So we're doing this benefit job... Its been something of a headache until today... Today it became a migraine...
The producer called today to ask if I thought we should add a fourth scissor lift... I thought that strange since we were only providing 2 to begin with and I thought we might perhaps go to the three level before finding ourselves at four... Somehow the third somehow slipped his mind... Whatever... Partner called and made that happen...
The electrician emailed everyone today trying to find out who the rigger is... Producer emails back (we're getting CC'd on everything)that we are the rigging company... Funny, I would have thought I might have been consulted on say, the structural questions, and just exactly what kind of gear they should have for us if I was the rigger... Apparently this was a punt type answer from the producer since he thought the electrician was responsible for that aspect... Nice that I found out today at noon so I had a whole 5 hours left during the business day to make the arrangements... Thankfully the rental guy will be in tomorrow too... (there's no way in hell I have enough gear in my little shop to handle this gig for rigging)
After I got the rigging order out to the rental shop, the email pinged again... Files from the sound company and their rigging requirements... Rework the rental order, and I managed to get it out about 4:45...
While the sound rigging issue was being dealt with, my partner and I looked at the quantity of gear coming in, and the crew size we were providing and the two didn't add up... 6 guys can not unload two full 53' trucks, without a loading dock (aka use a ramp for everything) and then manage to hang almost 500' of truss and associated rigging in one eight hour day... We'd loose probably 3 to the trucks alone, assuming nobody got killed on the ramp, and nobody blew out their back unstacking motor cases... So my partner arranged for a forklift... Annoyingly its a different division of the same company we got the scissor lifts from, and it has to be written up separately...
So we finally got out of the shop around 6:15... I went to have a beer and some dinner... Sat down and my glasses fell apart... Like I have time to deal with that...
To top off the day, I heard from the shop where my truck is... Blown computer, blown circuit board, screwed up charging system... They haven't even looked in to the lack of power yet since it might be a computer issue... By the time this is all done, I will have been able to have put a nice down payment on something completely new...
I'd say I can't wait for the week to end, but that's when the shows start, so its a very sharp double edged sword...
Is it July yet?...
Posted by Backstage at November 4, 2005 07:37 PM | TrackBack