My DJ gets frustrated at times and announces over the microphone "Auto-DJ", meaning you will not be allowed to pick your songs and he will play what he wants... now, I do give the guy credit because even when on Auto-DJ, he will play the song styles that he thinks you like (rap, country, rock, whatever). So I don't think he's trying to be a dick, he's just frustrated at the girls.
The Auto-DJ thing started when one certain girl kept getting very unprofessional on the stage. Since her tantrums, he has also stopped playing CDs (we have an MP3-driven database but the selection is limited and my song choices are never loaded because they're usually too rare or unrequested). Now, it's a consistent thing and nobody gets a choice anymore without slipping him some extra dough.
He has never done that to me personally, but on the other hand I'm too much of a wimp to risk having that done to me. I have been dancing to the same ol' songs that I HATE for months now because I won't open my mouth. I'll be professional and dance as though it's my favorite song in the world. On several occasions, I have written requests down and slipped it in an obvious place for him but they always go ignored.
I guess it's a minor rant and nothing really important. But I'm paying this guy $20 a night ($10 minimum but I've always double-tipped) and lately $20 is about 20% of my earnings.
I did slip the waitress $10 one night to go "Auto-Waitress" on him for a half-hour, and he laughed about that.
Anyway, how would you girls feel about this? Is this something that happens a lot? I've been at this place for years now with the same DJ, and this is a recent thing.




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