Thursday, July 23, 2009

Constructive Vandalism

So as much as I do tend to dislike my job it's mostly because of the asinine way I feel like my highly underqualified boss behaves more than what I have to do. I really love theatre and I like doing even the menial things. I like painting sets and building sets and I like hanging lights, I even enjoy sitting through shows and musicals even tho I'm fairly sure that Nate hates most of those things.

Recently however someone has been coming into the building after hours and vandalizing things. Not even smart things just anything. They went into the catwalk and took all the fuses out of the dimmer box and fiddled with all the circuits and set ups. When I came in the next day with Bill not only did half the lights not work but we had to overhaul the entire light set up. Which to be honest needed to be done anyway. The new light setup is just as bad as the old one. BUT at least it's better in a few ways.
So we overhauled the entire light system and figured out what was wrong with the dimmer box and it was fixed by the next day. it took all week to get the lights back up to where they needed to be.

I go into work yesterday to discover someone took black spray paint and vanalized the billboards by writing TAG and Bill's name. They also sprayed every congratulations letter that had been posted about the last show. The spray painted the fuse box cover and the water fountain as well as the sign on the door leading to backstage.
After that wonderful spray excursion they trekked to Bill's office which is such a stickler because this definitly means they have keys. If the journey to the catwalk proved nothing now I kknow they HAD to have keys. There are at least TWO doors they have to get past to accomplish this new one. They went into Bill's office and cut the cord to his mouse and keyboard. As in with a boxcutter or scissors.

I have nothing wrong with them obviosuly exacting some sort of plan of revenge against Bill but I really wish two things. A. They stop making more work for me because I like being lazy, and B. That they get a little more creative with thier vandalism. if you have something to say and you have a can of spray paint I don't know why you couldn't go to town across his framed Nominations [not wins] Why can't you spray paint Fuck You Bill on the elephant door which is to be honest entirely impossible to clean. It would be there for a long time unless he painted over it. Why couldn't you turn every light in the theatre the other way instead of stealing easily replacable fuses from the dimmer box?
I'm just asking mysterious vandal that you get more humourus with your vandalism. Bill knows you hate him and he is seriosuly hard pressed to figure out why. So If you do hate him congrats on that. But don't make me hate you too get - creative, get constructive.

To be Honest I was considering putting in my two weeks notice this week because as always there have been hijinks involved with me getting paid. But I simply can't pass up a chance to see what's going to happen next.

So keep up the good work, and push the boundaries of your creativity.


_Liz

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