Second try - I clicked on refresh

It brings to mind a night many years ago of a club I used to co-organise.

It was a guest night. MC arrived 30 minutes late, then spent more than 20 minutes tuning his guitar on stage, and went into a long spot.

when it got to my spot treasurer asked if I could keep it short as the club was running late. I did the shortest song in my repertoire - less than 20 seconds.

Guest did a shortened sport before the interval. Interval over-ran before the MC got started again, more guitar problems and another long spot. The guest did about 10 minutes in the 2nd half.

As the club treasurer I had to bite my lip to avoid suggesting to the guest that as he had only done half the work (he was booked for 2 x 30 minute sets, he should only take half the booking fee (not really, but it is a thought...)