Have checks been seen? Is there talk of mutiny? Cold pizza and hypothermia can be compensated for. But the possibility of no check? You deserve some assurances. Do these folk have a track record? Is John Malkovich in the Heart of Darkness sequel?
For 90% of the crew, their travel day was Saturday, their first day of "work" was yesterday (although every crew - to a man - thought that yesterday was a "get on the plane and go to the hotel" day when in fact it was a "leave your shit in the tent there's cable to haul for the next 6 hours" day), and their timecards won't even be due until next Sunday. These folx have a known star hosting and the head of Fox Reality has been walking around bitching up the place for the last three days. She failed upward after this. To date, however, their biggest show is Pawn Stars, which I could do out of the spare gear in my closet. Our current catastrophe is a cross between Big Brother, American Ninja Warrior and The Biggest Loser. We really should have one of these: We have one of these: I have seen no Malkovich. However, the buddy who got me on this thing (who feels bad, for damn sure) looks eerily like a cheerful, friendly Gary Oldman. Gotta go. We need to go put that truck up that road without keys because one of our crew lost them on the road last night when they bumped out of his pocket as he drove the gator through the sleet.
A few years ago, I realized that reality TV isn't totally unlike quantum mechanics; as soon as you have observed the system, the way it behaves is necessarily different. Sorry dude, sounds like a real shitshow. Hope you get some compensation.
Ask and ye shall receive. We were going to move the truck today, even though it would have been illegal to do so. Unfortunately there was a pickup parked in front of it. Which Transpo didn't know who owned. So we waited half an hour, then said fukkit. Ironically enough, it turned out to be Transpo's truck. My other buddy on this show went to the emergency room today. The third time he took a header off the frozen tailgate of the truck he ended up limping. After a couple days it swelled up like a grapefruit. After a day shot at urgent care with x-rays, it turns out he has a sprained kneecap. So he's on crutches now. Me? I had yesterday off. Visited my wife, hung out with my kid, bought waterproof boots, ate real food. Today was cold stuffing and orange ham served under a pop-up in 29 degree weather.