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So, today being Wednesday, it was my magic day, when I get paid to entertain people at two venues, the toy store during the day, and the chain restaurant at night.
Well, while working tonight at the restaurant, the shift manager told me that the GM had instructed him to tell me to take the next few weeks off, due to slow business, until late December, the 22nd to be precise.
That's nine weeks off. Nine weeks without the only guaranteed solid money I have each week. Nine weeks where there will be no magic at the chain restaurant, after over two solid years of there being a magician there, myself or a fill-in, every single Wednesday (since July of '09). Nine weeks of various customers, many of them children, coming to the restaurant specifically to see the magician, and being disappointed.
Yes, I understand the business decision. I am not completely clueless or egotistical. But I remember back to September of '04, when another GM suggested a similar hiatus, "until we get busy again." Of course, what I didn't know at the time was that that GM would never bring me back, and I never DID do another magic shift at that place until new management (several administrations before the current GM) decided to start up a Kids Night on Wednesdays, and to bring me back.
Of course, this GM is not that previous GM, who I affectionately dubbed "Cocksucker," and who, until I worked for Shit Weasel at the hotel, was the worst person I had ever worked for. (He still ranks number two.) And this GM, unlike Cocksucker, gave me a specific date to return on. Still, he didn't bother telling me himself, he seemed vaguely annoyed that I would suggest putting up a note to staff that let them know of the situation, in case any customers asked about it, which they almost certainly will. Hell, back when I went on that previous hiatus in '04, there were people asking about the magician for well over a YEAR after my last magic shift there.
But whatever. I am going to get that note typed up and posted, including my number for staff to give to any customers who may ask for it, as I do book a lot of private shows through the restaurant. And hopefully, this really won't be a repeat of '04.
This also gives me a chance to either pick up more bar shifts at The Bar, or have some more time off to enjoy myself, or perhaps even work on some new tricks, something I have been woefully lackadaisical about. And interestingly, while I was a bit hurt, I was not nearly as devastated as I was back in '04, even before I found out that I would not be returning. I took it in stride, am okay with it, and realize now more than I did seven years ago that, even if this door does close, others will open.
They always do.
So, into hiatus I go. Someone kick the magician awake shortly before Christmas. Thanks.
Well, while working tonight at the restaurant, the shift manager told me that the GM had instructed him to tell me to take the next few weeks off, due to slow business, until late December, the 22nd to be precise.
That's nine weeks off. Nine weeks without the only guaranteed solid money I have each week. Nine weeks where there will be no magic at the chain restaurant, after over two solid years of there being a magician there, myself or a fill-in, every single Wednesday (since July of '09). Nine weeks of various customers, many of them children, coming to the restaurant specifically to see the magician, and being disappointed.
Yes, I understand the business decision. I am not completely clueless or egotistical. But I remember back to September of '04, when another GM suggested a similar hiatus, "until we get busy again." Of course, what I didn't know at the time was that that GM would never bring me back, and I never DID do another magic shift at that place until new management (several administrations before the current GM) decided to start up a Kids Night on Wednesdays, and to bring me back.
Of course, this GM is not that previous GM, who I affectionately dubbed "Cocksucker," and who, until I worked for Shit Weasel at the hotel, was the worst person I had ever worked for. (He still ranks number two.) And this GM, unlike Cocksucker, gave me a specific date to return on. Still, he didn't bother telling me himself, he seemed vaguely annoyed that I would suggest putting up a note to staff that let them know of the situation, in case any customers asked about it, which they almost certainly will. Hell, back when I went on that previous hiatus in '04, there were people asking about the magician for well over a YEAR after my last magic shift there.
But whatever. I am going to get that note typed up and posted, including my number for staff to give to any customers who may ask for it, as I do book a lot of private shows through the restaurant. And hopefully, this really won't be a repeat of '04.
This also gives me a chance to either pick up more bar shifts at The Bar, or have some more time off to enjoy myself, or perhaps even work on some new tricks, something I have been woefully lackadaisical about. And interestingly, while I was a bit hurt, I was not nearly as devastated as I was back in '04, even before I found out that I would not be returning. I took it in stride, am okay with it, and realize now more than I did seven years ago that, even if this door does close, others will open.
They always do.
So, into hiatus I go. Someone kick the magician awake shortly before Christmas. Thanks.
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