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Turned Down Assignment

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Some jobs are just not for me. Here is an excerpt from News.com Australia about a project I chose to turn down.

Station finance manager David Breed had a severe heart attack at work in September.

Ms Hegyi, who is a registered nurse, rushed to help.

She gave him medication, hooked him up to oxygen and called an ambulance from Adelaide River.

“But he deteriorated rapidly and I thought he was going to die,” Ms Hegyi said. “So we put him in a car and David drove towards Adelaide River.

“The ambulance met us half way.”

Mr Breed was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital and was off work for several weeks.

“I honestly believe that I saved his life,” Ms Hegyi said.

The couple were shocked when they returned from holiday after Christmas and were told they were being made redundant.

They were given a separation package and told to leave their company house within two weeks.

“We’re shattered,” Mr Hegyi said. “We’ve got no jobs, no house and five kids.”

Here are a few reasons I had to turn down this assignment.

  1. They wouldn’t listen to my suggestion by targeting the finance manager instead of the Hegyis. He will need medical attention and thus their health insurance would go up. I was informed the healthcare in Australia is not the same as the US. Oh yeah.
  2. I’m not even that cold
  3. I just got home and I need a break…all this killing is exhausting
  4. They have 5 kids and are good people, I refuse to target anyone that is well liked or respected by their peers
  5. I believe in Karma

The Unheard Christian Bale Tirade

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

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I’ve worked on some films where some people needed to get yelled at like this. But at the same time I’m not exactly why Christian Bale ripped into the DP on the set of Terminator Salvation. Correction…Ain’t It Cool News has some inside info on what went down and I can understand why he would be upset. But to go crazy like that is not right.

To be honest I’m not sure how I would react to that. There must be so many emotions running through the DPs head like:

  • Is he serious?
  • Shit! Batman is scary as hell.
  • I hate method actors.
  • What the fuck is he talking about? That was a rehearsal.
  • Patience, don’t give him a reason to be suspicious of you.
  • I’ll get him back by loading the blanks myself.

Average Salary For A Corporate Assassin

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

$66,000, yup that is the average salary that Simply Hired came up with on their salary calculator and I’m not surprised. That is what happens when you go corporate and not continue as a contractor. Trust me if I was to get paid that much I’d take myself out by swallowing push pins and gluing both ends up.

Tell Off Your Boss Anonymously

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Careerbuilder.com has created a site that allows you to tell off your boss, co-workers or anyone else in your office at anonymoustipgiver.com.

All I can say is brilliant. That is the kind of thing the office needs these days. The only thing to watch out for is if someone doesn’t appreciate it. There are a lot of unemployed workers that would put up with crap.

Instead or doing that why not call us at 302.361.5667… This way you can put your voice behind your frustrations and add to carnage for future episodes.

Merry Christmas

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

The Job

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Clever short film. Created by Jonathan Browning.