This week has been very much about invigilation, after my interruption into haulage on Monday. I had to cancel a shift for Monday, told them it was a funeral.
I’ve pitched this haulage job a little bit wonky but as you scale up you have to learn. I thought from the pictures and the jobs I’ve had to do before that it would be achievable with the team I brought. Far from it. This is a big job.
Responsively, I’ve booked a big team. I now have the right balance, in my opinion, to get this squared off nicely. I’ll be back a week today with 6 people and three vans and we will absolutely nail the rest of this. Van and 1 times 3, 1 floater.
It’s interesting to really start to see what I’ve learnt over the years I’ve been responsive in events. There’s a whole language that I’ve learned, it’s almost code. I’ve written about it before, the heras and the scrim and the ped, the dolavs. “Can you go to CSM and ask for a long weight?” That was the old joke. Or “Get me some sky hooks.” “What are they?” “You know, so I can attach this to the sky.” Hazing, they call it in America. I never fell for it, but also never realised I was being wound up. I just went and got Jake the longest weight I could find. “There you go mate.” “That was quick, did you go to CSM?” “No I just grabbed one that wasn’t being used.” Long WAIT you see. Didn’t notice until I saw him do it to someone else. And when he described sky hooks I just told him he’d have to improvise.
I’ve built a team and it’s a good team. We will be able to be efficient now, get this stuff out out out hopefully faster than they’re expecting. If there’s someone at the storage when the vans are out sorting then the loads will be easier. One pane of glass minimum per tip load means we will get it all out and nobody will be overweight. Lots of things to think about, lots of things to consider, lots of things to worry about, nothing to do but do and do and do until it is done.
Beltane today, so I jumped over a candle. Burning away the remains of unmotivated me. This is an overlap of three of my skillsets and contact networks. Crewing massive events, building and loving entertainment from the inside, sorting and shifting other people’s stuff. I’m in my happy place. But there’s work to be done.
Thankfully invigilating exams leaves a lot of time for thinking.
AlBarclay 