okay, let me start by saying im already a member of this forum. this is my second account, its a violation of the TOS and what i post here should probably be moved elsewhere by a mod so that the user "blank" can be deleted. (sorry to make all the extra work, but i need to protect my identity even more than normal on this one)
SO! A few weeks ago i saw this thread on the USITT Secondary school initiative program,
http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/...condary-school-rigging-safety-initiative.html
I work full time in a highschool theater so needless to say I was excited! I've been in charge of the auditorium for about a year and a half now and its a **** shame the way it is, fire alarm and sprinklers installed but not hooked up, flys all out of trim and "loose" if that makes any sense, dimmers not wired correctly, catwalk is just three two by fours laid across the steel supports for the cement ceiling.
Needless to say this was all a little disappointing, and I've been working hard to fix it, When I heard of the initiative program I printed out the info and took it with me to work the next day and presented it to the director of the fine arts department.
He was not happy. He said, "Mr. [blank], now you know as well as I that this theater would not pass such an inspection and as you can see here the report of the inspection gets turned over to the USITT and that is not acceptible" I couldn't even think of anything to say.. i just stared with my mouth open so he continued, "now I like what youve done here so far, and as you know money is no object so you can continue to order as many fire-extinguishers and harnesses as you want but I will not have contractors, no matter who is paying them, in my auditorium" he then explained that he had a meeting and left me gaping in his office.
the next day I recieved a memo from the biz office informing me that i was on "disciplinary probabtion" (no grace period for being late, overtime must be pre-approved by the whole office, no phone calls, no personal days, must sign in and out with the principal) when i asked why they just said that they didnt know what i did to piss of the principal but they recommended i didn't do it again if i planned to be around long.
I don't know if this is typical (or if anyone else has had to deal with something like this) but i was disgusted, it makes me sick to work their and honestly pretty mad.
input from the community? what the heck do i even do now?
SO! A few weeks ago i saw this thread on the USITT Secondary school initiative program,
http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/...condary-school-rigging-safety-initiative.html
I work full time in a highschool theater so needless to say I was excited! I've been in charge of the auditorium for about a year and a half now and its a **** shame the way it is, fire alarm and sprinklers installed but not hooked up, flys all out of trim and "loose" if that makes any sense, dimmers not wired correctly, catwalk is just three two by fours laid across the steel supports for the cement ceiling.
Needless to say this was all a little disappointing, and I've been working hard to fix it, When I heard of the initiative program I printed out the info and took it with me to work the next day and presented it to the director of the fine arts department.
He was not happy. He said, "Mr. [blank], now you know as well as I that this theater would not pass such an inspection and as you can see here the report of the inspection gets turned over to the USITT and that is not acceptible" I couldn't even think of anything to say.. i just stared with my mouth open so he continued, "now I like what youve done here so far, and as you know money is no object so you can continue to order as many fire-extinguishers and harnesses as you want but I will not have contractors, no matter who is paying them, in my auditorium" he then explained that he had a meeting and left me gaping in his office.
the next day I recieved a memo from the biz office informing me that i was on "disciplinary probabtion" (no grace period for being late, overtime must be pre-approved by the whole office, no phone calls, no personal days, must sign in and out with the principal) when i asked why they just said that they didnt know what i did to piss of the principal but they recommended i didn't do it again if i planned to be around long.
I don't know if this is typical (or if anyone else has had to deal with something like this) but i was disgusted, it makes me sick to work their and honestly pretty mad.
input from the community? what the heck do i even do now?