Value of an iron-clad contract...

For those of you that watch "The People's Court" tonight's show had a very interesting case. A sax player, (kinda looked like Boo, only a bit heavier) and a keyboard player picked up a Sunday Brunch job at a NYC restaurant. After a couple Sundays of playing, they were told their services would no longer be needed and sent on their merry way.

The sax player was pissed about the deal, but the keyboard player could have cared less. So, after thinking about this for a couple weeks, the sax player decided to sue the restaurant owners. Testimony revealed that the sax player was playing a bit too loud, and several customers complained. The bartender also complained that it was just too loud and everyone either left the bar because of this, or moved as far away from the music as possible.

After getting the boot, the sax player decided that he should be paid for the remaining Sundays in the month, despite the fact that he got canned. No contract, just a verbal agreement. He also had a bad attitude and had words with the owners and bartender - not a good thing to do.

Bottom line, the judge agreed with the owners - no contract - no recourse - no pay.

The segment of the show that involves this picks up at about the 30 minute mark.



Just a bit of food for thought,

Gary

Contract is important,but even more important is to be a decent human being. And I mean this about both parties and not being a bloodsucker. Lately we have the last one on both sides.

Most times it would cost you more to go to small claims court then drive back to appear, tolls, gas, time spent, person usually don't show, lose a days work,..etc,etc, sometimes it's just not worth it in the long run,....just sayin'..

this is why we can play sax on our keyboards and control the volume a true pro would of been able to see people leaving and people leaning too much and adjust his volume and prob would still be working .