Quoth MystyGlyttyr
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You owe this woman nothing. Not any food, not any contact, not even any further consideration. She "hired" you without having you accept the job, or talking money with you, or doing anything but say "you're hired!" and dictate what she wanted. This was not a conversation or a negotiation, but a monologue. She was, in essence, talking to herself.
No response of any kind by you is required. Give it no more thought. She's a loon.
Quoth Merriweather
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Quoth earl colby pottinger
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By the way, for the record, I've been doing magic professionally for almost 13 years now, and have done a few shows for free. In all that time, from all those shows, you know how many "contacts" I made that contacted me for a future paying show?
Right. Zero.
This method of trying to persuade someone to do something for free is an absolute load of shit. Of course, a lot of the time people presenting this argument really think it will work, but the sad truth is that it really never does. At least, it never has for me.
Quoth Crossbow
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To which I think the best response is not to pretend to not know her, but to lay right into her.
"Ex-CUSE me, but when you ALLEGEDLY hired me for your party, you never BOTHERED to ask if I would take the job, you never BOTHERED to ask me for my rates, you never BOTHERED to offer me any sort payment or deposit, and you never BOTHERED to even let me respond to anything you said. So why in the flying hell would I BOTHER to give you any consideration at all, since you never gave me any?
This conversation is OVER. Get out of my face NOW, or I WILL bother to call the authorities!"
Get louder than her, do not let HER get a word in edgewise, and shut her down harder than a steam roller. And do so very publicly so you can show her up in front of as many people as possible.
And that would be how I would handle THAT.
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