Wernham Hogg Forum

Elliott · Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:05 am Out of work

Last Wednesday I got a call from a mate, his granddad was ill and he had to go to Israel, so could I take over from him on the film he was on?
Two hours later I was on set, to see how they liked me, and they liked me enough to make me work til the end of the day and that was that.

A week later they tell me their department had gone £20k over budget, and they had to make cutbacks. And that was the end of me.
No, I wasn't gonna be earning that much for a few weeks work, not even close.

And what upset's me most? Not snapping a pic of a ginger Daisy Donovan, sorry guys.

Pah. · Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:45 pm

awww. did they spend it all on cocaine?

Elliott · Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:47 pm

ha, no.

I only got this job as a mate had to pull out to visit his dying granddad in Israel. Was really happy to get the job, so being sympathetic in the same phone call was tricky.

If you see the trailer for the film Bratz it's basically that, the difference being I wouldn't have been really well paid on Bratz.

And I wanted to tell Daisy Donovan she was great in Millions. Lovely lovely Daisy.

Dananiel · Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:27 pm

I definitely would re: daisy.

Elliott · Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:41 pm

"re" her, I'd bloomin kiss her and everything!

Dananiel · Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:46 pm

If there's time for kissing, you're doing it wrong.

Pah. · Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:59 am

it might be good to get back to work just to complain about it.

LDIF · Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:45 pm

Yeh, I can imagine DD to have crazy sex whilst freaking you out with her eye movement.

On that note, don't you think that Régine from Arcade Fire looks like she could swallow a 16-inch dildo without even blinking?

Elliott · Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:37 pm

That mic must be scared!

BILLY V2.0 · Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:33 am

my job is killing me now. it's too stressful. earlier i went into the disabled toilet and almost cried. i found a grey hair earlier as well. my web of laziness is untangling and at least 3 projects are going to turn to shit soon and muggins here will take the rap. god i miss tesco. you can't fuck up fruit.

Dananiel · Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:17 pm

I can and I have.

Pah. · Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:29 pm

The Real IRA wrote: my job is killing me now. it's too stressful. earlier i went into the disabled toilet and almost cried. i found a grey hair earlier as well. my web of laziness is untangling and at least 3 projects are going to turn to shit soon and muggins here will take the rap. god i miss tesco. you can't fuck up fruit.
Guess you're not slipping away earlier this week then.. How have you managed to fuck up?

RChappo · Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:38 pm

I take it the grey hair you found was one of yours?

BILLY V2.0 · Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:27 pm

i hope so, as it was attached to my scrotum.

it all started off easily enough. spreadsheets, fast typing. they loved me. now i've got too much responsibility, especially for a temp who has only been there for a month and has no experience working in a job like this. obviously i say yes when people ask me to do stuff as i'm trying to impress them! but now i've got too much on my plate, and deadlines are looming. i have to create and populate an entirely new rota system for the brand spankin' new singapore office by friday morning, and as of 5pm today the system isn't even usuable. my manager is in singapore and rings me at least 3 times a day asking why things haven't advanced and all i can say is that i am chasing people up, trying to get answers, but frankly being in the position i am in people don't give two shits about whether i take the rap or not! half of the cunts there hate me now because i'm constantly on their back, and i'm falling behind on my other responsibilities because of this. once friday comes i will either breath a huge sigh of relief, or get a right bollocking via the phone and then await the disappointed look on the face of my boss when she returns from a 2 week business trip to singapore that was made entirely redundant by my uselessness. if i actually did my entire shift rather than leaving early i would be awake at 6am, and wouldn't get home until 6pm. that's 12 hours, 5 days a week! how the fuck do people do this for their entire life?

i'm supposed to be looking at a flat this week which is just around the corner from where i work and it's quite cheap too, but if i don't get anymore work here i'll be stuck in a crap location with no bloody income.

and i STILL haven't got my new debit card

at least the new footy season starts soon.

grr sex

BILLY V2.0 · Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:35 pm

oh yeah and heroes is on tonight.