charging for downtime?

[Avery]

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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

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