The amount of DJ`s I have had to repeatedly slap the wrist of, who run red on the desk is sad. Lot`s of pro`s do it too. They get all egocentric and "turn it up"
The best way I find to deal with that now, is to just run a heavy limit over the signal and tell the DJ`s, "ok very simple, if you run into red the limiter will kick in, and kill the sound, and you will sound shit". If they persist, I just leave em to embarass themselves.
Dj`s that crank eq`s to compensate for volume are annoying too. Minor overall tweaks are ok, but some guys have the bass, mid, and treble all cranked up too, how amateurish?