I am so disgusted with a certain member of my crew. This man makes $11,500.00 a week. That's right, each week his check is for $11,500.00 That's not what makes him a greedy bastard, though.
The film industry unions have a rule regarding meal breaks. Basically, you have to break the crew every 6 hours for a meal. For every half hour (or part thereof) you don't break them, they get a meal penalty. The first half hour is $7.50, the second half hour is $10.00 (on top of the $7.50), the third and each succeeding half hours are $12.50 (on top of the $7.50 and the $10.00). It just keeps building - if you go over 1 hour 15 minutes, they get $30.00 ($7.50+$10.00+$12.50). It can get into some pretty big money. I once saw a BMW with a license plate that read "MPV" for "meal penalty violation." I totally believe a crew memner could bank enough in mpv's to buy a car.
Anyway, this jerk who makes $11,500.00 each and every week wants his meal penalties. Most people in his position don't even ask - it's usually a non-issue since they make so much. Man, what a greedy bastard. I've lost all respect for him.
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