Baby This is Ignition! - Ampers&d's BASE 2.1 Journal

[Ampersnd]

Stage 5, Day 27,

I've had my time wasted at work today. And yesterday. By the same group; they had rented the hall I'm responsible for. And they kept pushing the boundaries as to the time agreement we had. He originally said "We need it from 12 - 4 pm," which became "We need to let the caterers in at 11:30 am," which turned into a text message from them at 11:10 am saying "we're here". They dragged their feet after they put most tables and chairs away at 4pm, after which 15 of them hung around, drinking their beers as though it was a bar. I told the guy that I'd like them out by 4:30 pm, but then I find the kitchen cleaned incompletely. They were all gone at 4:50pm. Four hours become five and a half hours.

Since I'm in charge of the contract, and likely the pricing, I'm going to change the pricing system; after we've agreed on a number of hours, and you've signed the contract, if you come to me to extend your time for any reason, it's not a problem, but it will cost 100$/hour (the hall rental is pretty cheap, so this might be steep), and it's charged in 10 minute increments. Not sure if that will work.