WOW! This is classic. Thank YOU for sharing =)
anerrorhasoccurred Wrote:
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> I did one once. Here's my viewpoint. Of course,
> as always, YMMV.
>
> First, I get a phone call from a scheduler. I
> have done an audit like this, so I don't know what
> to do or what to expect. I made this clear to my
> scheduler. "Don't worry, I will send you a
> packet. They are easy!" She told me that she had
> a regular do it but the regular person is out of
> town. She gave me a crazy bonus and I accepted.
>
> From the paperwork, I realized that I had to
> attend EVERY movie showing of this ROM-COM movie.
> It tanked in theaters. According to the
> paperwork, I had to be in my seat at the beginning
> of the movie, watch the trailers, make my notes,
> and leave. I was not allowed to watch the movie.
> This was in my paperwork five times. I was not
> allowed to watch the movie. It was bolded. I was
> not allowed to watch the movie.
>
> I see the movie listings. This movie starts at
> 10am and the last showing is at 11pm. Really? 11
> hours at the theater? I call my scheduler and
> tell her there is no way in this good earth that I
> am going to spend 11+ hours at a theater, not
> watch a movie, and do my report by 8am. She
> understood and respected my decision, but she was
> sorry to hear me leave my resignation. What? No
> ma'am, I am not resigning. I am flaking/canceling
> this assignment. I hung up. Fifteen minutes
> later, her supervisor(?) calls and gives me the
> same ultimatum. Fine, I agree. I can't risk
> losing my status at MF.
>
> I show up to the theater at 9:30am. I introduce
> myself to the theater manager and show him my
> paperwork. He looks at me and says, "Where's
> so-so?". I told him that she was out of town and
> I am filling in for her. He asks, "What's your
> rate?" I told him that MF pays me a fee, and I
> feel as if I shouldn't disclose it. He shakes his
> head, "No no no. I pay her NOT to audit my
> theatre. How much do you need?" Great. I told
> him that I would not take any money, and I am here
> to do my job.
>
> After this conversation, I call up the scheduler
> to let her in on my recent conversation and how to
> proceed. She tells me to go ahead and audit the
> location and "she will make a note of it."
>
> I sit through 13 showings of this movie. I see
> the same trailers 13 times. Between movies, I am
> in the lobby sitting on a bench. The manager is
> giving the stink eye each time.
>
> After the sixth movie, my scheduler calls me. "I
> have been getting reports that you are watching
> the movie. You know you are only supposed to
> audit the trailers."
>
> "Yes I know. I am not watching the movie. I
> watch the trailer and I am out of there."
>
> The scheduler responds, "I am being told by the
> manager that you are watching the movie and
> demanding free concessions. He said you also lied
> about paying Ms. So-So for good reviews. I know
> that you don't want to be there, but you agreed."
>
> I hung up on her.
>
> I did the rest of my trailer audits. Got home,
> did my report (which was LENGTHY, as I had to
> describe each trailer for each time I watched it,
> 6 trailers * 13 times = 78 separate narratives),
> and went to bed.
>
> Someone told me that the reports have since
> changed, but it has scarred me for life.
>
> As for the manager? I picked up my daughter from
> a movie there. He was still there, giving me the
> nasty look. I don't know why, his theater review
> was perfect.
>
> As for the rogue auditor? Saw her a local McD
> during one of her audits. She went to the
> manager, said, "For $25, you get a good review."
> Money exchanged hands.
>
> As for me? I no longer go to the theater and I no
> longer do these audit checks.