Fed & Watered?

[Norfolk DJ 0]

 

From my point of view, it is a question of simple good manners that DJ's and any form of entertainers are offered refreshment by their customers. Whether we take them up on the offer and enjoy warm crab sticks left in the July sun for 6 hours is a matter of choice!

 

If a tradesman turned up at my house for 6 hours to do a job, i would at the very least offer drinks.

 

You simply expect to be treated how you would treat people in a similar position.

 

Rob

[scotty 0]

Most of the time people offer a few drinks and food but I always grab some butties and a couple of big bottles of water, staying hydrated is very important I didnt realise and used to get really knackered about midnight now I always take on water and feel like I could go all night

[buskersball 0]

I usually take a bottle of water with me, happy to have a shandy if offered, generally avoid buffets- too many dirty fingers, before it gets to my go!

 

 

Same here///I wouldn't touch the food on hygiene grounds...I see so few washing their hands in the gents!

People are picking sandwiches up to see whats in them etc etc.

Occasionally I do take stuff home if offered (ie when its gonna get binned at the end of the night, but never stuff like chicken legs. Had a full salmon a couple of times though, and loads of uncut gateaux

 

[shakermaker 0]

I never eat at least 2 hours before a function as I have dodgy guts (a slight case of IBS which I have had for years)...I have been offered food and drink at functions but I never take them. I generally take a can of Red Bull with me, 2 cans if it's a late one.

 

However, I never refuse a tip at the end....well, I do at first but then I take it in the end.

[Wayno 0]

We normally get offered to help ourselves - but rarely bother as the last thing the clients would want to see us me and my roadie filling up- its not pretty.

 

Free drinks - never say no to a coke or lemon and lime! and if the clients dont buy the bar staff always seem to provide f.o.c but as mentioned above we never expect and never ask.

 

On a side note though we work now and then with a few bands and they all have in their contracts that refreshments must be provided - total bonus at a xmas party we did last year with them, we received a full xmas dinner with all the trimmings and drinks we could manage, we stuck to the soft drinks (a couple at that) the band spent most of the dinner part and our first set drinking wine! how do they get away with it?!!!

[TonyB 0]

At the 70th I done a couple of weeks ago, the tip at the end was a doggy bag full of food, cooked meat (turkey, pork and ham), sausage rolls, cocktails sausages, large tub of coleslaw and a tub of pasta. I obviously look like I need fattening up!

[Norfolk DJ 0]

 

 

I did some agency work at a hotel for my xmas run a few years ago, and the contract stated that i was entitled to drinks and a light meal. Very nice as well. I recall whilst the punters were having their turkey, i sat in front of an open fire reading the Times, and and eating chicken salad.

[lateandlive 0]

To be honest, like most others, drinks seem to be in short supply unless its the place we do all the gigs for (I won't say residency as its not that regular - maybe 1 or 2 a month) who refuse to let us pay! That said, I wouldn't expect drinks from regular paying customers, it's a job after all and I wouldn't expect presents from everyone I serve at work!

 

Food, tbh I wouldn't touch most buffets with a barge pole, not a fan AT ALL! Now and again if it's MEGA posh and theres some left after, we're offered and wil sometimes accept, that or when we know the client well and in some instances so well we're practcally guests anyway!

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[Welsh Audio Man 21 0]

Doesn't bother me whether i get offered buffet or not, as i tend to pick up a kabab on my way home after a disco... thank god for the 3am kabab house ! tongue out icon

 

as to drinks, i usually accept if im offered, if im in need of one!

[jamminroadshow 0]

I am vegetarian so the Buffet can often be limited mind you try getting something from the Kebab house. I would say that i am offered in most partys that i go to some even mention it in there thank you letter.

 

 

[YourBigEvent 0]

Doesn't bother me whether i get offered buffet or not, as i tend to

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[Norfolk DJ 0]

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Throw it back at them anyway. tongue out icon

 

Maybe it's just me but isn't this just down to plain good manners? Whether you decide to accept an offer of food and drink is fine, but considering the whole function is in your hands I would in their positon wish to keep the artiste happy and offer food and drink.

 

As I said above if someone turns up at my house and does a days work, I would think it was rather rude not to offer a cup of tea.

 

[C.S 0]

Completely disagree with you there. When someone charges to do a job why should you offer them something extra? I understand that you would offer them a cup of tea if they were there all day but it shouldnt be expected ! from one thing to another , i just saw a report on what bacteria a wedding buffet contained after it was put out for the guests and after people had help themselves ! :scared: Just asking to be ill if you ask me

[Dukesy 0]

Appreciate that others feel and work differently but as CS! - NEVER touch buffet food!!!

 

I don't wish or like to watch guests eat.

I feel that any food provided during a gig is essentially for the guests. I would feel uncomfortable if the guests were looking towards the disco watching me eat so generally say when asked thanks, but no thanks.

I'll eat in my time after the gig when I can focus attention on me and not on the client and 'X' amount of eyes!

 

However, I have enjoyed a complimentary meal from the corporate gigs which always seem to taste better during the day than at night in front of an audience for some strange reason?!

 

Usually, if I'm spending a lot of hours at the venue and a meal is offered from the venue caterer then great, but I don't negotiate or request food provision for the gig from the client at the time of booking nor expect.

 

It is nice and polite when a client offers food or even a drink but would still rather perform and buy my own water or soft drink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norfolk DJ 0]

Completely disagree with you there. When someone charges to do a job why should you offer them something extra? I understand that you would offer them a cup of tea if they were there all day but it shouldnt be expected ! from one thing to another , i just saw a report on what bacteria a wedding buffet contained after it was put out for the guests and after people had help themselves ! :scared: Just asking to be ill if you ask me

 

I think you have missed my point cs. I am not saying people should take up an offer to have a 3 couse meal if offered. I agree with the point about food illnesses. I was brought up to offer some baisc hospitality when people enter my house or do work for me, and that is the way I see it. I never see a cup of tea or a coke 'as something extra' as it costs me nothing apart from goodwill and making me feel better than people who don't. Aa I said simple good manners and nothing else!

 

My father has been self-employed for 44 years and still works and 99% of the time he receives hospitality from his clients.

[spinner 0]

Appreciate that others feel and work differently but as CS! - NEVER touch buffet food!!!

 

I don't wish or like to watch guests eat.

I feel that any food provided during a gig is essentially for the guests. I would feel uncomfortable if the guests were looking towards the disco watching me eat so generally say when asked thanks, but no thanks.

I'll eat in my time after the gig when I can focus attention on me and not on the client and 'X' amount of eyes!

 

However, I have enjoyed a complimentary meal from the corporate gigs which always seem to taste better during the day than at night in front of an audience for some strange reason?!

 

Usually, if I'm spending a lot of hours at the venue and a meal is offered from the venue caterer then great, but I don't negotiate or request food provision for the gig from the client at the time of booking nor expect.

 

It is nice and polite when a client offers food or even a drink but would still rather perform and buy my own water or soft drink.

 

 

Agree.

[jamminroadshow 0]

If the case here is that we are paid to do a job and thats it then how many tip a waiter in a restaurant. After all they are just doing there job.

 

Different jobs often mean different things i would never offer a kebab house a tip but would if it was a restaurant. Same with builders if they come to my house to do repair i offer then Tea etc. Depends of what they are doing i suppose

[short skirt high heels 0]

Do you let your milkman drink one of your pints each day because he happens to deliver it at breakfast time ?

 

Can the paperboy take the magazines out of the Sunday papers ?

 

 

There's a difference. Your paperboy and milkman don't have to stand on your doorstep for over four hours at a time without access to any refreshment.

 

Question: Do you make the plumber a cup of tea, or do you crack the whip over him whils he's fixing your boiler without considering his basic human needs?

[Norfolk DJ 0]

There's a difference. Your paperboy and milkman don't have to stand on your doorstep for over four hours at a time without access to any refreshment.

 

Question: Do you make the plumber a cup of tea, or do you crack the whip over him whils he's fixing your boiler without considering his basic human needs?

 

well said.

[Andy Westcott 0]

Long thread, so I haven't read much of it.

 

I would never go to a gig expecting to be fed and watered. Go equipped with your own, or bring some money.

 

Probably somewhat under half the time I do get offered a drink, and occasionally a grab at the buffet, but as regards the buffet I will usually decline, although if the client is insistent, I'll at least wait until the guests have finished.

 

Last time I had a buffet event (March 17) the client brought round a couple of plates of grub, so no problem with that. smile icon

[RD's Mobile Disco 0]

Hi All

 

9 Times out of 10 i get asked if i would like anything but i say no. If it is a wedding and ive been there most of the day then i might take a bit to eat from the buffet but i always have something before i go and get a pizza or kebab on the way home lol.

[Norfolk DJ 0]

 

Funnily enough, last night I was at a local golf part of a 5 star hotel.

 

The manager offered me a drink on arrival.

 

The birthday girl then bought me a drink.

 

The manager provided a smoked salmon buffet selection for me

 

The manager provided a coffee at the end of evening.

 

Nothing was asked for, just provided, good quality food and old fashioned hospitality.

[Andy Westcott 0]

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"old fashioned hospitality."

 

Nice, when it happens, but it mustn't be expected.

 

I take food to my day job, because they don't supply it. Evening job isn't so very different.

[monkeebiz 0]

I never expect it but, if offered I almost always accept.Why? Because I'm on the same level as the client with the exception that I'm providing a paid service to them.It doesn't make me a servant and pretty much all of my clients treat me like a friend anyway.