all in the job...

sometimes when we're tired or blinded by our emotions, we tend to do and say things we don't really mean. within time, when reason, logic and all the senses come together we realize that that there are somethings which can be forgiven while others deserve to be ignored entirely.

one of the things stated in my job description is to deal with the local and foreign media who are staying with us. most of the time, we would get journalists and rarely filming crews. throughout their stay, they may have to abide by the itineraries provided by us or as prepared by themselves but either way...i would have to be with them until they're done with the shooting irregardless of how long it's going to take. but based on experiences, the itinerary could prove useless whenever airheaded artistes are invloved so i'm quite glad we don't get much of these kind of people :).

for the past few days, i've been with such a group. by the end of my first day with them, i knew this group would be one those qualified to be cursed and looked down on. to put it simply, they have no sense of urgency, bad timing and planning, stubborn, damn selfish and really unprofesional

to elaborate more on it, let me lay it out in bullet points:
a) no sense of urgency
- they think that since they're the ones doing the job, they can do it according to their whim and everything will fall into what has been planned even if they were to dilly dally :)

b)bad timing and planning, stubborn and selfish
- when the itinerary says the shooting starts at 8am, it is expected the time would be based on the country you're in and not your own world!
- one of my job is to go through their itinerary and suggest to them the best possible option for efficient time management since i would be more familiar with this place. but unfortunately, they would rather jump here and there going from one point to another and coming back to the same point when everything could be done in grids.

c) unprofessional
- for me, this applies when they are all as mentioned above :).

by the second day, i have decided to ignore them completely. suffice to say...everything went downhill for the group, they missed out some on good shots and they spent more than what would've been. i'd like to think i just gave them a lesson in their career instead of garnering a bad name to the company and i would gladly respond to any queries by the top management in case anything happens :).

okay..that was a lie..i didn't exactly ignore them completely, i do present myself whenever they were in a difficulty...i just disliked the fact that they think they can do whatever they want and get away with it.

but at the end of their stay here, my fitful slumber in my hotel room was interrupted when i received a call from them thanking me for the assistance and from the sound of it...they sounded really grateful and sincere. i felt bad for ignoring and being pissed at them, but sometimes...we need to be an ass to teach other people a lesson :)...

ciao peeps..gonna head back into the covers for more sleep before checking out today :)...