Is this rude or just customer apathy?

[Jim Saunders]

I take barrel racing to mean like this, rather a different thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l_Cb7aRopc

Jim

 

[ablearcher]

Yep, a deposit (and a contract) is the solution. I always tell the clients that until i have their deposit, the day remains open for other customers.

 

[RunAndGun]

In the TV world, the prevailing practice used to be cancelation less than 24 hours out was a full-boat bill. Since they never even bothered with that, I'd say you would have been justified in billing them for the day. Them posting on Facebook doesn't cut it. They should have called, emailed or at least texted. Now if it had been a "good client", that's different. You don't want to bite the hand that feeds you. My main client(125+ days a year) gets a LOT more leeway than someone that just called out of the blue.

 

[truejahmal]

That's pure inconsideration on their part. Lucky you didn't charge in advance for this sort of thing.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi folks.
Wow that poor little pony, don't they enforce weight limits, as in I went for a 2 hour trek in AZ when I was there and they put me on this thing like a cart horse, because of my weight, and I know I weigh less than her!

Also talk about a lame event, you want action look for a British gymkhana, 6 or 8 in the ring at the same time doing roughly the same thing, round the marker at each point and plant a flag , retrieve the flag etc all done at 2 or more times her speed! Now that gets busy and a bit exciting if you are in to things you have to feed but not with gasoline!

Edit

I take barrel racing to mean like this, rather a different thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l_Cb7aRopc

Jim

On the other hand this looks more exciting, still think it needs at least 2 in there at the same time. ;D ;D

Cheers Graham.

Ok...I'll ask the one question no one else has.....

What's a 'flag racing' event?

I think you handled the situation well.

think of a rodeo with barrel racing' that, but with a flag that you have to jam into a pot of dirt at the end of the run.

I thought I knew what flag racing was (which obviously was incorrect ... I thought it was like drag racing) ... but your explanation has me confused ... now I don't know what is flag racing ... earlier, at least I thought I knew what it was and was blissfully ignorant ... after your explanation I did a youtube search and clicked on the first (below) video that google threw at me ... now I am a thoroughly confused person. ;D
Flag Racing