Family Refuses To Pay Harpist For Service Rendered Because Of Her Dress Color

Things certainly took an unexpected turn.

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• September 15, 2022

A person’s wedding day is one of the most important days they will ever experience. That’s why people pay so much attention to the bride and groom on their wedding day.

It’s also expected for a person to want to keep that attention on themselves only. After all, this might be the only time they will ever walk down the aisle. 

People go as far as colonizing a color to ensure no one wears the same as them at their wedding. We get it, though. It is their special day, and it should go exactly how they want it to.

While significant, the need to be the star of the show may cause a person to act in ways that are distasteful and upsetting to those around them. 

Unfortunately, many people fall into this quite quickly, and it seems we have found a story that properly showcases that.

A harpist took to Reddit to share a frustrating experience performing at a wedding. In the post, she revealed that the marriage ceremony was for a family she had known for a long time.

As expected, she showed the bride and groom her dress for approval. And in her words, "she and her groom had approved it twice."

To OP's (original poster) surprise, the bride ended up wearing the same color of the dress without giving her a heads up.

Maybe some people would have overlooked this, but not this family, they took it personally. Scroll down to find out how the story unfolds.

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Dress color mishap, no pay

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The post, which has since gone viral, garnered 19.7k upvotes and 1.4k comments. Let's find out how the Reddit community reacted to the story:

"In future, invoice clients and keep electronic records"

Great advice, just in case things go south.

"NTA. You had it approved twice and the bride was okay with it"

According to OP, the dress was approved, not once but twice!

"In future, get prepayment for your service"

Payment before service.

"NTA - This was a business transaction and you held up your end of the deal"

Business transaction gone wrong.

"I’m going to say this may have been setup in advance so they wouldn’t have to pay you"

The suspicions have started rolling in. Do you think it was a setup?

"Do we have a case of a forgetful bride on our hands, or is it something more sinister?"

The people in the comments section think it’s definitely the latter.

"You actually went above and beyond by showing the bride and groom your dress ahead of time"

The harpist received some commendation for how she handled the issue.

There is a clear consensus that OP is not the AH in this case. And it was great to see other musicians chime in with some valuable business advice.

Thankfully, OP got her money, even if it took a lot more work and complications than she would have preferred. We bet she'll feel better about the situation after reading this many positive comments.

In any case, we'd love to hear your thoughts about the story. The comments section is wide open!

Jesse