It's been a long week. I was working a tribute band in the city for the past five days, and it was one of the rougher gigs I've worked in a while. I wasn't getting enough sleep, or food, and tension between the crews seemed to be worse than normal.
It was strange though. I saw all the tension rise, and I saw people getting grumpy, but I was in a damn good mood. I noticed things like this road case color coding, that was just so pretty I had to stop and get artsy.
The first day was long, and by the end of it, even I was mad at someone. I handled it a little differently than normal though, and I simply shut my mouth, and walked away. Which was good, because the person from the touring crew I was mad at eventually got chewed out for being such a dick to the house crew, by his own crew mates! Woo, one point to Jaymie for being more professional than one of the pros! (Not that I'm not a pro... but professional courtesy isn't always my strong point... Sometimes I don't know when to let things go...)
The show was beautiful. The lighting was amazing... And my spot light gig... Super easy!
By the load out, everybody seemed to have managed to adjust their attitudes. The person that was such an ass on the load in, went out of his way to be nice to the people he had snapped at. He showed true, and absolute humility, and that in my opinion is greater than an actual apology. I was impressed.
This morning, instead of sleeping in, and taking the day off, I got up after three hours of sleep, and went to an interview for one of my old jobs. It went pretty well. My friend Caiti who I used to work with there, seems to think that the interview was simply for show. I couldn't bring myself to think of it that way, and that's probably a good thing.
I found out the woman that cost me my last job got fired yesterday too... Someone has been hinting that they want me to come back... I'm not sure I can bring myself to do that... And if I do... I'll be a bit more demanding than I was the last time, because well, the people in charge made a stupid mistake, and treated a professional in a non professional way. It would be demeaning to go back, and not demand, an apology, and a raise. I'd say that is the professional way of saying "I told you so!"
Wait... Fuck! I am a professional? When did that happen?
It was strange though. I saw all the tension rise, and I saw people getting grumpy, but I was in a damn good mood. I noticed things like this road case color coding, that was just so pretty I had to stop and get artsy.
The first day was long, and by the end of it, even I was mad at someone. I handled it a little differently than normal though, and I simply shut my mouth, and walked away. Which was good, because the person from the touring crew I was mad at eventually got chewed out for being such a dick to the house crew, by his own crew mates! Woo, one point to Jaymie for being more professional than one of the pros! (Not that I'm not a pro... but professional courtesy isn't always my strong point... Sometimes I don't know when to let things go...)
The show was beautiful. The lighting was amazing... And my spot light gig... Super easy!
By the load out, everybody seemed to have managed to adjust their attitudes. The person that was such an ass on the load in, went out of his way to be nice to the people he had snapped at. He showed true, and absolute humility, and that in my opinion is greater than an actual apology. I was impressed.
This morning, instead of sleeping in, and taking the day off, I got up after three hours of sleep, and went to an interview for one of my old jobs. It went pretty well. My friend Caiti who I used to work with there, seems to think that the interview was simply for show. I couldn't bring myself to think of it that way, and that's probably a good thing.
I found out the woman that cost me my last job got fired yesterday too... Someone has been hinting that they want me to come back... I'm not sure I can bring myself to do that... And if I do... I'll be a bit more demanding than I was the last time, because well, the people in charge made a stupid mistake, and treated a professional in a non professional way. It would be demeaning to go back, and not demand, an apology, and a raise. I'd say that is the professional way of saying "I told you so!"
Wait... Fuck! I am a professional? When did that happen?