---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tom, I realize we're talking about two different things here and I agree with you up to a point! \\\\ I do a lot of concert work and if I'm REQUIRED to "stand by", I'm going to charge them for it. If they don't like it, find someone else! JMNSHO! :-) Avery At 06:00 PM 2/24/2006, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/24/2006 4:26:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, >tubist@swbell.net writes: >Here's the question: is it reasonable to charge something for the two hours >of downtime? > >No. > >Change the schedule to work better for you, or accept the >limitations put on you. Or simply don't take the job. But to >charge a school system (or anybody, for that matter) for doing >nothing...just doesn't seem right to me. Personally, I would never >do it. Nothing is ever perfect. Not everything works out to your >advantage. That's life. > >Next year who knows what the schedule will be? Maybe next year you >can tune them all right in a row. But I can guarantee you if you >charge them for the downtime this year, you'll never find out: it >will be somebody else tuning their pianos. > >Tom Sivak >Chicago ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/12/c0/d5/86/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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