Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 05:41:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter Lansing <pflansing1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Proffessional vrs Amateur
To: Balloon list <balloon@balloonhq.com>

OK, Question.  How do you fight against the lipstick
clown or the face painter who uses acrylics.  We had a
situation here where a parent who occasionally dresses
as a clown did a school show (and underbid us by
coming in at 25% of usual charges BTW.)  We heard
about this the next day.  Some of the NICE comments
were; "it was obvious she (the clown) just dressed up
for this."  "The clown did a lousy job of handling
children, the kids controlled the show."  One of the
parents came up to us, know that we are clown face
painters, and asked how to get the stain off her
child's cheek.

This PERSON (I will not call her a Clown because I am
proud of my proffession) has hurt our image.  How do
you overcome people like this when you try to book
your events.

Peter AKA Paddy the Clown