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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 91969" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Employer fair play or foul?Hi Lisa-I think some of my esteemed colleagues have overlooked part of your post:This is the pub owned by the 2 sisters?&nbsp; I think I suggested previously that the AlphaSis was looking for a reason to get you out the door.&nbsp; Perhaps she has bi-polar disorder and her mood has swung back, you&#039;re the target of the moment.&nbsp; If this is the same pub, the situation has been toxic for some time, why are you still there?Here is my suggestion to you.&nbsp; Get out of the bars.&nbsp; Sure, the music is fun and most of the players you work with are good folks... but too many pubs, clubs and bars are run by untreated/unrecovered drunks, addicts, psychopaths, schizophrenics and bi-polar folks.&nbsp; If you want a life that has less drama, you need away from people whose nature is dramatic.Consider hotel AV as your next step.&nbsp; The pay sucks less than what you&#039;re making now, the ingratitude will come from a &#039;higher class&#039; of people and you&#039;ll have the opportunity to learn lighting, video, TCP/IP networking, projection, radio mics, intercoms.... things that will be useful to you as you move up.&nbsp; It will also help you get your attitude together and develop your ability to prioritize conflicting tasks (often assigned simultaneously by the same person).&nbsp; Hotel AV has a dress code; you&#039;ll never question your wardrobe choices, it will be done for you.&nbsp; In a couple of years you&#039;ll either be promoted or stark raving mad, sometimes you get both. 8)~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="8-)" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; 8-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname="8-)" />~<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />Like another poster mentioned, I see you as having potential.&nbsp; You have passion and tenacity, those are important character traits.&nbsp; What you don&#039;t have is local mentoring and guidance, the kind that comes from someone who knows your local market and the personalities therein.&nbsp; This is why I suggested the structured environment of hotel/corporate AV.I will leave you with another pair of thoughts that often intertwine:&nbsp; &quot;Whatever ain&#039;t physics, is psychology&quot; and &quot;There are two kinds of problems: the kind you can fix with money, and the kind money can&#039;t help.&quot;Have fun, good luck.Tim Mc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 91969, member: 67"] Re: Employer fair play or foul? Hi Lisa- I think some of my esteemed colleagues have overlooked part of your post: This is the pub owned by the 2 sisters? I think I suggested previously that the AlphaSis was looking for a reason to get you out the door. Perhaps she has bi-polar disorder and her mood has swung back, you're the target of the moment. If this is the same pub, the situation has been toxic for some time, why are you still there? Here is my suggestion to you. Get out of the bars. Sure, the music is fun and most of the players you work with are good folks... but too many pubs, clubs and bars are run by untreated/unrecovered drunks, addicts, psychopaths, schizophrenics and bi-polar folks. If you want a life that has less drama, you need away from people whose nature is dramatic. Consider hotel AV as your next step. The pay sucks less than what you're making now, the ingratitude will come from a 'higher class' of people and you'll have the opportunity to learn lighting, video, TCP/IP networking, projection, radio mics, intercoms.... things that will be useful to you as you move up. It will also help you get your attitude together and develop your ability to prioritize conflicting tasks (often assigned simultaneously by the same person). Hotel AV has a dress code; you'll never question your wardrobe choices, it will be done for you. In a couple of years you'll either be promoted or stark raving mad, sometimes you get both. 8)~8-)~:cool: Like another poster mentioned, I see you as having potential. You have passion and tenacity, those are important character traits. What you don't have is local mentoring and guidance, the kind that comes from someone who knows your local market and the personalities therein. This is why I suggested the structured environment of hotel/corporate AV. I will leave you with another pair of thoughts that often intertwine: "Whatever ain't physics, is psychology" and "There are two kinds of problems: the kind you can fix with money, and the kind money can't help." Have fun, good luck. Tim Mc [/QUOTE]

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