On the pub circuit in the UK, tip jars are pretty ubiquitous. The landlord doesn't mind - no skin off his nose and and it makes the band happy. Surprisingly, SOME music promoting publicans actually like the music and don't mind seeing the band happy! It normally goes round half-way through the second set and the best way to get it full is to ask the prettiest, sassiest member of your entourage to go round with it. There is an element of good-natured cajolery involved. Ars Gratia Artis. Pecunia Gratia Dulce Iesu H. Christus Impalato.
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