Hi Nettie. Lookin' good, as usual. Well, here is my thing. I always ask how many children will be attending the event. The number of children and the number of minutes needed for the activity per child(facepainting, balloons) gives me the amount of time this clown will expect to be there (and get paid for).
Ha! In a perfect world! Problem is, as we all know, the person booking the clown doesn't always KNOW exactly how many children will be requesting a balloon or facepainting, etc. The larger problem for me is that I just don't like turning away a child who has been standing in line waiting, waiting, waiting. If only a few remain, no problem. If the line can be never-ending, and I am getting weary, tired, hungry, etc., well what I improvised in such a situation recently was to do this: I placed my hand on my forehead and starting sing-songing, "Oh, my, Miss Giggles, has done a million, thousand, trillion, hundred, balloons, and she is so-o-o-o-o-o-o tired. And, she just has go to go home and feed her giraffe and her monkeys, and, and, all the other animals at her house. She can only make (x number -- total of children already in line) more balloons, so please hold hands and stand in a line so everybody will know Miss Giggles has to go home to feed her animals." Now I had the cooperation of the children who had been waiting in line AND their parents in helping me close up. Best of luck. Giggles
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