on a scale of 1-10, how pissed would you be?
Posted by
Andie (aka Andie)
Nov 19 '12, 06:18
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so, i worked at Woofstock as a stage manager all weekend (10 hours each day, on concrete). Technically, my friend was hired as the stage manager and then got me brought on as a 'co-manager.' Fine. She has NO experience in event management. She's worked at a bunch, but, never ran anything.
Now, without going into a lot of detail, let me just say, that i was the person who was running things. My friend was out of her element. I am the one who thought of all the details that she didn't - judges need paper, pens, water. Decorate the judges table. Where are the prizes? LABEL the prizes. List for the fashion show because the co-ordinator didn't make one. Lines for the upcoming contests, keep it flowing. Etc. Plus, at the end of day 1 i instigated a whole new system of numbering the entry forms to keep track of (a) how many have signed up and (b) having an inarguable system of how to line people up and the order they go on stage for each one so that people are complaining that they waited for 2 hours and were last. Which worked amaziningly will be used going forward (seriously, this is the 10th event of this they have done - they had no systems in place, it was stupid.)
I was also the one that the coordinator grabbed several times during the day and said "XXXX is falling apart/running late, you need to go there and fix it." My friend, when she was done on stage late on Saturday got put on 'clean up dog pee' duty.
So, last night, 8 pm, we get paid..... She got paid $5 more per hour than I did because, on paper, she was the 'manager.'
Totally not HER fault, but i'm not wrong to be utterly pissed off and say I'm not working the summer event when they call, right?
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