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Plight of an AV Technician
written by: Aaron Hill
category: Song parody
I’m reaching the end of my 8 hour day,
I wish I were home watching TV.
The telephone rings and I’m filled with dismay.
Just who in the heck can that be?
The lady from catering’s glad I was there,”
They just got a ‘pop up’, the client needs gear,
They wanted 2 screens and projectors up there.
I begrudgingly say, “Absolutely”
My boss’s shift ended 2 hours ago,
He told me that, “All should be quiet,”
So now, I must set up this gear all alone.
This always occurs when he says that.
I go to my closet, equipment to get,
Drag it all to the room, but the room isn’t set,
I don’t know where this darned equipment goes yet,
I must wait for housemen to set it.
The housemen are finished, now I can set up,
I try to get done very quickly
I have to be done when the client shows up,
But I have to do it discretely.
Arriving, she tells me “Before we convene,”
I need flipcharts, microphones, much bigger screens,
If only she knew how much work that this means,
When changes are made so abruptly.
It takes me an hour, but I finally get done,
Hooking up all my gear on the table.
And making sure all of the wires are run,
Then taping down all of the cable.
So with everything tested, I’m ready to jet,
The client comes up, says, “We now need a Tech,
We want to make sure that our show, we won’t wreck.”
So do you think you would be able?
Their meeting drags on for 3 hours or more
Discussing their company’s game plan.
The lengthy discussion is really a bore.
I had to keep fighting the sandman.
Because there are lots of finances at stake,
A pledge to stay silent, they force me to take,
Though they need not fear, ‘cuz I wasn’t awake.
I’d been fighting boredom in dreamland.
If you want to work in hotels, you are silly,
I beg you to please think it through.
Most of your clients are quite willy-nilly
Which always makes more work for you.
You’ll put in way too many hours O.T.,
But that doesn’t help you, cuz you’re salary.
A typical day, working Hotel A/V
There’s better things out there for you.
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