Ok so we played a regular venue tonight where we always pack the place out and do a great show. Tonight being no exception.
However as is usual at the end of the night when its time to get paid the landlord and landlady are nowhere to be found. So as usual I hang around the end of the bar to grab one of the bar staff's attention who then goes and gets landlady with the money.
After waiting around for ten minutes I give the drummer a hand with some stuff and in that time, the landlady has come down and given the money to the guitarist. Seems its 50 quid less then we normally get so I go back to see whats occured but again the landlady has disappeared so I explain to one of the girls behind the bar whats happened and she once again goes to get the landlady... who finally comes down, gives me the missing 50 quid and then starts having a right go at me for 'discussing money with the bar staff'. WTF? I dunno.. maybe she was trying to stiff us on the money and was pissed off she got pulled up on it, or maybe she had the painters in - who knows. But honestly, I'm 40 years old and haven't been told off like that for as long as I can remember... and now of course I'm thinking about what witty retorts I should've come back with but didn't think of at the time!!
I really shouldn't let this bother me but things like this always play on my mind so just venting here really and spoilt an otherwise great gig!! Grrrrrr!
peace
c