[Dixielandjazz] Stumptown Jazz

[Steve Heist]

Hello to all, and thanks for you help in finding Bob French!

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> As a professional musician, I am insulted by your request for a band to 
> play for your event for free.
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It is so odd to be hearing you discussion on freebies, because it is EXACTLY 
how my career with Celebrity Cruises ended.  We got into a double code red 
on the Century (last ship I was on) and the management thought it would be a 
great idea to ask for "volunteers" to clean our personal work areas. 
(double code red means an inordinate number of people were experiencing 
gastrointestinal illness...  (i.e. stomach flu = Norwalk Virus)
Soon it became less of a "request" and more of an order and we were 
scheduled times and locations where we were supposed to "clean and sanitize 
the ship".
I told them that I - 1) didn't like my contract being changed (I was NOT 
hired as a cleaner), 2) I wasn't about to work as a cleaner for free, since 
I was hired as a weekly paid employee, not an hourly worker! and 3) since I 
received NO training as a professional cleaner, I would refuse their, oh, so 
wonderful offer!  In less than a week I was dismissed from the ship and sent 
packing!  So that's what it's like working my dream job at sea :-) ha ha ha

Like I said earlier, I'm SO glad to be out of there!
ALL the VERY Best,
Steve "Stubby" Heist

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