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Topic: Film Done Right - request
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-04-2001 03:03 AM
Yeah, Randy. It all boils down to common sense. Do the best you can do under the existing circumstances. That's basically what I preach.However, when TES demands their print immediately while the damn thing is on the screen, I have this uncontrollable urge to give them their &*^%$^&* print in a 55 gallon oil barrel!! ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/mad.gif) Grumpy Paul
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Randy Stankey
Film God
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Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 08-04-2001 07:30 AM
In the booth where I used to work, we started to make a list of "chores" that had to be done. It included everything from cleaning and checking projectors to policing the bathroom. It was posted on a clipboard which hung on the wall near the desk. Each week, the clipboard would be checked to see who had done which chores. What chores didn't get done were assigned to somebody. (Often, that somebody was the person who had the lowest chores/shift ratio... but not always.)There were three "dynamics" at play here: Everybody knew who was doing the work and who was slacking because it was posted where everybody could see it. Let's say, you gave a take-apart-cleaning to every projector this week and changed all the trailers by yourself while I slacked off all week. Now the manager comes along and assigns people jobs like washing all the windows and sweeping the floors because I didn't do it like I was supposed to. Don't you imagine that there would be a couple of guys wanting to pound my face after about the third week? People who got on the stick and started doing chores on the first day or two often got to pick their chores but as the week progressed the only chores left were things like "clean the toilet". Very often, we took turns doing the shit work. (Pun intended. ) If I know you did it last week, I would do it this week. Still, at the end of the week you would have every right to say to me, "Hey! I swept all the floors and took out all the trash! It's YOUR turn to clean the shitter!" Finally, all those completed sheets were kept in a file in the office. It was an easy thing for the manager to go through past week's records and see that there was one or two poeple who weren't pulling their weight. On one occasion, a guy was written up for slacking off too much. The manager put about a month's worth of sheets on the table and said, "Your name isn't on this list even once. What gives?" The nicest thing about this system is that you can make it as strict or as lenient as you want. If your guys are a bunch of slackers you can (figuratively) hit them on the head with the clipboard if you need to. If they are good about doing their work you might even let them slide for a week or two. It all depends on how you like to run your ship. Personally, I prefer managers who say, "Do this (chore) because I told you...", rather than somebody who says, "Company policy says that..." A boss who takes charge of the place will always get my vote over some pencil pusher!
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