Right now I feel tired, frustrated, and I feel like I have lost all will to care about anything to do with my work here. I really don’t like how I feel in this moment. I really don’t want to be involved anymore….. If you are working on a show and find yourself going down a similar path, the first thing you should do is to speak calmly with the production staff. It is easy to sit around and complain, but this never solves anything. Call a production meeting and calmly list the problems at hand. Explain that the production is in trouble and that you have reached the end of your rope. Ask for help in a calm manner and you will be surprised at the results. Too often people tend to let their emotions drive them and they begin yelling. Calmness is key. In this case, I called a meeting and I explained peacefully exactly what was going on, and we managed to solve many problems. Other members of the staff were then willing and able to help resolve problems that had existed for days.
—Brad Schiller from Feeding the Machines, PLSN, April 2009
Right now I feel tired, frustrated, and I feel like I have lost all will to care about anything to do with my work here. I really don’t like how I feel in this moment. I really don’t want to be involved anymore….. If you are working on a show and find yourself going down a similar path, the first thing you should do is to speak calmly with the production staff. It is easy to sit around and complain, but this never solves anything. Call a production meeting and calmly list the problems at hand. Explain that the production is in trouble and that you have reached the end of your rope. Ask for help in a calm manner and you will be surprised at the results. Too often people tend to let their emotions drive them and they begin yelling. Calmness is key. In this case, I called a meeting and I explained peacefully exactly what was going on, and we managed to solve many problems. Other members of the staff were then willing and able to help resolve problems that had existed for days.
—Brad Schiller from Feeding the Machines, PLSN, April 2009
