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Topic: Hey you, you suck! (AKA: Outing bad film handlers) Part 2
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Charles Greenlee
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Savannah, Ga, U.S.
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 10-29-2006 10:32 AM
quote: Randy Stankey "Why was the 'operator' carrying a print of Star Wars down the emergency stairwell, by himself?
Good question. 1-The booth is one long hallways, so there was no excuse to try to carry the print downstairs. 2-It was midweek, we weren't losing or moving prints, so there was no excuse to move the print at all. 3-Even if we were losing the print, it gets broken down upstairs, and carried down in its can(s).
The sphincter was in the booth before I was even hired, I don't know who the sphincter who trained him was. I don't know why a whole print, ring, trailers, and all ended up at the bottom of a stairwell. Unofficially, one of the other employees implied that the projectionist in question lost his temper, and the film paid for it. I don't know, and frankly I don't care. I know there was no excuse for the 3+ miles of spaghetti at the bottom of our stairwell, and he was the one who did it. There is no excuse for film being on the floor, unless its a coke ad or something that is being pulled and trashed, and even then I don't want to see it.
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 10-29-2006 10:45 PM
quote: Charles Greenlee I don't know why a whole print, ring, trailers, and all ended up at the bottom of a stairwell.
Could "Sphincter Boy" have been trying to steal said print?
I think you did a good thing canning him like that. The kid was trouble. You did the company a favor.
If you could have shown that he was, in fact, in the process of stealing the print you could have called the cops. Was there an exit leading outdoors at the bottom of those stairs? (I assume that an "Emergency Stairwell" would.)
Yeah, I know this is a grey area but think of it this way: If you were the manager of a Wal-Mart and you found an employee walking out of the building with a knapsack full of DVDs wouldn't you can him for stealing? And, IF he had enough DVDs in his knapsack to make it a felony shoplifting charge, wouldn't you call the cops?
Well, that print of Star Wars would have been worth at LEAST $1,000. (And, if you believe the studios, it could be worth $10,000!) That's Grand Larceny in almost any juristdiction.
At the very minimum, that kid should have found himself in the office explaining to you why you shouldn't be calling the cops!
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Charles Greenlee
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posted 10-30-2006 12:37 AM
Nope, doesn't fit him trying to steal it. He's not that smart. Not to mention, he carries prints all of the time. Even if he did try to steal it, why was it spaghetti at the bottom of the steps? The stairwell also has a door leading into the main hallway below. I think you'd have to be reaching to try to claim stealing on that. However, you're right on one thing. It would have provided some extra psycological impact if I had played that angle on him. But anyways, from what I was told, it appear that he was pissed, threw a tantrem and the film. I think that the projector had problems earlier, and it probably pissed his dumbass off.
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Randy Stankey
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posted 10-30-2006 12:03 PM
If you don't think he was stealing then fine. But he could have been carrying it down the stairs for whatever reason and tripped and dropped it. Viola! Spaghetti!
I have NEVER seen a projector misbehave for no reason. Even on those crappy Christies, there's a reason, even if it's a poor design.
For instance, if you didn't thread the projector the right way, or if you didn't clean it before you threaded it, a Christie would spite you for all sorts of reasons but there's no reason to be mad enough to throw a print down the stairs. Yeah, I'd get mad about crappy projectors but there are limits.
Bringing this back around to the topic sentence: "People who suck and the companies that hire them."
It used to be that kids like old "Sphincter Boy", there would wash out of the booth rather quickly... The first week, if not the first DAY! But, nowadays, there is such a lack of respect and professionalism that idiots like this become the norm rather than the exception.
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