Term of the Night: sins of the father

sins of the father--depriving a young stagehand of work or blackballing him/her because you can't stand his/her father. "When it was time for the young stagehand to be voted into the local, he/she got a large number of 'no' votes. A lot of old timers didn't like his father. It wasn't personal against the kid...it was a case of the sins of the father." Or it could be sins of the mother. Since COVID, stagehands are not voted into the local anymore. When they complete their time on the organizational list, they enter the local.