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so true....I try to keep a fair rotation, but, sometimes the bar manager will intervene when she sees one of her regulars walk in by shouting to me "so and so wants to sing". This particular regular is "too good" to fill out one of my slips, and I won't let her sing until A. she fills out a request and, B. she gets to her turn in the rotation. I get along well with the bar manager, but, tell her I won't bend on that policy. Not only is it unfair to the people that have been spending their money on drinks and waiting patiently all night, but, you will never get those people to become regulars if they suspect favoritism.
I also have one of those guys that always comes up and begs me to bump him up in the rotation, when I tell him there are others in front of him, he actually wants to know who they are so that he can go and ask them if they mind if he preceeds them. Many people are too polite to say no, so, I won 't allow him to do that.....this customer is "high maintence".....