A production rant

This is just a production rant. Nothing more, boys and grrls, and really only applies to those in the audio field, however, some points may apply to all members of production.

Headsets and headphones are personal items. Do not, under any circumstances, pick up a colleague's headset or, worse yet, an engineer's PERSONAL pair of headphones and put them on your head without permission, FOR ANY REASON. You wouldn't rub your hair and face against someone you just casually know, would you? You wouldn't put on someone's article of clothing without permission, would you? It's the same damn thing. As a professional A-2, my headphones are my lifeline, an essential tool, and, to some extent, an article of clothing. Don't walk over and place them on your head without my express permission. The reason disease can spread so fast within our particular work environment is often due to the sharing of Clear Com headsets. I've paid good money to own my own personal one, and no, you can't use it. You can't wear my panties, either, but you probably wouldn't ask to do that.

Item number two I would like to address is personal hygiene. Every one should bathe before work, however, this becomes more crucial if you work in close quarters with other people. Even more so if are required to touch other people. If I can walk into a room and tell that you've been there previously by the smell, there's a problem. Oh, and by the way, if you can't bother to wash your hair, DO NOT EVER put on my headphones. Tonight it took me an hour with hand sanitizer and Lysol to get your hairgrease off my headphone band, rendering my essential tool useless for that period. Not to mention the fact that that shit doesn't come off leather easily. And I just can't have that. It makes me nervous. It also makes me feel repulsed.

Perhaps I'm a germ-a-phobe, but seriously. That's just consideration for your fellow man.

On that note, I'm off to the showers, kids!