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Meh. While they sure could have been more accomodating, 30 minutes before a talk is not the right time bring up your deal breaking demands.
by subsystem 13y ago
Meh. While they sure could have been more accomodating, 30 minutes before a talk is not the right time bring up your deal breaking demands.
- x1024 13y ago"My wife should not be thrown out of the venue" is hardly an unexpected and entitled demand, though. It falls more into the "not going to mention it because it's implied" category.
- mark-ruwt 13y agoTotally agree. If you pause to think about it, for a conference as large and expectedly bureaucratic as this one, asking for a last-minute ticket for your wife is no different than asking for one for a colleague. It's something that should have been taken care of more than 30 minutes before the talk.
- kstrauser 13y agoHe didn't ask for a ticket. He asked for her to be allowed into his own talk for the hour while he was giving it. That's a pretty tame and reasonable request.
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- mikeash 13y agoIndeed. Why didn't they bring up potential guests beforehand? Oh, you think the onus is on him? Weird.
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- mikeash 13y agoThey knew she was coming. It's not like he just showed up and was like, "surprise! I have another person you had no idea existed!" They should have at least asked about it.