Cleanliness is next to Godliness...

xaq · Post by **xaq** » August 11th, 2006, 1:38 am

And y'all are rather impish. Please don't leave Thursday night spills for me to clean up on Friday when my job starts. And please don't leave beer bottles strewn about the middle of the green room floor. Especially when we have renters using all three spaces during the day and messes mean that your kindly House Manager will have to come in at 11 in the morning to do a job that shouldn't be waiting on him in the first place. I don't work Thursday nights, just Friday and Saturdays...perhaps the scheduling should be reconsidered for future House Managers (although it'd mean either more expense or *gasp* personal responsibility).

And someone should look into finding a replacement House Manager to clean up once I leave (the 19th is my last day-Next weekend!) I doubt Andy will have much time to find a replacement considering he'll be out of town for the next week. I'd make a recommendation for a replacement, but I know that fun would just be made at his expense in a very rude way. So the job of finding a replacement should fall to someone else in the AIC, lest the garbage just pile up.

Volunteers should probably post in this or another thread so that Andy can take a digital peek at the situation.

Oh, and if you think I'm being a little rude now, you should've seen what I wrote before I sobered up a little and deleted it. I'm trying to be an angel now.

-A slightly more sober Xaq

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » August 11th, 2006, 8:15 am

I haven't had that much experience with theater managers, but I've had plenty of experience with the managers of nightclubs and other performance venues. Based on my limited dealings with Xaq, in terms of diligence, intelligence, demeanor, and competence, he would rank in the top one percent.

Rule number one in bands: ALWAYS be respectful of the sound engineer and do what she wants, even if as a performer you might think you outrank her, and even if she's a dickhead. Why? Because you need her to do your job, but she doesn't need you to do hers. Am I wrong in thinking the same is true of the one person without whom the theater could not function? And Xaq's not even a dickhead! (As far as I know.)

Again, I don't know from theaters or improv, so I speak from ignorance, but treating the Hideout like your parents' rec room instead of a business that has hired you to perform seems counterproductive to me.

End of screed. Xaq, as far as I can tell, you bring it with both hands, and you will eventually get your due. Unfortunately, you may have to leave before that happens.

madeline · Post by **madeline** » August 11th, 2006, 9:33 am

I would also like to praise Xaq - every time I see him, he is always so conscientious, taking action to make things better, and doing it with a wonderful air of politeness and accomodation. Xaq, when you apply for stage managing internships next summer, theatres will be pawing at you left and right. If you ever need a reference, you can list me, and I will surely expound on your greatness.

Praise you, Xaq. Thy work will be missed.

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » August 11th, 2006, 9:41 am

Thanks to Madeline for discreetly accentuating the positive and downplaying the negative, which maybe I should have done as well. And Xaq, one of the few useful skills I have is that I can write a recommendation that will bring tears to prospective employers' eyes. It's at your disposal should you ever need it.

nadine · Post by **nadine** » August 11th, 2006, 11:39 am

xaq is pretty awesme, and he's very diligent

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » August 11th, 2006, 1:26 pm

Three Huzzahs for Xaq!

ChrisTrew.Com · Post by **ChrisTrew.Com** » August 13th, 2006, 1:40 pm

Ditto on the nice Xaq words.
Also, allow me to chime in on the Thursday comment.

Almost every time I walk in to do Thursday Night Awesome, the chairs are all spread out and there are troupe/team flyers all over the floor, coffee cups, bottles, etc.

So, not only do we need to get better at cleaning up after ourselves during shows, but whenever someone uses the theatre for rehearsals or filming or interviews or whatever, it'd be cool if nobody knew you were ever up there.

Jastroch · Post by **Jastroch** » August 13th, 2006, 1:48 pm

Also, putting fliers on chairs just makes a mess. Hardly anyone takes them and they make a terrible mess for other people to clean up (not me, I don't do manual labor. I'm from Connecticut).

A better approach would be to hand them out after the show. Or before the show.

xaq · Post by **xaq** » August 15th, 2006, 2:58 pm

Also, putting fliers on chairs just makes a mess. Hardly anyone takes them and they make a terrible mess for other people to clean up (not me, I don't do manual labor. I'm from Connecticut). A better approach would be to hand them out after the show. Or before the show.

Hear, hear, Jastro! Too much mess for too little benefit. The only exception I can see would be all-inclusive flyers/postcards like the Out of Bounds ones