Paid for Pitch Raises?

[Avery]

David,

I totally agree!

Avery Todd

At 12:12 PM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
>Daniel---please don't take this personally, brother, but you've 
>triggered off a rant.
>What the HELL are you people doing----working without getting paid? 
>That's insane.
>You really need to check your approach to life, IMO, if you submit 
>to this kind of bullshit.
>Raising the pitch on a piano takes WORK---intense work, between 20 
>and 40 minutes, if done right. To not get paid for that, or to work 
>for people who don't intend to pay you for that, is dysfunctional. 
>Period. What are you thinking about? Would you ever ask any other 
>kind of service tech to come to your house or business and work for 
>20-40 minutes FOR FREE?
>Never. NEVER.
>
>Wake up. WAKE UP. You need to start valuing your time, your life, 
>and your skills.
>Stand up for yourself, and tell that a**h**le who owns that  store 
>to sell you a piano for his cost.
>See what he says. Wake up.
>
>Until we demand respect and acknowledgement for our immense 
>knowledge and skillset we'll be treated like field hands, or 
>dismissable underlings, or naive idiots, or pathetic losers.
>
>There. I feel better now.
>
>David Andersen
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>On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:21 PM, daniel carlton wrote:
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>>The owner of one of the stores explained that they don't want to 
>>have to spend more money than they have to on the used pianos in 
>>particular if they can only sell it for so much. I guess I do see 
>>the logic in that, but what about all the pitch corrections I have 
>>to do on the new pianos? I don't get anything for my time.
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