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Author Topic: Some people know how to say "Thank You" after all. Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-15-2003 02:40 AM                       Thank you is a magic phrase. It's not only appropriate, it's positive reinforcement for a job well done, and encourages loyalty. When I managed a drive-in, I always made sure I thanked everyone for their good work. I'm sure this helped in my having a fiercely loyal staff (there are always exceptions, of course, and I had only one). They were always willing to step up to the plate. I say "thank you" in my daily life, as well, it's not difficult to do, and often helps you get better treatment. People reciprocate. More youngsters should learn how to say it -- especially those who work the register at fast-food joints.  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 02-15-2003 04:01 AM                        Thanked by a manager at the end of a shift that ran like clockwork? Then again, when the vast majority of your shifts run without a hitch, you and your skill almost get taken for granted. (The multi-plex I work at is part of one of the smaller companies, not one of the large beasts.) I have gotten the "How much longer are you going to be?" question on several occasions. If the lamphouse exhaust system was on some kind of timer (other than a patient projectionist), I would probably have been asked that question a lot less. Generally, if I'm screening a film with other employees, I'll get a 'thank you' from at least one person. Yet nobody bothers to wander up to the booth to say 'thanks' if I was not in the auditorium with them. ...Just as uncommon is for someone to come up to the booth after a screening has ended to see if I need a hand moving anything. 'Help for moving prints' is something that I always find in short supply! As for when the tables are turned... I am one of those people that will thank cashiers, wait-staff, highway toll collectors, and so on and so forth. Courteous manners, plain and simple. I rarely feel compelled to go out of my way to be a rude bitch to someone. "Kill them with kindness" is how I handle people with super-sour attitudes. At the same time, I could really care less what some random stranger thinks of me, I am who I am because I am comfortable with who I am, and if someone has a problem with that, it is their own problem, not mine. Me? Angel? Devil? It all depends on who you ask!  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-15-2003 11:48 AM                    I recently did some rewiring so my lamphouse blowers and exhaust fans can be left running on a timer. They don't take a long time to cool to a safe level* but I normally commute by train and often a few minutes can make all the difference in the world. * The reason to keep the fans running is to protect the bulb seals whose temperature can actually rise if everything was simply cut off at once (from the heat stored in the mass of the bulb electrodes). The rest of the lamphouse doesn't much matter since during operation things get as hot as they are going to get and when the lamp is shut off they cool down...quickly with a fan; slowly without a fan but cool they do. But bulb seals are another story and require continued cooling for at least a little while.  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 02-15-2003 12:40 PM                        <- is a projectionist, not an electrician!  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-16-2003 12:41 AM                    How about Projectian vs. Electricist? Or projectioneer? Projectologist?  |  IP: Logged Alan Plester Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: great yarmouth england Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-16-2003 10:22 AM                     Our dear departed manager,( passed away 3 weeks ago ) never missed to say thankyou everyday, at lock up time, we also received mail from patrons, on a good show.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-16-2003 10:58 PM                        A "Projectologist" is also a person who's a fan of the Alan Parsons Project. (1970s-1980s British progressive rock band, for those younger folks!)  |  IP: Logged Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 02-16-2003 11:11 PM                        I help out at a 150 seat, single screen, non-profit independent located in a small town. I'm always getting a thank you from the theater's manager and board members. Makes me feel appreciated.  |  IP: Logged Don Bruechert Mmmmmmmmm, bird! Posts: 340 From: Manitowoc, WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-17-2003 11:24 PM                        Hmmmm.... Interesting.... Should I thank myself at the end of the night if I do a good job??? I am one of those manager/projectionist combo type dudes, so I get to do it all, including if it is a crappy night I will send one of the "kids" home and I will run the box too. One gets in the habit of lacing up all the movies ahead of time when doing this, so you only have to leave your post for a few minutes to start each movie... I think it is a thankless job, but I feel good when I do a good job and everything goes right. I guess I did get a compliment from the owner the other night. He knows when I started there I wrote down everything I did and later typed it into a reference sheet for myself that I used for a while to keep me on track. I am in the process of training a new guy, and the owner told me to give him those sheets. I told him that stuff was from "way back" when I didn't really know what planet I was on. He then told me I must have wrote it down right because I am the only one that never has any problems in the booths. I said thanks, and then knocked on wood to clear the curse....  |  IP: Logged

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