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The baseline assumption is that they read your contract and do everything. It's their job to get it right. If they're attentive to the stupidest thing in your

by hashkb 5y ago

The baseline assumption is that they read your contract and do everything. It's their job to get it right. If they're attentive to the stupidest thing in your contract, they probably did an OK job on everything else. Sure, it's still possible to be electrocuted during the show even if the M&M's were right. But, rock stars are not going to arrive early every night just to stay alive. The buck has to stop somewhere, and EVH decided it was in the bowl of M&M's.

jjeaff 5y ago
I don't buy that this trick would be effective, though I like the sentiment. I would guess that the detail of m&m color could very often be overlooked due to its insignificance and create a false signal. For one, the same people in charge of safety like riggings and electrical are not going to be the same people that are supplying the refreshments. I can also imagine a high number of people like myself reading that part and think it's a joke or purposely ignoring it because there are much more important issues to deal with and because I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people.
- YuriNiyazov 5y ago
  > I can also imagine a high number of people like myself reading that part and think it's a joke or purposely ignoring it because there are much more important issues to deal with and because I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people. It doesn't say "no brown M&Ms;" - it says "no brown M&Ms, otherwise we cancel the show and you still pay us the entire amount". If I saw something like that in a contract, maybe I wouldn't go looking for brown M&Ms, I'd at least ask my boss (who hopefully has a direct line to our lawyers) "is this for real?", and if my boss and our lawyers are any good they'd tell me that's as real as it gets.
- Melkman 5y ago
  There is no need to indulge them: you just tell them you are not going to sort the M&M's. If you do that in advance: great. If you ignore other points and tell them in advance also great. If you ignore requests and don't communicate that fact you are in trouble. Like the 15 amp sockets which can deliver 19amps in a comment above. That's a fire hazard. If you don't start a discussion that it is a fire hazard and you will only deliver 15amps or you will use a different higher rated socket you failed the test and your work is suspect.
- hashkb 5y ago
  > I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people. Then you probably wouldn't be working at a concert venue / on a showbusiness production team anyway. Edit: have you seen a Van Halen (or, really, any stadium-headlining) show? The entire performance is "the ridiculous whims of self important people". That's kind of why we like it.

by hashkb 5y ago

jjeaff 5y ago

I don't buy that this trick would be effective, though I like the sentiment. I would guess that the detail of m&m color could very often be overlooked due to its insignificance and create a false signal. For one, the same people in charge of safety like riggings and electrical are not going to be the same people that are supplying the refreshments. I can also imagine a high number of people like myself reading that part and think it's a joke or purposely ignoring it because there are much more important issues to deal with and because I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people.

YuriNiyazov 5y ago
> I can also imagine a high number of people like myself reading that part and think it's a joke or purposely ignoring it because there are much more important issues to deal with and because I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people. It doesn't say "no brown M&Ms;" - it says "no brown M&Ms, otherwise we cancel the show and you still pay us the entire amount". If I saw something like that in a contract, maybe I wouldn't go looking for brown M&Ms, I'd at least ask my boss (who hopefully has a direct line to our lawyers) "is this for real?", and if my boss and our lawyers are any good they'd tell me that's as real as it gets.
Melkman 5y ago
There is no need to indulge them: you just tell them you are not going to sort the M&M's. If you do that in advance: great. If you ignore other points and tell them in advance also great. If you ignore requests and don't communicate that fact you are in trouble. Like the 15 amp sockets which can deliver 19amps in a comment above. That's a fire hazard. If you don't start a discussion that it is a fire hazard and you will only deliver 15amps or you will use a different higher rated socket you failed the test and your work is suspect.
hashkb 5y ago
> I'm not much into indulging the ridiculous whims of self important people. Then you probably wouldn't be working at a concert venue / on a showbusiness production team anyway. Edit: have you seen a Van Halen (or, really, any stadium-headlining) show? The entire performance is "the ridiculous whims of self important people". That's kind of why we like it.