After restringing an "heirloom" piano that had been in
a fire, I was requested by the customer to play it for
her daughter's birthday party.
So I got all dressed up in my tux and all and
went to the nice subdivision in which she lived. The
party was already in "full swing", but when I entered
it became apparent that the mother was not there!
Sooooooooo here I was, at age 35, in a house full of
14 and 15 year olds, all getting drunk, with no
parental supervision. NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD!!!
I realized immediately that I must leave, but
decided to play just a couple of songs as I feel a
very strong sense of "mission" in introducing kids to
the REAL music that our nation once produced! Then we
all sang "Happy Birthday" and I got up to leave,
having been there perhaps 20 minutes.
But first I asked to wash my hands ( the keys
were sticky ) to which the birthday girl chimed.
"Don't go in the bathroom! Someone's having sex in
there!"
As I was pulling out of the driveway the cops
pulled in. I just prayed hard and drove straight
ahead!
THAT was close!!!!!!
Buying your kids liquor and leaving them alone for
the night is common around here, or so I've heard,
especially among the wealthiest of families. These
parents believe that it is better than having their
kids sneak out and getting into even worse trouble!
And those Arabs think we're immoral! How DARE
they!
( Deflector shields on full, Scotty! )
Thump
Paul McCloud <pmc333@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I once had an appointment at the home of a single
> mom, who had teenage
> children. I told her I wouldn't enter if she
> herself wasn't home. The
> first time I was stood up (nobody home). The next
> appointment there,
> her daughter opened the door. "Is your Mom there".
> "No". "Sorry, I
> can't come in". I left. The woman phoned me the
> next day and
> apologized. She even sent me the full
> tuning-plus-pitch raise fee. But
> she hasn't called me since. In this day and age,
> one can't be too
> careful about these things.
> Paul McCloud
> insane Diego
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:56 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: Clyde's vent time # 2
>
> Yeah! And if the little girls are crazy, or
> imaginative, or seea T.V. show some night about
> child
> molesters and are impressionable......
> Thump
>
> --- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > A kinda related thing happened to me today while
> on
> > a three-hour service on a nasty little spinet.
> About
> > while I was in the high treble raising pitch 180
> > cents, the lady asked how long I would be and I
> said
> > at least another hour or so. She said OK, I just
> > need to run up to the store on the corner. I
> thought
> > no big deal. After a little while, one of the
> little
> > girls walked up to me and asked a question about
> the
> > piano. Then I realized that this knuckle-headed
> > woman left me alone in her home with two little
> > girls, I would guess about eight and six years
> old.
> > She came back home shortly, but geeeee-whizzzzzzz.
> I
> > never would have let that knowingly happen. I just
> > can't believe she did that. This appt. was the
> first
> > time she ever saw me in her life. I was just
> waiting
> > for the police to bust in.
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: Clyde's vent time # 2
> >
> >
> > > At 02:48 PM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >After
> > > >ringing the doorbell three times, I tried it.
> It
> > was unlocked. Since I
> > > >know these folks, I walked into the house and
> > began to clear off the
> > > >piano.
> > >
> > > I NEVER EVER do this. It doesn't matter how well
> I
> > know the people.
> > > I decided awhile back that there's an invisible
> > wall across even an open
> > > door, until it is dissolved by a live resident
> or
> > a note asking me to come
> > > right on in.
> > >
> > > Aside from the security system, consider the
> other
> > possible entanglements:
> > > wife arrives home and finds me in the house? Or,
> > from your point of view:
> > > Husband arrives home and finds a strange man in
> > the house? A neighbor
> > > sees someone they don't know walking in when
> they
> > know the owners are
> > > gone: they call the cops. Hapless tuner walks
> in,
> > starts tuning, but
> > > on the wrong day -- halfway through the tuning
> > people arrive for a
> > > wedding reception. You "know the people" but
> maybe
> > you've mixed up
> > > the address with one very similar, and a very
> > similar house -- people
> > > come home, find you inside, and don't know you
> > from Adam ... etc.
> > >
> > > Susan
> > >
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