So I totally didn't mean to heckle the half-deaf guy at karaoke. I mean, I did mean to heckle the person who was delivering the awful, off-tempo, off-key version of that stupid Jet song they used in the iPod commercial, but I didn't know that he was born half-deaf. Nor would I have, had the waitress not angrily come over and confronted me post-heckle and explained that to me. Ironically, it took her three repetitions before I understood exactly what she was saying. If I'd actually been trying to give her shit, I would have had her repeat herself a few more times.
That's not to say that I didn't sass her some. When she angrily asked if I wanted to go up after Half-Deaf Guy, I considered the question for one dramatic pause's worth of time, and then I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Sure, I'd love to."
But, in my defense, the guy was AWFUL, beyond normal awful karaoke standards. And it was very near closing time, and he jumped ahead of two of my friends who had paid the KJ extra for the chance to get their songs in before closing time, apparently because he worked there. And I did shake half-deaf-guy's hand and apologize after his song, not that I think it mattered much.
But here's the deal: If you stand in front of people with a microphone and suck, expect no mercy. That's the code I live by, and I expect no less from anyone else.
That's not to say that I didn't sass her some. When she angrily asked if I wanted to go up after Half-Deaf Guy, I considered the question for one dramatic pause's worth of time, and then I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Sure, I'd love to."
But, in my defense, the guy was AWFUL, beyond normal awful karaoke standards. And it was very near closing time, and he jumped ahead of two of my friends who had paid the KJ extra for the chance to get their songs in before closing time, apparently because he worked there. And I did shake half-deaf-guy's hand and apologize after his song, not that I think it mattered much.
But here's the deal: If you stand in front of people with a microphone and suck, expect no mercy. That's the code I live by, and I expect no less from anyone else.
I posted on MySpace about this but it was broken.
Net-net, not a big fan of heckling because it is scary up there sometimes. Even when people suck, because he did suck. Hot ass. Boy did he suck. I mean beyond tone deafness. But in your defense, the guy can be a dick sometimes in my experience. And they did sell us out on the payola we had just laid out. And you squared it with him, which should be all that matters to external parties.
All in all, I think it was my church-style obscure verses extra bad ringtone music edition of "Hallelujah" that really healed the wounds and brought it together though. *laugh*