<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/24/2006 4:26:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, tubist@swbell.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Here's the question: is it reasonable to charge something for the two hours<BR>of= downtime?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>No.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Change the schedule to work better for you, or accept the limitations p= ut on you.  Or simply don't take the job.  But to charge a school sys= tem (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.&nb= sp; Not everything works out to your advantage.  That's life.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Next year who knows what the schedule will be?  Maybe next year yo= u can tune them all right in a row.  But I can guarantee you if you charg= e them for the downtime this year, you'll never find out:  it will be somebody else tuning their pianos.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Sivak</DIV> <DIV>Chicago</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>