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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
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Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-15-2000 12:46 PM
>>I wish THX would not allow in house techs to do recertification for their own chains.<<This is the fox guarding the chicken coop! Gordon wrote: >>If the boss says it will pass I am sure no corporate minian would allow it not to<< You're right and I'm sad proof to the contrary. My only corporate engineering job was with Cinemuck in the late 80s. The head-honcho, boss engineer, who always let everyone know that he was from California, like that meant something (even in restaurants, it was embarrassing)... was not only their recertification man, but was going around the country designing and installing all their theatres wrong (filing everything to a one-size-fits-all, incorrect lens sizings, improper equipment alignment, poor installation practices, and an odd belief that moving the lateral guide roller after aligning a stereo cell didn't change anything). I was hired as their Midwestern engineer, and they sent this big-cheese bozo over, who often appeared to be high on crack cocaine, to check me out for a few weeks on some installs. Shortly after I realized that HE was the one that needed to be checked out, I went to corporate VPs about what was happening to their theatres and why. Well... to make a long story short, it's the only job I've ever been fired from. ------------------ Better Projection Pays!
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Tim Reed
Better Projection Pays
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Posts: 5246
From: Northampton, PA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-18-2000 07:06 AM
>> despite my pleading to "please use the test prints and not the new prints" for his playing around<<Brad, that's the guy, and 'playing around' is the right phrase. He seemed to be more concerned with being "in charge" than with getting the job done. And you DARED to make a suggestion?!??!! Well, he was from CALIFORNIA, by gosh, and heaven forbid he'd let a good ol' boy from Texas or Kentucky tell him what to do! ------------------ Better Projection Pays!
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