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Texting before every Band Rehearsal...why?

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51PRI

51PRI

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Our start-up band has been rehearsing on the same night of the week since we started it. We all know it and we discuss it at the end of each rehearsal. Even so, one member of the band will always text on the day of practice "Are we still practicing tonight?" We're all adults and all should know and remember about band practice. It bugs me that he keeps doing this. Why does it bug me so much and how can I get him to stop doing it?

(I know a lot of you don't rehearse but that isn't the topic here, okay?)
 
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Killing Floor said:
Sometimes people want to know if u up.
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Parzival said:
Maybe he got done wrong in a previous band and cancelled on at the last minute more than once. Maybe he has a bad memory. Maybe he is lonely.
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Bunk McNulty said:
This is your biggest problem ???
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No, there are bigger ones.

5StringBlues said:
I get the strangest feeling of Deja Vu
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Me, too. I looked through my content files to see if I had started a thread like this before, and I couldn't find one.

Hot Rats said:
Probably so he doesn't make a wasted trip only to find out practice is not happening.
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I understand that, but it had already been discussed at the end of the previous rehearsal, and everyone knows it's the same night every week unless someone has to change it for some reason, at which time they will text about it.
 
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51PRI said:
I understand that, but it had already been discussed at the end of the previous rehearsal, and everyone knows it's the same night every week unless someone has to change it for some reason, at which time they will text about it.
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then address it at practice, restate the conditions and get verbal confirmation of comprehension and compliance from that person
 
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51PRI said:
Our start-up band has been rehearsing on the same night of the week since we started it. We all know it and we discuss it at the end of each rehearsal. Even so, one member of the band will always text on the day of practice "Are we still practicing tonight?" We're all adults and all should know and remember about band practice. It bugs me that he keeps doing this. Why does it bug me so much and how can I get him to stop doing it?

(I know a lot of you don't rehearse but that isn't the topic here, okay?)
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I always text the band/group to confirm because multiple times someone else forgot. I don't care if it bugs the others, it bothers me more when someone forgets about practice when a simple text would have saved a lot of everyone else's time.

As to why it bugs you, not sure but if that is the only thing you can complain about with your band, I'm envious... ;)

Good Luck!
 
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