staffed nine for a saturday that did 40 percent of forecast because the gig moved venues
we are ten minutes from a mid size venue and a saturday with a show on is worth roughly double a normal one. i build the rota off last years calendar because it has never let me down.
the show moved across town in august and i had no idea. nine on the floor and two on the door, and we took about 40 percent of forecast. i sent four people home after ninety minutes, which is its own kind of damage because three had turned down other shifts to be there. about 600 in wages for a night that needed four.
now i check the venue listings before i build anything more than two weeks ahead, which is an embarrassing thing to write down as a process. is there something better than me reading a whats on page every fortnight?