samedi, septembre 25, 2004 Although work has been shitty the last couple of months, there is always something about productions which give me a high. There's also a learning high which only comes when you're learning something interesting and new. What was interesting after the production at VCH on Thursday was the cleaning up and packing up to go home. Yes, it sucked because it meant that I had to go home at 12mn after being at work early from 8am, but at least it was rather interesting to see how the various equipment was loaded and transported to and from VCH. Pictures of the humongous things that were being loaded for your enjoyment. I really do like learning about the intricacies of holding such a large production at VCH; it gives me better perspective on some of the more detailed operations of the arts in Singapore.
I had a minor tussle with my colleague (the one who forced my hand, let's call her Disappointment) about why I was still there. A little background on her - she says that the boss doesn't give her enough manpower to run the operations, and she bitches about the other people in the office who are more office-types. She says that they don't help out and they don't bother offering, nor do they say thank you after the job is done. I've done productions, and I know how crappy it is to do background work, not have enough manpower to help, and then not have anyone thank you after that. People who are good arts workers know that their background "ghost" crew are one of the most important people around, and that they are the glue that holds the entire production together. One of the most blessed things in the arts scene is to have a crew that is cohesive and who enjoy working together. We had two buses to bus the students back. We had two moving trucks to move all the stuff back. We had four staff, one of whom drove (Disappointment). So two of my colleagues went with the students, and Disappointment drove back herself, and I went with one of the moving trucks. The minor tussle I mentioned above was the fact that Disappointment wanted me to leave immediately, as she said that it's hard to justify my day off, should I take it. I was really disgusted with her at that because she's the one who keeps bitching about not having enough manpower, and now when I'm there supervising, she wants me to bugger off because she's afraid of being called in to explain about manpower issues. I told her that I didn't mind, and that I had told my other colleagues that I would be going back to work with the moving van. She still pressured me to go back, and I just kept repeating that I had told them I would be returning to ensure everything was taken care of. Why I kept emphasising my promise to my colleagues was because it's important (in a very intangible way) to be there from the beginning to the end of the production. You just have to be there, just in case, or just to support your colleagues. You needn't be doing anything, but you just have to be there. It's just like working on a Saturday for me - I have to be in the building, and I'm alone, but it is so much nicer to have someone else there to talk to, and it makes the work and the time go along much faster. Disappointment doesn't understand that, and therefore she just wanted me to run off and abandon ship halfway before the end of the whole thing, just because she doesn't want to be responsible for her portfolio. I find she just wants to bitch about how they don't give her any staff for her operations, but when people help, she turns them away. I really hoped that she wouldn't do something like that to me, but she did, and it's really, well, disappointing. But I still live and breathe, and my parents are alive and happy, and I have food on the table, so WWJD? Praise God, anyway! [Work] |
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