What a perfect subject  !
I went to my hometown Friday night, and there was karaoke there. Small town, 250 people, mostly older people singing.
Well, karaoke was supposed to start at 9:00. The KJ Does not get there till 9:30, and by the time he sets up, it is 10:00, not the end of the world.
so, the show finally starts, he sings his song, and I am the first up in the so called rotation (explain the "so called" later).
I put up my songs way before, and he comes up to me with my first song and says "you have the number wrong, you are supposted to follow along with the numbers in the book" as if I was stupid. Then, he says "we have it all figured out though, so it is okay" (I was going to look up the number for him).
Okay, so I put in the song "We Belong" for my first one, and the song that comes up is La Bamba!! So, I walk over, and calmly say, this is not my song....and of course he and his "assistant" look at me like I am on mars.
So, rather than actually ask which song I wanted to sing, they just took a big guess. I did have the number wrong, which was not a big deal cause it did not take long to look up anyway.
Later that night it happened again, where he was telling me my number was wrong, but that time, it just turned out they were not reading it right!
So, he first set up his so called first rotation in an all rock, then all country song set. Well, I have no idea as to what a rotation even was as he would literally just grab a paper and chose a singer. It was awful! Sometimes, you would have someone sing, then someone else, and those people who just sang would be up again! It had no rhyme nor reason.
And, you could tell that they were just randomly picking, as they took forever to cue the songs.
I mean, it was not a big deal as there were not a lot of singers, but this guy was not even professional. When someone "bad" would sing a song, and be out of time, he would come right up to them, and start singing in their ear to try and "fix" the timing problem. One girl he came up to her and was clapping in her face and singing in her face, as she tried to look around him. It was BRUTAL!
Then, his sound system was just awful. He had a loud system with a live mic, which was nice, but because the mic was so live, you would stand five feet away from the speakers with the mics pointing away and still get feedback. All night was just feedback. And, when you have people who don't understand how feedback happens (like drunk people who don't care), it is feedback all night.
I am NEVER going back again, as I was just actually kinda scared of the guy.
He was unprofessional, rude, obnoxious, and I know that if he was in a bigger place with people who have done karaoke a lot, he would have not even lasted five minutes!
That is my story for the day ! 
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I still have to find a good KJ in Saint Louis / Saint Charles - MO 
It's no bloody wonder they get $75- per night. I wouldn't even pay them for what they do.