I got a real good chuckle the other day when I learned that a "projectionist" with whom I used to work has managed to get promoted to a tech position with a major theatre chain. Notice that I have "projectionist" in quotes !

Anyhow, this kid is an EXTREMELY disrespectful and immuture person with absolutely no mechanical, electricial or electronic experience. Gee whiz, with all the qualified and talented techs out there, this company just might be desperate!!

So, I could go on for quite some time about this person's antics, which would be sure to give everyon a smile!!

Nonethess, here is a goodie. One time this person wanted to time an AW-3 and approached me with an inexpensive multi-meter (vom). So this person procedes to ask me "where is the tachometer scale?" I attempted to explain to said person that this meter is used to measure electricity (voltage, amperage and resistance) and that there is no "tachometer scale". Needless to say this person thought that I was blowing smoke up his "arse" and proceeded to go into a temper tantrum reminicent of a spoiled 4 year-old child!

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I have been a projectionist for 3 years but and can do some basic work on our christie projectors but thats all i know how to and allowed to do. Cant get the tech to teach me how to do other stuff.He would rather work alone than be bothered to work with a seasoned projectionist and since our theater chain has but only one tech i can think of that travels to all our theaters,I think it would help him out if he spent time with some of the veteran projectionists in case of a chrisis

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Your tech is probably just fearful of losing his job if the chain sees that someone else knows something that he does. He wants to be relied upon. What are you "allowed" to do on the Christie projectors?

To start the young man that Will is talking about is in training to
be a Tech - He was in charge of the booth of a large (20 Screens)
complex in Tucson and did such a good job he was selected to become
a Tech. Everyone starts somewhere! It's amazing that Will negected
to mention he was fired from this same chain for being hard to get
along with.

Many of you probably know me as I have been around a long time and
know I call a spade - a spade, no BS. This young man has been working with me for two months and so far I have not seen any of
what Will is ranting about. What I have seen is an attitude of
wanting to learn which is more than for me than Will's attitude
of "I know everything already".

Next - I thought personal attacks were looked down on in this forum,
in my humble opinion give the young man a chance - we all know if he
doesn''t learn and product he won't be around long.

Before you go speaking about why I am no longer working for said company, ya better get your facts straight, Sir!!!!!

I was falsly accused of damaging equipment and terminated. I have a VERY NICE letter from the State of AZ clearing me of ANY WRONGDOING! ENOUGH SAID! Furthermore, I have never attempted to "hide" anything...in fact, I have spoken to many fellow Techers about my employment, and may have even made a post or two.

Anyhow, Tom...let me see...how many times did I fix equipment in that theater that you either failed to touch after several months...and how many times did I prevent a screen or two from going dark for several days and was able to take care of problems so that you would not have to make an emerengcy trip? In fact, said theater had a reputation at corporate level for being self-sufficient (maintenance wise)...this being largly due to my efforts! I AM VERY PROUD OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT SAID THEATRE!

Am I hard to get along with...I don't think so? First of all, I am much older than the people with whom I worked. I also come from a military and civilian background where half ass is not acceptable! Simply put, I was not willing to put up with half assed mediocrity that was common among some of my ex-coworkers!

I lost track of how many hours I put in repairing stuff(which included bring in my own personal tools) w/o getting paid?! I did a lot of stuff out of sheer pride and also hoping that my efforts would have been recognized...instead, I got screwed!

There was a period of time when I thought that this individual in question was a decent person. WRONG! One time, I actually paid this individual a compliment to a corporate executive. The executive replied in turn w/a VERY NEGATIVE comment about this individual and I felt like a first class ass!

Also let it be known that the g.m. of said theatre attempted to have this individual follow me around the booth so that I could teach this person about projector maintenance! Needless to say, this person was EXTREMELY obnixious, inmature, etc. and I will lay $$ down that very few of the experienced projectionists and techs...especially the older people...would have put up with said person's crap!

Furthermore Tom,

I have NEVER CLAIMED TO KNOW EVERYTHING...where do you get this?! I comment about things in which I haver personal experience. As a college professor of mine once said "What makes me an expert is that I have already made the mistakes!"

On one occasion, I was working with said person. Said person neglected his 10 screens and was down in the box office w/his radio off bsing with his girlfriend...Anyhow, he failed to start one of his films and the booth was called that the film was about 20 minutes or so late. This person did not respond to his radio so I shot over to start the show. As I was threading the projector, I got radio calls about problems with two of his other screens. As I was threading the show he shot into the booth with a temper as if his late start was my fault. He stood there with his hands on his hips shootin his mouth off at me. So I told him to go tend to his other problems while I started his show. Needless to say he went bezerke with a temper...tried to start a fist fight with me in the booth and started kicking film cans around....

This person had been an employee of said chain longer than I and supposedely had more experience than yours truly...that is why they asked me to train him (from scratch) on how to change and focus a xenon bulb. So, to cover myself, I made up a training (task oriented) cirriculum that we would both initial certifying that training was given and that the trainee was competitent in the task. Needless to say, this person did not like my methods, did not want to be a student...etc, etc and threw a temper tantrum! Basically, he wanted me to teach him per his dictates. He showed absolutely no respect, so I simply did not train him! I was later spoken to by the g.m. for being too strict and not p.c.!

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