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Babs - for some reason I missed the words "Regular Customers" in your original post and in that case I would handle the situation differently. My regulars rarely ever pull this manuver on me as they know how my rotation runs. But if one did:

I would just take them off to the side put one arm around them and say something like. I just cant put you up before others in the rotation and being a regular you know that I run a fair rotation and would not consider bumping you up in front of the other regulars. I'm sorry but that is just the way it works.


The Idea about announcing for them to buy the bar a round of drinks to be bumped in the rotation is a great idea....that way it benefits all involved and is likely not to happen more than once in an evening.

Also if I  remember right you are running a computer. Have you considered a video program that will display the singer rotation on the screen in between each song?
This would help with the impatient ones.

I'm leaving soon so can I sing real quick.

frankly I felt like I was being treated as a prostitute...

Many KJs will put a new singer up, without putting him/her at the end of the rotation. Several singers I know or know of, come in, sing one song within 15 minutes or less, leave and repeat this process at several bars in the area......most of the time they even sing the same song........p!s's off people waiting over an hour, and spending plenty of money on drinks.........homey don't play dat........ok, maybe for a picture of Jefferson......ok...ok.....maybe Lincoln......and the guy in between....

I don't put new singers at the end of rotation. I stagger them in between the old singers. I make them wait at least 4 or 5 songs then put new singer, old singer,new singer etc... after they are in rotation they stay there until the end of the night.