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Raw Deal Bill
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Ok! So I’m over getting fucked out of Top Dasher status by DoorDash Inc. even though I made all the thresholds. What are ya gonna do? It’s just a shit job for losers and/or immigrants created by businessmen who are so inept that they’re hemorrhaging millions operating their flawed business model.
But get this: So I was booked for three days as a tv/movie extra this week. Covid-test Tuesday out at the ass end of Brooklyn (we get paid) — and then work on set Wednesday and Thursday. Cool beans. $415 at the minimum. Door what? Dash who?
I get back from testing yesterday to find an email that says I won’t be needed on set Wednesday, I assume, because of the weather. This has happened before, and I find it unfair as generally, I turn down other work opportunities in those booked time slots. Who makes up for that loss of revenue?
In the writing business, pros collect a 50% kill fee if their story doesn’t run. At least, they get half their money. With this? Nada! Why do I suddenly feel as if it isn’t just DoorDash giving me a colonoscopy? It’s the movie/tv extra business as well.
Wait! It gets worse! The guy who turned me on to this glamorous show biz deal scored the same gig — and was looking forward to hanging together on the set (the first time that would have happened). I did not call him last night to commiserate. And guess what! He just texted me. He’s in holding and looking for me!
That’s right. They didn’t cancel everybody. I just know they did cancel me — and kept Warren! He’s union — and there might be some sort of contingency payment when union members get fucked like this. I’ll have to ask him.
Anyway — you get the idea. It’s fuck everybody day right about now. That's how I feel.
