[CAUT] re: weekend work, was "mind bender"

[Don]

Hi Jeff,

It is your choice to work under those conditions. If you dislike it then
you can vote with your feet and leave. Or you can choose to enjoy the many
benefits your position gives you beyond what those of us in private
practice have, such as a pension, medicare benefits, paid holidays, sick
leave and etc.

At 07:56 AM 22/02/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On Monday, February 21, 2005, at 04:42 PM, Don wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We sometimes forget we are artisans rather than artists.
>>
>> Horowitz preferred 3 p.m. on Sundays for recitals. Would you presume to
>> refuse to service his piano?
>
>If Horowitz showed up on Sunday, that would be a special event.
>
>>
>> I do realize that often University Techs are under paid and over 
>> worked.
>
>No, "often" would not be the word you were looking for here.
>
>> The trade off is a paycheck that is stable and other benefits. However 
>> in
>> "private practice" I have been required to tune pianos at 2 a.m., 
>> which I
>> did quite cheerfully, and as it was a concert hall where I was the 
>> resident
>> tuner, there was no "extra" remuneration involved.
>>
>
>Except that you're not doing the tuning for a take home check of $14.  
>Then, you have to take your travel cost out of that.  I live 16 miles 
>away.  At 37.5 cents a mile that's $12 round trip.  So, if I have to 
>come in on Sunday to do a single tuning, I take home $2.00.
>
>That's what I'm talking about.
>Jeff
>
>
>Jeff Tanner, RPT
>School Of Music
>University of South Carolina
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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