did 3 weeks work experienceat the local opera house. pretty good really, but got given all the tedious jobs (what else are work experience kids for!?). worst example i can think of was having to go through four massive files of newspaper clippings relating to the theatre, measuring exactly how much space had been given in the article and entering it into a spreadsheet... along with scintillating details like whether or not there was a picture, and whereabouts in the paper the article had been.
also got the thrilling job of direct mail shots... writing something trying to make a show that wasn't selling sound really good. photocopying it 500+ times. printing 500+ labels from a database. sticking every label onto an envelope. folding every bit of paper. inserting 2 or 3 leaflets about upcoming productions. inserting them into envelopes. sealing envelopes. franking envelopes. repeat ad infinitum. monotony was broken on the last day when one of the stagehands came into to collect his wages, revealed it was his 19th birthday, and sat drinking beer and making up encouraging chants all day.
compared to most i've read, this is heaven in a bucket.
(also got the thrilling job of direct mail shots... writing something trying to make a show that wasn't selling sound really good. photocopying it 500+ times. printing 500+ labels from a database. sticking every label onto an envelope. folding every bit of paper. inserting 2 or 3 leaflets about upcoming productions. inserting them into envelopes. sealing envelopes. franking envelopes. repeat ad infinitum. monotony was broken on the last day when one of the stagehands came into to collect his wages, revealed it was his 19th birthday, and sat drinking beer and making up encouraging chants all day.
compared to most i've read, this is heaven in a bucket.
kikilookeylikey,
Fri 14 Nov 2003, 23:40,
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