The Customer is always right.

Today I faced the 'customer is always right' dilemma.  Elementary schools have a tight schedule and performances in the cafetorium are subject to when breakfast and lunch are served.  This means that we need to arrive pretty early in the morning in order to have the show set up and ready for an 8:30 or 9:00 performance.  Usually at that hour the only greeters are the people working in the cafeteria, who may or may not know there's a show scheduled later in the day. 

We arrived early, entered the elementary school cafetorium and started setting up the show.  By 8:00 we were ready to go.  Then we found out about the second, middle school cafetorium.  The one that had the more flexible lunch hours.  If push came to shove we'd have to take everything down, pack it, move it and set it up again.  However, that would push the start time past the flexible lunch hours.  In the end we stayed where we were and were able to skillfully make the 2 shows fit into the available time slot.  And I have to say that the shows went very smoothly and were well received.  We got complemented by more than one teacher!

Is there a moral to this story?  Hmmm...I'm not sure.  I guess it's that the customer is always right and the show must go on.

I still love show business!