[Blacklabcollective] totals for tonight plus rant

[tara myketiak]

Thanks anju! I definitely don't need any kind of compensation. I just felt
flustered and needed to vent. Thank you all for listening!

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Anju Singh <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is super shitty Tara, I'm really sorry about the situation, it's not
> fair to you or Quinn at all. Obviously, I wouldn't approve her to do
> another gig at Black Lab and I feel like maybe we should say something to
> her but also it might be worth it to cut our losses.
>
> I would like to help share the brunt of the shiftiness, obviously I can't
> go back and help or tell everyone to go fuck themselves but what if I sent
> you some cash to contribute to a nice dinner for you and Quinn?
>
> Anju
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> On Sunday, 22 May 2016, tara myketiak <taramyketiak at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> the total $$ we made tonight: 78 from door and 212.50 from bar, but that
>> included some late night 6 pack sales that I think we maybe made a rule
>> about not selling so cheaply but i couldn't remember? the bar did okay,
>> although not for the weekend, and the show did pretty poorly, it was
>> decently attended but I almost considered giving the two touring bands a
>> bigger cut, but in the end decided to stick with our 50/50 policy.
>> I'm sorry to those of you that I've already complained to, but I'm pretty
>> peeved about this show. I signed up at the last second because Heather
>> forgot she was doing the show and I guess some miscommunication happened
>> and I thought I was just going to be the collective member body to fill the
>> space/bylaw requirements. That is very much what I thought the email
>> exchange implied. In the end Heather was an hour late and the promotor
>> didn't have  a phone so i was letting bands in/moving gear after 8 when the
>> show should have already started, and heather and the promoter were not
>> responding to texts or messages. I guess none of us noticed that the
>> Facebook event was set for doors at 9, so when i told heather we really
>> needed to start at 9, and be over by 11, they said they were receptive but
>> really all the bands laughed at the timeline. I said beforehand earlier
>> today that the show needed volunteers and then heather after 8pm was like
>> "oh, there are no volunteers." So quinn did bar and i did security and I'm
>> going to do clean up tomorrow and the show promoter did door and had a
>> friend do sound. I emphasized to heather several times today that one can't
>> just put on a show with no volunteers and then she just showed up with no
>> communication, no volunteers, and didn't communicate to the bands that we
>> actually don't start shows at 10 and end at midnight. During the first
>> singer/songerwriters set i was worried about how late it was going and
>> about to text heather that we needed to cut the set short and some random
>> person told me that heather had actually left to go to another show and
>> said "bye." I did my best with quinn helping as solo volunteers for the
>> whole show but I am super super peeved. I think it that kind of
>> circumstance its almost like "maybe i need to shut the fucking show down"
>> because its not even safe to run an entire show with TWO people doing all
>> of the volunteer roles. Especially when we said the back door needed to be
>> locked and it was found open and people weren't even smoking outside but
>> had left. Im very much like this make sense why only bottom liners need to
>> have 100% been trained and no one but people versed in the details can put
>> on a show Tonight was such a nightmare, I feel pretty shitty about the
>> whole thing. Sorry to complain but I just do not feel good.
>>
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