Rude woman threatened to spill beer all over my decks

[VjQue]

She could of been a mom of some big promoter or artist. Nothing wrong with playing a request I think.

[tekno_violet]

That's a mistake if you don't mind me saying. I had my fair share of bitches behaving like queens and everything's due to them when it pleases them, and threatened to break my gear. I have a simple one liner for this, and very effective. It goes like:

-"Do you know what happens if you break my equipment?"
-"No, what?"
-"This"

While cutting the sound.

Dead air while everyone looks at her, from that point you can explain what she wants to the audience and she will get booed off. Or, keeping in mind that the staff will also be looking at you: gesture them to come see you and she will be escorted out of the premises immediately. In some places her friends would also be kicked out and she would end up as a complete idiot in front of them.

You mean kinda like this?

[AdrianR]

I don't deal in maybes and age concerns when it comes to security issues. Don't give a shit either if she has children and grandchildren, that's completely irrelevant.



Yeah, could have. Has yet to happen after 35 years. That's the whole point of bottled water, I've knocked it over a few times though never spilled a drop. Keep in mind I have never threatened myself to spill drinks on my own gear, that makes you irrelevant again.

Well mate, by the law of chance and probability, if it hasn't happend for 35 years then it will probably happen soon. .. But damn, 35 years and your Djing to 60 year olds. ... Surely you'd of worked out a way by now to mix some old shit into some new shit with out killing the mood or the night or anything? Like, come on man, I haven't even been going half as long as that and I'm sitting here telling YOU to chillax about old folks chucking a hissy fit. 35 years, surely you'd of figured it out by now?

I had a friend like you once. Been Djing since the Dinosaurs. Set in his ways.. "THIS HAS TO BE LIKE THIS!" and I get it. I do. We all chase that dream of what we want every gig to be, but it will only ever be what it is there in that momment. YOU set that pace. Its like the video Tekno-Violet has posted. Yes, he makes a fool of the girl, BUT, look how he smoothes it over! "Let me buy you a drink." .. And you know what? Reggae and Hip-Hop aren't hard to mix together. I think the crowd, in particular that girl would have loved it if later he dropped some great reggae song with a filthy Hip-Hop beat looped over the top. Just one! To kinda say "Don't worry girl I got you covered." With out losing the essense of the night.

As for the drink.. Mate. She's 60 ... If you're going to be 'that' guy. Then if she spilled a drink on your shit you could have kicked her ass and had your pityful revenge on her and the cosmos would be balanced. You shouldn't take playing other peoples music so seriously. You'll start to hate your work if you do. Then you will become shit at it ... Enjoy the momment mate.

[de.j.l]

Judooo Chop, honestly.. you did the right thing in following her to make sure she doesn't fock your gear up. Old lady dweeb.. it is true you cannot catter to everyone's needs but you sure can try. I have not had any encounters that have ever became like this but I know the majority of the people when I go out and play...

[uncut69]

im shocked there is any debate over ops actions, how could a threat by a drunk crazy ass old lady be considered a "joke". Manu's solution is definitely better, but there is nothing wrong with going up to her and addressing the issue. Some people are stupid assholes regardless of how old or what gender, and these people need to be put in their place now and then.

and those of you saying its "just gear". well, yeah there are more important things in the world but if potentially saving a few thousand dollars at the price of being rude to some dumb bitch is the decision you have to make.....it would be completely retarded (and really pussy-like) to not go with that

[Manu]

Well mate, by the law of chance and probability, if it hasn't happend for 35 years then it will probably happen soon. .. But damn, 35 years and your Djing to 60 year olds. ... Surely you'd of worked out a way by now to mix some old shit into some new shit with out killing the mood or the night or anything? Like, come on man, I haven't even been going half as long as that and I'm sitting here telling YOU to chillax about old folks chucking a hissy fit. 35 years, surely you'd of figured it out by now?

I had a friend like you once. Been Djing since the Dinosaurs. Set in his ways.. "THIS HAS TO BE LIKE THIS!" and I get it. I do. We all chase that dream of what we want every gig to be, but it will only ever be what it is there in that momment. YOU set that pace. Its like the video Tekno-Violet has posted. Yes, he makes a fool of the girl, BUT, look how he smoothes it over! "Let me buy you a drink." .. And you know what? Reggae and Hip-Hop aren't hard to mix together. I think the crowd, in particular that girl would have loved it if later he dropped some great reggae song with a filthy Hip-Hop beat looped over the top. Just one! To kinda say "Don't worry girl I got you covered." With out losing the essense of the night.

As for the drink.. Mate. She's 60 ... If you're going to be 'that' guy. Then if she spilled a drink on your shit you could have kicked her ass and had your pityful revenge on her and the cosmos would be balanced. You shouldn't take playing other peoples music so seriously. You'll start to hate your work if you do. Then you will become shit at it ... Enjoy the momment mate.

Ah, probabilities. It never happened so it's bound to happen soon. The logic of this is now completely clear, a liquid spill on my mixer or should I say mixers is more than overdue.

Puh lease spare me the

you'd of worked out a way by now to mix some old shit into some new shit with out killing the mood or the night or anything? Like, come on man, I haven't even been going half as long as that and I'm sitting here telling YOU to chillax about old folks chucking a hissy fit. 35 years, surely you'd of figured it out by now?

So if I'm doing my thing and everything is going fine, and some girl comes up asking me whatever song from whatever genre then threatens to kill my gear if I don't play it, I should play it? What planet are you from?

Now, I've had more gigs than you had practice sessions, and you are telling me how I should mix and cater to a crowd, but also addressing security issues without having listened to any of my material (or you "d'of" noticed: I do mix "some old shit into some new shit" for that matter) or attended a single one of my gigs. Then not only telling me how I should deal with unruly behaviour and threat, but you've also figured out my psychological profile and my reaction in front of a 60 year old?

Then you're saying the solution to that problem is to bring cheapo CDJs with a bottom barrel mixer to a gig because shit inevitably happens from your experience? Honestly dude, buy me a plane ticket and I'll attend one of your gigs. I'll spill my beer on your gear, and enjoy that look on your face while I say "hey it's OK, it's only a cheapo numark, right?"


Jeez

You mean kinda like this?

I did not see any threatening behaviour in there, so that makes him a complete idiot. That is extremely rude by the way. When someone makes a request that won't fit I tell them honestly face to face instead of going all loud like, oooooh look people this dumb bitch made a dumb request lets all shame her because we're the hip hop crew aaaiiiiiiiight. I reckon he needs a nice hot steaming cup of shut the fuck up. See what happens when someone reminds him that not only he doesn't own the place but also should stop behaving like a little whiny bitch. Punched and thrown out by the owner of the Amnesia no less

Its like the video Tekno-Violet has posted. Yes, he makes a fool of the girl, BUT, look how he smoothes it over! "Let me buy you a drink." .. And you know what? Reggae and Hip-Hop aren't hard to mix together.

Yeah yeah, he bought them drinks when the boyfriend turned up. Real smooth man, real smooth.

[AdrianR]

Dude, if you couldn't play the song you could have just said "I'll try work it in later" or "I'm sorry maam I don't have that song." ... That's all it would have taken. It just sounds like you turned something minor into something major.

She threatened your GEAR. Not your LIFE. If she had held a knife to your throat and you had broken her fragile ass wrist I'd say "Ok that was warranted." But come on man! She's just a fucking superiority case! In her day she would have been the bitch on the dance floor that everyone wanted to bone! I bet she would have saddled up next to Dj's and asked for requests and made them think they'd get laid if they played it when she was a girl.

All I'm trying to say is CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET A LONG

[DJ STU-C]

whats making me feel this story is a bit dubious is when im at home mixing house I literally had to leg it downstairs to the fridge for a can then get back up so I can select, cue and line up the next track. yet you had time to stand in front of your decks "til she walked away" then had time to saunter over to her table and engage in full convo with her, all the time keeping the mixing perfect.... hmmmm



oh yeah I remember now all you kids have beat sync to do the work for you how silly of me to forget that


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[Austin GoGreen]

cant belive your doing free partys with cdj 2000. Hell even my family pays when I DJ for them

Yeah I stopped reading when he said free gig... No wonder the bar owners told you to play whatever YOU wanted. For 99% of us working dj's, the number 1 rule is to play for your crowd. That's how you get paid gigs. If you don't want to get paid then by all means do what you love. But if you want to have insurance to protect your equipment and make a living, entertain the people and play what they want (using your best judgement).

For example. I'm playing ALL HIP HOP at a place. Some goofy old broad comes up and asks for the stupidest request, I think it was the theme song from Titanic. Normally I would tell her to get lost but I thought what the hell, this is gonna be fun.

So I dl the track (wifi) get it loaded, echo out of the live track and drop her request. I put her on BLAST with the mic but make it funny without offending her. Meanwhile everyone is like WTF is going on here!? Let it play a second then scratch in my intro of the next track on the one and do a live mashup. There was only 30 seconds wasted, the girl understands why NOT to make that type of request, and the party continues. DOPE!

You have to know when to use a request and when not to. Too many dj's have chips on their shoulders these days.

[b.ill]

Yeah I stopped reading when he said free gig...

Yeah I missed that the first time. If you're doing it for fun by all means play what you want.

However do not ever continue a disagreement by going to the customer's a table and bringing it up all over again after they've broken it off. In our club security 86s customers for this as soon as they spot it, and if the DJ or any staff did anything crazy like this their night (and employment in that club) would be instantly over.