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I think I know why the UK is having such dire problems, be it with the economy, law and order and the general apathy in Britain today. Since being secretary for the Band I have come in to contact with quite a few folk who ring me to enquire about the Band, then go ahead and reserve a date. As always I ring back nearer the date to see if everything is ok as we had not heard from them, only to hear that they no longer want the band. It did not occur to them to give me a courtesy call. A good example of this was many years ago. A lady rang to book the Band. She was very specific on what she wanted. This included a particular piece of music we did not have. We ordered this in and all was prepared. This Gig was booked in the month of November for the following February Valentines Day. It was a respected establishment. In the meantime I turned down a couple of gigs for that date. In the January I rang the lady to finalise details, only to be told it had been cancelled a couple of weeks after she had rang me. She had forgot (that is short for 'not bothered') to inform the Band though. She was so blase about the matter that I did some home work and contacted her Boss. I hope she got the biggest b******g ever, but she seemed so unintelligent ,it probably would not have registered. Strangely, the same thing has happened again this month. Despite e mails and phone calls the person has not bothered to get back to confirm or cancel a booking?? Now that is just plain bad manners.