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yep.
working in the film industry I decided to quit the freelance part and worked for a company for about 3 1/2 years.
They were my main client when I was freelancing.
I was young they took me in kinda like family.
Hell we were all around each other 24-7, work, play etc.
My immediate employers were a husband and wife team, and I even became best friends with her son.
My other employers consisted of one of their best friends who cinched a huge development deal worth like $180 million, and then there was his partner.
Anyway, the husband part of the team we always had a bit of a rough time. He was just an absolute asshole. When their baby was just a couple of weeks old and start to cry he would scream..."shut the fuck up you bitch."
He was a real distant guy, didn't deserve the wife and kids he had.
His wife, always had to sort of "protect" me. Rene was always looking for someone to blame something on etc. and she would have to keep him in check.
But after a bit of time I kinda started getting tired of the shit and just wouldn't take it anymore. I'd tell him off etc.
So all of a sudden my "attitude," became an issue.
I started to get blamed for all kinds of things I had no control over.
The 2 incidents that eventually got me fired:
#1 We had a commercial shoot in hawaii. they asked me to pack the film.
I didn't know how to pack it for travel like that since I wasn't the camera man or his assistant...so I asked another one of their best friends who was also the assistant director.
Well, he pretty much helps me get this stuff packed up. It ends up in Hawaii kinda banged up. Film turns out okay, but it could have been disastrous.
They laid the blame on me.
#2 We were shooting a beer commercial up near big bear.
I was doing the location scouting and found the perfect location for a shot that matched the story board perfectly.
I turned the information over to the company that was in charge of obtaining permits.
Basically they are supposed to handle all of the legal issues. You give the the street addy etc and leave it up to them...they call themselves the 1 stop permit shop.
Anyway, the day of the shoot came around and we are informed by a forrest ranger that even though we have a permit with some government agency we did NOT have a permit with them.
This also became my fault.
A few months later my boss is asking me to come into his office and the next thing I know is I am fired.
Honestly I was kinda expecting it at some point, but I wanted to force them to do it. I was not going to quit and give him the satisfaction.
The last year there was nothing but mind games.
One week they would be telling me I was the best thing since sliced bread...and then when I would approach them about a raise which I had not had one over a year all of a sudden I would be the bad seed again.
Getting fired sucks...LOL
Now you depressed me you evil man you.
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