ARGH!! I AM GOING TO KILL SOMEONE!!
Seriously, it's not even Halloween, and all the morons are out. We are casting for a movie, and the "actors" who are calling in have to be the dumbest people! I mean, they can't even act excited! They have no idea what they are calling for, they stutter and stammer and say "yeah, I'm uh, calling... for the, uh, the uh, oh what do you call it?" And I say "The audition?" "Oh yeah! The audition!" Like DUH!!
And then I have angry VH1 people calling because the producers aren't in, the assistant isn't in,a nd I have no idea what they are asking about. All I can offer is voice mail and they are pissed because they want to know where there video tapes are.
Then there are the people looking for work. Now, I understand it is a tough market out there, but these people call in wanting to know when we are crewing up for non-exsistant projects, and when I tell them I don't know and ask them to send in a resume, they don't want to they just want to keep calling back and harassing me and the HR department. I finally had to tell one guy that we don't have time to call back each job seeker every week with a status update. These people are so rude and in the end they won't get a job.
And THEN! Then there are the producers I work with! A lot of them are ok, but this one gal wanted to send our PA on a run, but the office manager is out today (she is the one who coordinates the runs). So producer asks what she is supposed to do, I told her to fill out the run request, leave it on the run table (is that so hard?) and tell the PA when she gets back. She looks confused and asks when that will be. I shrug (as another moron is calling on the phone). So instead she sends one of the assistants to do it (I'm sure it can't be THAT important), leaving me to handle her phones, which brings us right back around to the VH1 people!
Oh yeah, and of course we are casting for a reality show... casting is the worst.
All I want to do is watch "Full Metal Jacket" in semi-peace.
Seriously, it's not even Halloween, and all the morons are out. We are casting for a movie, and the "actors" who are calling in have to be the dumbest people! I mean, they can't even act excited! They have no idea what they are calling for, they stutter and stammer and say "yeah, I'm uh, calling... for the, uh, the uh, oh what do you call it?" And I say "The audition?" "Oh yeah! The audition!" Like DUH!!
And then I have angry VH1 people calling because the producers aren't in, the assistant isn't in,a nd I have no idea what they are asking about. All I can offer is voice mail and they are pissed because they want to know where there video tapes are.
Then there are the people looking for work. Now, I understand it is a tough market out there, but these people call in wanting to know when we are crewing up for non-exsistant projects, and when I tell them I don't know and ask them to send in a resume, they don't want to they just want to keep calling back and harassing me and the HR department. I finally had to tell one guy that we don't have time to call back each job seeker every week with a status update. These people are so rude and in the end they won't get a job.
And THEN! Then there are the producers I work with! A lot of them are ok, but this one gal wanted to send our PA on a run, but the office manager is out today (she is the one who coordinates the runs). So producer asks what she is supposed to do, I told her to fill out the run request, leave it on the run table (is that so hard?) and tell the PA when she gets back. She looks confused and asks when that will be. I shrug (as another moron is calling on the phone). So instead she sends one of the assistants to do it (I'm sure it can't be THAT important), leaving me to handle her phones, which brings us right back around to the VH1 people!
Oh yeah, and of course we are casting for a reality show... casting is the worst.
All I want to do is watch "Full Metal Jacket" in semi-peace.
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adw1138:
That sucks. Hopefully you are getting paid well for all that stress.
lx:
If you need helpe killing people I'm your man. I'll just add them to my own grocery list.