It Pays to check venues

[Daryll]

And gaff of the month goes to........................

I was all ready loaded to do an engagement party disco at Burgess hill , north of Brighton , address in sat nav etc etc.

Thought I would ring the venue to discuss access times , and road conditions due to this foul weather.
Good job I did , the 8th was right , but it was to be in march................:daft:.
Due to the number of days in February the 8th is a Saturday in both months, me and the land lady have a good chuckle over this.
well looks like a night up the club to see A Dean Martin and Doris Day tribute.

Cheers

Daryll

[Corabar Steve]

As long asyour client & their guests don't turn up tonight :sj:

[Daryll]

As long asyour client & their guests don't turn up tonight :sj:

That got me worried , I rang the client...............................it`s March....:d

[funkymook]

That got me worried , I rang the client...............................it`s March....:d

Now ring the other one you've double booked :eek:

[Daryll]

Now ring the other one you've double booked :eek:

As luck would have it , I had nothing on 8th March , come to think of it,I have nowt in February now ,at the moment

[yourdj]

As luck would have it , I had nothing on 8th March , come to think of it,I have nowt in February now ,at the moment

Thats funny :) although I dont understand how you could get the wrong month?
Did they not fill out a booking form or anything to specify the date, or did you not chat with them before the event? :)

Good job it was not the other way round and you were not sitting at home watching TV.

[Daryll]

Hi Toby.
My fault , the booking form clearly states 8th March.
However the idiot who entered the details on his outlook calendar booked it on 8th Feb....er the idiot was me ....................

Cheers

Daryll

[DazzyD]

We all make mistakes. That's why I ring the client a week before each gig to reconfirm the details. If I'd gotten the month wrong it would (I'd hope!) be picked up at this point.

It's just a good job it wasn't the other way around - ie you didn't put in on your calendar for March and it should've been February (cue angry client phone call - "Where the :Censored: are you???").

But let's hope you've learned a valuable lesson from this - always, always, always double check the info on the original client booking form!! And don't just have the outlook of your tribute act tonight - Que Sera Sera!!!! :eek:

[yourdj]

We all make mistakes. That's why I ring the client a week before each gig to reconfirm the details. If I'd gotten the month wrong it would (I'd hope!) be picked up at this point.

It's just a good job it wasn't the other way around - ie you didn't put in on your calendar for March and it should've been February (cue angry client phone call - "Where the :Censored: are you???").

But let's hope you've learned a valuable lesson from this - always, always, always double check the info on the original client booking form!! And don't just have the outlook of your tribute act tonight - Que Sera Sera!!!! :eek:

This would probably never happen to me as all my bookings include meetings a month before.
i also always include the date and venue in the email communication as subject, so that would get picked up ;)

Not attending a function is actually in my nightmares, amongst equipment failure. :)

[mattydj50]

This would probably never happen to me as all my bookings include meetings a month before.
i also always include the date and venue in the email communication as subject, so that would get picked up ;)

Not attending a function is actually in my nightmares, amongst equipment failure. :)


Never say "never".

[DazzyD]

Never say "never".

Nothing like tempting fate, eh?? :p

[Shaun]

I once set up in the afternoon for a local gig, and returned in the evening ready to start.....only to find a band hauling their gear in as I arrived. Turns out I was 24 hours early. :muppet:

[yourdj]

Never say "never".

Well having said that i turned up to a meeting a week early as i had not put it in my calendar properly.
Twice I have done that this year :muppet:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I can beat all of this....I still lived at home, so this must have been a good 25 years ago, but I turned up for a gig a whole year early...:eek:

[Shaun]

I can beat all of this....I still lived at home, so this must have been a good 25 years ago, but I turned up for a gig a whole year early...:eek:

You win! :beer1: ;)

[Kernow]

Not attending a function is actually in my nightmares, . :)
And rightly so........ It's a clear breach of Forum Rule 25(d) !!
:eek:

:D

[Shaun]

And rightly so........ It's a clear breach of Forum Rule 25(d) !!
:eek:

:D

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