OK, I just got a call from the person who was at the jam collecting names from face painters to use in restaurants, etc. I just thought I'd give you the "scoop" that he didn't give at the jam. He "pays" his balloon people $15 an hour ONLY ONLY ONLY if they don't make $15 an hour in tips. So, let's say, they make $16 an hour in tips.....they get NOTHING from his company!!!!!! The original $15 an hour that he told us about is crap unless they don't make ANY tips at all. And if they make over $15 an hour in tips, from what I understand, they don't even get to keep ALL their tips!
I told him to take my number off his list. I was not planning on working with his company at all and I didn't appreciate his rudeness at the convention, telling me that face painters could NOT do a face in less than 2-3 minutes, ....he told me that twice (which I proved him wrong, and he admitted that he was surprised.) I told him I was not the only one that could do fast faces. I also told him that he was VERY misleading, even when Cynthia approached him and asked him point blank, how much he paid his balloonists, etc. He very clearly told her that his company pays them at least $15 per hour. He JUST told me that amount might be NOTHING if the balloonist makes their $15 per hour in tips. Tips, in my opinion, are to be KEPT by the artist. That's what a tip IS....NOT regular pay. Just wanted to inform you, as apparently this guy is making phone calls this morning with a "plan" for the future to lure you into restaurants to do birthday parties, etc. by collecting kids' names and addresses for birthday parties, to offer a free party per month. (Wonder if he expects you to do the birthday party for free, too.) I'll bet he, too, wouldn't NEARLY pay you your regular pay for a birthday party BECAUSE it was in the restaurant where you agreed to a lower amount of pay. I'm not doing birthday parties for my restaurant pay....No way, No how, NADA. And I would encourage the rest of you not to do the same. In my book, they call this practice fraud. Come in and tell you one thing, then when you get the job, it's another. Just be careful about booking with him. For you might be surprised!!!! Arla --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." This is a PG-13 forum dedicated to the discussion of Face Painting and Body Art. This group is provided for the benefit of all and as such is not moderated. Our goal is to promote open and unrestricted communication between people interested in face painting and body art. We hope that you will be courteous to others and try to stay on topic. You are free to offer products or services related to face painting as well. Please address concerns with the original poster before contacting the management. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fpba-assn -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
