EPISODE 566 THE COMPLAINT…BIG TIME…NOT YOUR FAULT JIM BUT SOMEBODY’S FAULT…NOT MINE.

EPISODE 566  THE COMPLAINT…BIG TIME…NOT YOUR FAULT, JIM ,BUT SOMEBODY’S FAULT…NOT MINE.

DATE   APRIL 5, 2022

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Hi Jim,

Well, it happened again.  Truck return with no loader.  Just driver Keith who helped thankfully.

There seemed to be a panic to get things back to suppliers like me (us) so

I rearranged my day for this job…had to be back in city by 1 pm.  Rushed up and back…100 km.

  Asked the person in charge of returning items to

send two people as i have bad knee and just had surgery on a minor thing on my head.

“No lifting, Alan, until sutures come out”, said the surgeon.  Bit of a laugh really.  Your person on set did not

understand the difficulty.

REMEMBER THE PICK UP….

Dilemma.  To load the carts or send truck back empty?  Decided to get help for the pick up where only one 

man was sent…a driver.  At the time I said make sure two people are sent with the return load. otherwise I could never get it

back in barn so will have to get help from others.  As you know.  

Just to get  the carts to your truck on the pick up I had to hire this guy in orange otherwise the carts would not

have been loaded.  He was not part of your film.   You needed them for the next day.  Imagine the problem you would face if the carts did not arrive on time.

I know a lot of money is invested … on the day of shooting.  So I accommodate as best I can.

THE RETURN

I had hoped the return would be smooth.  Not so.  Keith snd I could not lift them into place in the barn. I knew that. i.  He is a driver and not supposed to load and restock.   He did help

which he could have refused.  A fine human being.  For me the pain was like having this anvil (BELOW) on my knee.  Not your fault…you are sick with Covid,  The movie is big enough

to afford loaders.  I am surprised that I was expected to get these carts back in barn alone.  

 All was neatly packed.  That was good.  These are very fragile items…the carts.  They are very old and were imported from Switzerland at high cost.

Now I have to worry about them being exposed to weather.  

And my knee and stitches to head were complaining all night.  Do not get me wrong. I know some of the people on set and they know me.  Not a person who complains. I hate to

use the ‘age card’ but I am a very senior citizen.  In good health normally but not this time,   I could have sent the load back but chose to do

the right  thing with the cheerful help of Keith.  I rearranged my plans to suit your return plans.

We parked the truck at the road due to muddy fields…and ferried carts to the back of the barn using my ATV.   But there was still lots of lifting.

Keith showed me a picture of the set….my carts are front and centre on the mystery planet in the script. i.e. important to the movie.  The carts look great.

Now I face another trip up to farm when I get an extra person from my son’s business.   Another 100 km and labour.  

Pass this along to the powers that be.

alan

THE ANVIL

TRY lifting this anvil with a sore knee.  Try lifting it with a good knee then dropping it on your foot.