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Sabotage!

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Bob Ducca:
It's over.  The musical Useless P. McGee and I were supposed to work on together is over.

And he completely sabotaged it.

One of his (two) jobs was to run the sound board.  We discovered that he could not hear feedback, so we asked someone else to come in and do it.

He wouldn't let him.  He didn't say so, but he just sat in front of the sound board and didn't move, so the guy we brought in didn't know what to do- he certainly wasn't going to cause a scene.  I didn't find out about it until after the show.

He turned off the stage monitors so the kids couldn't hear the music.

He pushed the stop button "accidentally" halfway through one song.

He kept adjusting the microphones so there was constant noise.

The kicker?  It still went great, the kids were total pros and I look even better to my boss.  So, although I am still really mad at him, the lesson we learn is that being PA towards co-workers usually backfires.

IndianInlaw:
The kids had a good time and Useless dug himself in deeper.

Who would ask for more?

Virg:
Deb1000faces wrote:

"So, although I am still really mad at him, the lesson we learn is that being PA towards co-workers usually backfires."

What exactly is passive about actively sabotaging a show in progress?  Either this guy is going to be a problem at every performance (what kind of a jerk would want to mess with a bunch of kids' performances?) or he's incompetent beyond usefulness.  Why does he still have a job in this group?  If anyone in my theater group pulled this on my kids I'd have to think long and hard before even allowing him to resign instead of tossing him out and telling all of the parents exactly why I did.  That's just inexcusable.

Virg

Pixie:
Mr. Idiot needs to be Mr. Unemployed....IMO.

Clara Bow:
It's time to open a can of you-know-what on Useless, that was utterly appalling behavior! To attempt to ruin the kids' evening just to be Mr Boss Man?? Heinous in the extreme!
It's time to boot his butt onto the unemployment line....

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