FLYNN GUITARS & MUSIC

THE TEACHER WE GOT FOR OUR CHILD WAS NOT BAD (NOT GREAT EITHER), BUT WE WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR A MONTH'S WORTH OF LESSONS WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF RESCHEDULING ONES THAT WE KNEW IN ADVANCE WE COULDN'T ATTEND. THE STORE SAID THAT WE COULD ARRANGE FOR MAKEUP LESSONS, BUT EVERYTIME WE TRIED TO DO THIS, NO ONE RESCHEDULED THE LESSONS. (SINCE THE LESSONS ARE ALREADY PAID FOR, THERE ISN'T MUCH INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO IT, I GUESS.) ALSO, THE PERSON AT THE COUNTER WAS UNPLEASANTLY PATRONIZING, EVEN AFTER I TOLD HIM THAT I AM A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN ALSO AND FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEMS OF PRIVATE MUSIC INSTRUCTION. PERHAPS THE WORST OFFENSE IS THAT ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OFTEN SAT IN THE STORE PLAYING AT A PAINFULLY HIGH VOLUME, WHICH DISRUPTED THE LESSONS AND WAS LOUD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE HEARING. IRONICALLY, THERE IS A POSTER ABOUT HEARING PROTECTION RIGHT BY THE FRONT DOOR, SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DANGERS.