Picture this: you’re organizing a show in your hometown, and you decide to do a favor for a friend by squeezing them into an already tight lineup. You agree on a payment, but when the big night arrives, your friend shows up late, drunk, and delivers a fraction of the promised performance. The next day, they demand full payment. What would you do? ♀️
The Lineup Squeeze
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Agreeing on Payment
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The No-Show Sound Check
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Late Arrival Promise
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Missing in Action
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Buying Time
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Drunk and Late
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Short-Lived Performance
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Payment Request
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Partial Payment
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Angry Response
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Persistent Demands
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A Drunken Disaster or Unfair Treatment?
After a friend’s disastrous performance at a show, our protagonist is left to pick up the pieces. The friend was late, drunk, and only performed for 15 minutes instead of the agreed-upon 45 minutes. Despite this, they demand the full payment of $200, leaving our protagonist to wonder if they’re being unreasonable. The friend’s persistence in asking for the remaining payment has led to a heated debate. What do you think? Was our protagonist justified in their actions, or should they have paid the full amount? Let’s see what the internet thinks…
Performing artist shows up drunk and late, demands full payment. NTA.

Musician shares why soundcheck is important, while commenters agree NTA.

When being an a**hole backfires

Performing artist shows up drunk and demands full payment. NTA.

Cut ties with the entitled artist. NTA.
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Demanding payment after drunken disaster? Not the a-hole move.

Friendship on the rocks

Event manager shares insight on billing artists after mishap

Fair judgement, $35 was generous for their performance

Comment section asks how Axl Rose performed at show

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster. Commenters side with artist.
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Artist shows up drunk and late, demands full payment. NTA.

Musician stands up for fair payment and sobriety at gigs

NTA pays only $35 after artist played only 15 minutes

Late client voids contract, artist not the a**hole

Respectless performer gets what he deserves.

Professional musician explains importance of punctuality and sobriety for gigs.

Protect yourself and save evidence. Good riddance to bad friends

Generous payment despite disaster, still not the a**hole.
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Artist demands payment after disaster, but commenters agree NTA.

Commenter questions validity of performer’s payment demand

No beating around the bush, commenter is NTA
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Late and drunk performer causes chaos, friend regrets decision.

Contract broken, no legal aid sought. NTA stands strong

Block the drunk and move on, NTA

Demand your $35 back and block him

Demanding full payment after a drunken disaster

Artist demands payment for a drunken disaster, but NTA prevails.

Friend took advantage of OP’s kindness, $200 not a dent

NTA. The performer didn’t maintain professionalism. Hope your ass is covered

Fair assessment of payment dispute with helpful calculation

Performing artist demands full payment after drunken disaster. NTA.

Professional musician agrees artist deserved only partial payment.

Late and drunk performer compensated, but should be blacklisted. NTA

Being unprofessional can cost you gigs

Commenter believes performer is not at fault.

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster

Musicians support each other. NTA for paying despite disaster.

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster – comment agrees.

OP’s concert ruined by a drunken disaster, NTA for demanding payment

Block and move on! NTA for demanding payment

Confused commenter questions obvious lack of fault

Artist demands payment after drunken disaster, but commenters say NTA.

Artist deserves partial payment for drunken, late, incomplete performance. NTA.

Cutting off toxic friends? NTA, but block and move on

Artist overpaid by $19.8 for only 20 minutes work

Get it in writing next time to avoid drunken disasters

Unexpected twist: NTA demands full payment after unprofessional behavior

One comment suggests firing the performer before the disaster

Performing artist breaches contract, demands full payment. NTA replies.

Fair or not? Commenter defends artist’s decision to demand payment.

Not the a**hole, but who caused the drunken disaster?

Artist shows up drunk, demands full pay; commenter says no way.

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster, commenters agree NTA.
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Entertainer demands payment after drunken interruption. NTA responds.

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster, but commenters side with performer
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Commenter thinks performer didn’t deserve payment

Short and sweet: NTA is going nowhere

Artist demands full payment after disaster. Commenter says NTA.

Artist demands payment after disaster, commenters agree NTA

Block the drunk and move on!
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Late performer causes chaos, commenter suggests better solution

Commenter calls out entitled musician, deems them NTA

Artist demands full payment after drunken disaster. Commenters side with him.
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