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Author Topic: Do you wear street clothes in the booth? Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-22-2004 09:52 PM                     My company requires me to wear the polo shirt the the Mugs & Movies people wear. I also am required to wear black pants or jeans. Do any of you wear a uniform or can you wear street clothes in the booth? I assume that I am required to wear a uniform b/c 1) I am not management 2) I have direct contact with customers 3) I also assist downstairs. Just Wondering.  |  IP: Logged Darren Crimmins Expert Film Handler Posts: 130 From: Dallas, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-22-2004 10:25 PM                     Richard, It sounds like your job is giving you the raw end of the deal concerning many different situations from all of the posts you have made. 1.)You don't get paid for screening the quality of the print 2.)An earlier post said that you make somewhere around minimum wage to work the booth and downstairs 3.)Your boss seems to not give you much respect, concerning when you thought you saw an ex-employee in the balcony during a screening, and you went to the booth and she said, "What the hell are you doing up here!" There are others that reflect that statement from other posts that I cannot recall from the top of my head. It sounds like they don't treat employees very well at that company guaging from some of your posts. I had been thinking that for a while, just thought I would mention it. Anyways, at my job we just wear street clothes in the booth (they have to be somewhat respectable, though).  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-22-2004 10:29 PM                     Don't bitch, Man! At least you don't have to wear day-glow orange plastic bowties and suspenders! I believe in wearing uniforms but not the clown suits they used to make people wear at Cinemark. A solid color polo shirt and your choice of pants is probably one of the best uniform policies I have heard in a long time.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 03-22-2004 10:35 PM                        All projectionists are known as "Booth Managers", just a different name for Assistant Manager, which for all intents and purposes, they are (payroll issues, etc.); even though no one else is allowed to work the booth. I'm, technically, the Chief Projectionist of the IMAX booth, and I still fall into this exact same category. We all must wear managerial attire: slacks, dress shirt, dress shoes, and tie (and jacket!) with managerial name tag. When in the booth, we're allowed to take the tie off. In the IMAX booth, we are rightfully forbidden to wear ties, by powers higher than our GM. Still, the dress pants, shirt, and (especially) shoes seem inappropriate for all the bending, reaching, kneeling, etc. (... and then I go into work! ) At my old IMAX gig, it was street clothes all the way, as long as they were nice enough. Jeans and a t-shirt: comfortable, practical, and no one ever saw us anyway!  |  IP: Logged Will Kutler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1506 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-22-2004 10:39 PM                     When I first started at Century El-Con 20 as strictly a projectionist and in a managerial position, we were required to wear the same cheesy outfits as the floor-personnel. Later on we were directed to wear business suits. It was hard to do all kinds of mechanical work wearing a damn business suit and tie...ties always got in the way. More often than not, I would become quite dirty from workin on machines, and I usually got strange looks 'cause I looked like a mechanic in a business suit. I kept my machine shop demin work apron in my locker, and made quite use of it! But there were a few people assigned to the booth that "got-off" on being "GQ". It was funny as hell to see this one person act like a cat exposed to water...lest he get a speck of dirt on himself!  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-22-2004 10:39 PM                     Uniforms in the booth are pointless. I could care less if the guy in the booth was wearing a wife-beater and jogging pants, as long as the presentation is A+. When I worked in the booth, the chain started wanting us to wear the uniforms in the booth. The managers stood up for us and told the DM that this wasn't a popular idea and they abandoned it. But luckily we had some excellent managers and were pretty down to earth.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-22-2004 10:56 PM                    quote: Don't bitch, Man! At least you don't have to wear day-glow orange plastic bowties and suspenders! I believe in wearing uniforms but not the clown suits they used to make people wear at Cinemark. A solid color polo shirt and your choice of pants is probably one of the best uniform policies I have heard in a long time. I remember those days. Now the kids downstairs get to wear shirts that promote upcoming movies and are changed out every month. My self I wear a dress shirt and pants and wear a tie whenever I am managing downstairs. I stick to the darker side on the clothes and no tie when running the booth. I am comfortable with that.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-22-2004 11:05 PM                     I think uniforms, especially long sleeves are stupid in booth. I wear a long sleeve shirt and fight all day with keeping it tucked in. In the booth you should just wear something decent that can get dirty, in other words something cheap. So long as you look presentable while you go downstairs or in my building you have to go across the second level where there are customers to get to other booths. I would recommend a DARK colored polo shirt and a decent pair of jeans.  |  IP: Logged Emma Tomiak Expert Film Handler Posts: 238 From: Carrollton, TX, USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 03-22-2004 11:18 PM                        At my theatre, all managers and assistant managers are required to wear business attire; slacks, dress shirt and tie for guys and blouse, skirt, nice pants, etc for women. Since I am an Hourly Assistant Manager, that means that even though I'm in the booth 75% of my day, I still have to wear nice clothes. It was fun to dress up nice for about 2 weeks, but I got over it quickly. High heels + working booth=  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 03-22-2004 11:26 PM                    Yeah but do you have any pictures?  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 03-22-2004 11:43 PM                     Yes Sir, I sure do have soem pictures. Just send me an Email. None of my feet though, Wouldnt want it to "leak" into Phil's inbox.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-23-2004 01:26 AM                        quote: slacks, dress shirt and tie for guys and blouse, skirt, nice pants, etc for women. ah, the good old sexist dress code. screw that. and if you're going to have a dress code, make it something that uniquely identifies staff. and that the company pays for. carl  |  IP: Logged Bryan J Arseneau Film Handler Posts: 10 From: Toronto, ONTARIO, CANADA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 03-23-2004 02:27 AM                     Why not try a Lab Coat? Somewhat not fashionable but will still protect your on duty clothes. Not like the old days when you/we had projectionist who ONLY looked after the booth period. Having worked only the booth all of my life, jeans.t-shirt and great runners are the only way to go  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-23-2004 10:10 AM                        See also: What are you wearing Uniforms Theatre dress codes  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-23-2004 12:38 PM                     I am just the projectionist and not governed by any dress code. I can come to work in sweats if I want, but I dress decent enough to be in public. I wear shorts on hot days, jeans the rest of the time, T-shirts or sweatshirts. Downstairs the staff wears white shirt-black vest-black pants in cooler months, and nice matching staff polo shirts in warmer months. They look nice, and comfortable, without being forced to wear inefficient monkey suits.  |  IP: Logged

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