I got a promotion yesterday – from uniform to khakis, button shirt and tie – from trainee to Marketing Coordinator (manager in training now). My first night as such included:
* Going to every post in the theater and sort of re-learning everything, the biggest being the projection booth. About thirty thousand steps later, … huh? Repetition is the key to learning that part. Who knew threading a projector could be so insanely difficult?
* Staying until 3 in the morning as the Little Rock Film Festival (Link) wrapped up for the night with “Dog Soldiers”. Even got a dvd of “Boo” and a “Dog Soldiers” poster signed by the producer after the q&a! He had a lot of interesting things to say – about the film and Hollywood in general. Also almost ran into an old friend of mine, but .. it was 2:30 in the morning and I hadn’t seen him in about 6 years and didn’t really have anything to say. Awkwardness avoided?
* Learning to close down for the night, which I will do more of (myself instead of watching) tonight – which includes counting down drawers and closing out the computer with reports.
It’s a lot of new responsibilities and I feel that I’m ready to take these challenges as they are presented. It’s so unreal how things look from the manager perspective as opposed to the employee. Weird.