Will see how this all plays out but...in a nutshell...
Conagra event in Florida.
Event another guy has done for 3 years.....vacation event really.
This year they tripled everything....he freaked...wanted somebody else to go also(read that as somebody to run it and do all the thinking and problem solving).
Figured I was screwed...but no. My boss was going with him.
All good.
Conagra adds more shiate....split venue....boss tells dummy.he's going to have to hit it and run 1 venue.
Dummy freaks again.
Dummy comes in today and says his dad is dying. Could be today...tomorrow...THIS WEEKEND....they just don't know.
This is his dad that he just talked about around the holidays.
He's seen him twice in 30 years. Last time was about 10 years ago for 10 minutes. Said his dad was a piece of shiate and doesnt care if he sees him for another 10.
I know damn well he plans on bailing on this. We'll see. If he does I'm on my way to Boca Raton Friday.
This isn't the first time he's bailed on a job that requires effort. He only want to travel and do the easy fun jobs.
I gave him a bunch of crap all day and told him if this gets dumped on me I'll be ...... and start taking all the "vacation" booths and he can start doing the PITA booths that I do every year.
We'll see. I made it clear that he always finds a reason to not be able to do a show that requires effort.
He ain't happy with me tonight. Told the boss I was tired of that crap also.