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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 5:58 pm
Subject: Re: [fpba-assn] Re: Balloon person at the jam
Arla:
He had a tire marking on his face when I saw him....That ?is exactly what he
does to all
people working for him..He runs over them.? How appropriate!? He asked if I did
balloons..
I told him no...I didn't want to get into a conversation with him and even
distracted another
painter to leave him and come to our table...She stated that if he makes the
$200 thousand
a year that he claims..he would not be living in the area/house he does- she
knew the area..
What goes around-comes around.? He can do whatever he wants, but unfortunately
he doesn't have a circle of
friends and we do.!!? No one likes him at all in the surrounding Orlando area
that I hear. .? What he does would be different if it was confined his own home
town area, but he wants the whole pie. Their will be some takers and some
givers.I choose to be a giver myself! He is trying to make a living, but will
have no friends along the way.
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine P <[email protected]>
To: Face Painting and Body Art Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 4:36 pm
Subject: [fpba-assn] Re: Balloon person at the jam
Arla,
I had no idea you didn't know that was Ben from Balloon Distractions
that you were painting in the jam room.
The balloon forum has torn him up about taking the money from the
kids--AND--going after all the chain restaurants. He doesn't charge
the restaurants as much as a twister would, so they are under the
impression they shouldn't have to pay our regular--discounted--
restaurant prices, because he is so much less. When I commented that
you're tiger almost made him look human, I meant it!
Elaine--PS, Thanks for all you did to make the convention great!
On Jan 9, 3:40?pm, "Arla Albers" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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