Do not have roobarb and custard as your ringtone.
There you are in a commentary booth putting in a new microphone amp a few minutes from air, totally cool, so is the voice, not even in 2 minutes countdown , then your phone goes off. The match commentator`s corpsing persists into the start of the live football, oops. But the phone was switched to vibe at the 2 minute light, at least I was professional throughout.
Mind you it is a very grinsome smiley ringtone.
(tootired Is searching for a funny sig, nothing good so far, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 21:29, 4 replies)

it is!
indeed, I'm smiling here...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Sun 2 Aug 2009, 22:28, closed)

grinsome and smiley was a long time ago
it was my suggestion before webby things as an inappropriate name for a funeral directors.
It came at the same time as my Petitions Nom de Plume: Paul Bearer.
(hides a liitle bit) But R + C ringtone`s awesome in high powered but thick company
(tootired Is searching for a funny sig, nothing good so far, Mon 3 Aug 2009, 2:13, closed)

Silent?
Fucking hell, I'd have sacked you for having it switched on during the show, silent or not. You KNOW how much they buzz in Comms and it tends to send producers/show callers into meltdown. Making the commentator laugh is fine though, not your fault he's not a pro!
(Rsoles, Mon 3 Aug 2009, 12:53, closed)

Well I`d love to hear you try to make a case for sacking on your assumptions.
A mains breaker was taken out, was dead on reset on a volt sniffer. so mic amp, tele balance unit( and phone) and headphone amp were NBG 10 mins to air. All this is bolted in racks.

A mains dis unit, a mini sound mixer ( headphones out!) a stand alone intercom and a mic amp.

Apart from mobile phone how do you suppose I can coord with the sound mixer?
ouja board?

The order was MIC, headphones, intercom, and the sound man rang to say he could hear the mic, my ringtone and the laughter. i got the rest plugged and working before 2 minutes and was called again. Silent ain`t gonna work when i`m flat on my back moving connectors and phone on desk.

On air in studio or booth the phone is OFF! in emergencies this cannot sensibly apply.

I used professional in the proper sense of the word. this has been one part of my day job for too many years, more than 25. Oh and I got a herogram, not much, but there you go. "but he had his phone on, fucking sack him!".
(tootired Is searching for a funny sig, nothing good so far, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 6:59, closed)