernow]

Its like Gareth Gates - , some people call it "stupid mistake" etc

That could apply to almost anything he recorded ;)

:D :D :D

[JTRS]

Did you not explain, as Sam Goldwyn said "A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's written on" :D :D :D


Actually that's not legally correct

Contracts can well be legally binding even if verbally agreed providing that 'consideration' is present ie the price that each party pays for the promise of the other), otherwise you wouldn't be able to buy very much.

In the strictest sense, If the DJ had said Yes I'll play it if you buy me a pint, and the guest had done that and then the DJ didn't play it, then that would be a breach of contract, however since damages are limited the best the guest could sue for would be the price of the pint, but it wouldn't reach court because of either the cost of the action, or it being struck out as vexatious litigation

JTRS

[DazzyD]

Actually that's not legally correct

Contracts can well be legally binding even if verbally agreed providing that 'consideration' is present ie the price that each party pays for the promise of the other), otherwise you wouldn't be able to buy very much.

In the strictest sense, If the DJ had said Yes I'll play it if you buy me a pint, and the guest had done that and then the DJ didn't play it, then that would be a breach of contract, however since damages are limited the best the guest could sue for would be the price of the pint, but it wouldn't reach court because of either the cost of the action, or it being struck out as vexatious litigation

JTRS

A verbal contract can be as legally binding as a written one. In Housing Benefits, we need a tenancy agreement between the landlord and the tenant and we can accept verbal agreements. Mad but true!


Please tell me that comment was made with your tongue firmly in your cheek? :D

He said "Ah ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee, hoo, ha, ha" and when he stopped laughing he said she'd never make it in law but could make a pretty standard primary school teacher!!! :D