You might work in TV if...

[Pinkie]

Ok, I'm up for a little fun. Finish this sentence, and I'll start:

You might work in TV if...

The word "holiday" does not mean the same thing as "time off of work."

[Roy Hobbs]

You married a photographer.

[rawhead rex]

You never let facts get in the way of a good story.

[s'news]

You carry makeup and hairspray in your bag, and you're a guy.

[AutoTranz]

You learn the many uses of duct-tape

[Roy Hobbs]

Your News Director tells you what a great job you're doing then fires you the next week and breaches your contract.

[westbound on 70]

The sight of daylight makes you sleepy. (working nightside)

[The Fedora]

commonly hear... "wow, you look different in person. I mean, uh, better"

[kmfdmatt]

You're always worried about where you hang out in public.

[The Mockingbird]

The managers at McDonald's make more than you do.

[trunky]

You hear "we need a good old fashioned murder." at least once every couple of weeks.

[photogguy]

You start the day hoping to see death and destruction.

[Big Poppa Pump]

You can't go out of town anytime you're off because a big story "might" happen.

[Tripe Face]

Originally posted by Roy Hobbs:
Your News Director tells you what a great job you're doing then fires you the next week and breaches your contract.You know my news director??

[Head Janitor]

...you giggle when a new person asks, 'how long is your lunch break?'

[adam & doctor drew]

it's pretty lonely on your days off because no one else's days off are Monday and Tuesday.

[Lazlo Toth]

... you watch TV while sitting at your desk at work.

[Roy Hobbs]

Originally posted by Tripe Face:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Roy Hobbs:
Your News Director tells you what a great job you're doing then fires you the next week and breaches your contract.You know my news director??</font>[/QUOTE]You know mine??

[3.58 mHZ]

You never let crappy pay get in the way of yet another crappy shift!

[CorkySherwood]

The assignment desk turns into a buffet line somedays... and some people will eat anything no matter what it looks like or how long its been sitting out.

[AutoTranz]

Originally posted by adam & doctor drew:
it's pretty lonely on your days off because no one else's days off are Monday and Tuesday.:( :(

[Judge]

You have this same dream at least three nights a week:
It's 5:57pm, and the 6pm producer is suddenly in a panic because your story (intro, script, tag etc...) are nowhere to be found. You panic when you realize it's all because you haven't even begun to think about shooting it.

Your panic morphs into a bunch of hazy details, but eventually segues into the vision of a completely unrecognizable piece of paper..........
Could it be? (OH NO, not again!!!)
Yup!! it looks like a final exam!
You know, the final from that college course you never could stand, so you skipped every class, and now you're screwed, SCREWED, SSSCREWWWWWED!!!!
Amazingly, your alarm clock saves you again.

Ha...you think...It was all dream. And you give thanks that you won't have to experience it again for AT LEAST 2 nights.

[The Mockingbird]

You have the Producer Rundown dream, where the Cold Open is about to roll, and there are NO SCRIPTS IN THE RUNDOWN.

*shiver*

[Marty McFly]

You might work in TV if...

you know about Medialine.

[Hebe]

The word tease doesn't mean anything sexual

:)

[Mr. Rugen]

Your paycheck comes from a broadcast group or network.

[writer2]

...you were always at work when people ask: "Where were you when: The planes hit the towers, the U.S. invaded Iraq, OJ was acquitted, etc."

[Seahawk]

No matter where in town you go with friends, it's DAST - Did A Story There.

[amp]

Every time you pass a school for the first time you look for where you can park the live truck if anyone ever pulls a Columbine at that school.

[News Is Broken]

... your lunchtime choices are either top ramen from home or whatever you can get at the vending machine for less than a buck.

[Vulcan]

Salary in the teens, Age in the 20s, College Debt in the 30s.

[Tripe Face]

Originally posted by rachp41:
The word tease doesn't mean anything sexual

:)If you work in TV and there isn't sex in your teases, you aren't doing it right.

[Roy Hobbs]

Your producer blames you for getting lost on the way to the wrong address you were given by the assignment editor for the wrong story you were assigned by the managing editor.

[drink the koolaid]

you have 5000 plus comments on a webpage.

[Ralphie the buffalo]

Originally posted by Pinkie:
You might work in TV if...you wish you had another hour to work when 5 o'clock rolls around.

[Roy Hobbs]

...when you want to splurge you shop at ALDI.

[westbound on 70]

...You buy Ramen by the case at Wal-Mart. One of each flavor to make it interesting.

and

...You rave to your friends about how cheaply you manage to eat.

and

...You've actually lost weight due to eating little else but Ramen. (this is good, in a way)

and finally,

...You're posting to Medialine WHILE eating Ramen.

Originally posted by News Is Broken:
... your lunchtime choices are either top ramen from home or whatever you can get at the vending machine for less than a buck.

[ January 29, 2007, 09:42 PM: Message edited by: westbound on 70 ]

[Arctic Man]

Your salary at your 3rd job is 1/2 what your college roommates were making fresh out of college!

[Union Label]

You've missed every family gathering for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the past 5 years because you are the lowest person on the seniority list.

[trunky]

You often wonder if you truly work with any of the people you work with...

[reallytallrobm]

you dream of one day having a job where your bedtime is after sunset... and you get to wake up post sunrise.

[Cumulo-nimbus]

Your family is constantly baffled as to why, after 4-5 years in college, and your second or third job, you are having such a hard time getting by and you never have any money to do anything.

[SnowPirate]

When people talk to you and something catches your interest, the first thing you think is "That would make a good package."

[Michigan J. Frog]

You have the only job you know of where you can't slack off near the end of your shift...or leave early...like everyone else.

Also, you use a lot of .... in your writing.

[Union Label]

You work for a 150+ market station as a one man band VJ at a far flung bureau and you've only met a handful of the folks who work at the mothership. You dream of the day when you can make the move to a top 100 market station where your in time will be 12:00 am and your job will be to write, produce and anchor the morning news. When asked, most people who work at the same stations you've worked at will have little if any recollection of your existence.

[Ping-Pong Ball]

After wearing them for years at the anchor desk, the pockets on all your suit jackets still remain sewed shut.

[Union Label]

Your only visits to state and national parks within your station's ADI have been during work hours and involved a coroner's investigation. You are still pretty happy to be there because you didn't have to pay an entrance fee.

[Red5]

You've shaken hands with the President and two of the people who have a good shot at being the next president.

[Red5]

You've ridden in a blimp.

[Union Label]

You are given an assignment to do a no brainer story on the hazards of driving on frozen lakes. Upon arrival at the location of the story, you become the living example instead. The following day, your mistake makes every news feed and is mentioned on every television news related website and online forum in the country. You hear from people you haven't seen since elementary school and you don't really feel like speaking to any of them.

[Union Label]

You've logged time in the jump seat flying with the Blue Angels.

[Union Label]

You've found yourself driving or running towards a location at the same speed or faster than people in their right minds are fleeing from with the hope of saving their own lives.

[ January 30, 2007, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: Union Label ]

[NewsMom]

You don't ask family members to "turn up the volume" on the TV set, you ask them to "bring up the audio."

[amp]

--You've got to spend a week on the beach...during a hurricane.
--You've got to land on an aircraft carrier.
--The mayor knows you by name.
--The governor knows you by name.
--You don't pay to get into the local theme parks.
--You don't pay to get into concerts.
--You get to fly to NYC or LA and go behind the scenes at movies and tv shows.
--When people ask you want you do for a living, they say,"Cool!"

...and finally...

--You have a really fun job, but still complain about it every day.

[sportzchick]

You have boxes of unused business cards from your previous job(s) because you didn't spend enough time there to give them all away.

Your t-shirts are all from TV station events/give aways/gifts. (as are your umbrella, golf shoe bag, faux leather notepad holder, business card holders, hats, duffle bags)

[Lazlo Toth]

Originally posted by Union Label:
You've logged time in the jump seat flying with the Blue Angels.You've been on the catwalks UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge.

You've been in a missile silo.

The Ugandan Army escorted you to a shoot to make sure the Lords Resistance Army didn't abduct or kill you.

[Union Label]

Originally posted by Lazlo Toth:
You've been on the catwalks UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge.
You've stood at the top of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Sorry, I've been around too.

[Lazlo Toth]

Originally posted by Union Label:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Lazlo Toth:
You've been on the catwalks UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge.
You've stood at the top of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Sorry, I've been around too.</font>[/QUOTE]I always wanted to do that, but my claustrophobia made me pass on the elevator ride and I was too much of a wimp to climb the cables.

[Ping-Pong Ball]

Originally posted by Lazlo Toth:
You've been on the catwalks UNDER the Golden Gate Bridge.
Try the rusty catwalk on this bad boy....it's almost a 900 foot drop. Big fun, especially when an 18 wheeler drives over the bridge when your walking along the archaic bouncing catwalk. Or guys & gals base jump off the top of it.

http://www.nps.gov/neri/graphics/nrbridge_3.jpg

[Lazlo Toth]

I'm in. Let's go.

Claustrophobic, not acrophobic.

[News Is Broken]

Originally posted by Lazlo Toth:
I'm in. Let's go.

Claustrophobic, not acrophobic.Not me. I'll pass.

It's not that I'm afraid of heights. It's hitting the ground from way up there that I'd have an issue with.

[Produce man]

When at work, you have the phone numbers to all the nearest restaurants on speed dial.

[Shank]

Your best friends with the local police dispatcher, but couldn't pick them out of a police lineup...

[Shank]

A fight with your girlfriend every few months starts something like.... "What do you mean you can't go to Florida... I thought that sweeps thing was last February."

[Charlie Brown]

your four food groups are pizza, cheeseburgers (including arby's in that mix), chinese, and mountain dew.

you root for sporting events to go into overtime so as to give you a little extra time to produce and edit your early evening shows and then root for one-sided contests at night so you can go home at a decent hour.

[Roy Hobbs]

You're one paycheck away from homelessness but your friends at your college reunion all saw your one netfeed package and think you're rich and famous.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

You are so used to eating a warp speed you finish your entire meal while date is still on her/his SALAD!

[Shank]

you drive a Ford Focus because your part of the liberal media elite trying to push awareness of global warming down the throats of your viewers...

[newslady_26]

all your clothes were purchased from the company clothing allowance.

[The Mockingbird]

Originally posted by Shank:
you drive a Ford Focus because your part of the liberal media elite trying to push awareness of global warming down the throats of your viewers......but it's a used Focus.