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(DIR) Post #AzwN7IMrkeiQ2gmEIC by GalacticTurtle@spinster.xyz
2025-11-05T16:10:03.661387Z
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Way back in the summer when I found out I'd be on tour for the next 7 months with a 72 year old production manager, it was my assumption that he wouldn't make it given the tough (even by my standards) schedule. I predicted he'd be gone by Thanksgiving but I wasn't too far off. He put in his notice on Monday and will be gone on the 17th. I have since brought on a production manager I know can do the job since he wasn't happy on his current tour and was eager to jump ship. What annoys me is that even way back during rehearsals in August, this guy said he didn't know if he could finish the full tour. Well, if you already think that, why did you take the job? I'm sure other candidates wanted it more than you did. Meanwhile my boss who hired him I think was blinded by his resume and past experience with rock and roll bands (a past they share, nonetheless, this is not a rock and roll tour) and wasn't thinking realistically. Now, I didn't want to jump on the guy because of his age. Sure maybe some 72 year olds can tour like this. But I bet they're rare. And a mutual connection of ours thought this guy retired some number of years ago after being fired from a similar tour. I've never had a production manager look me in the eye and say "I don't know how to solve the problem" EVER yet this guy did so on several different occasions. He makes no attempt to connect with the crew, no attempt to solve problems on site, can't even make it up and down the stairs half the time, and seems to lack the ability to assert himself in any and all social situations. Apparently his dad used to rag on him about this all the time growing up. Like most guys on the road this late in life, he's been divorced at least once. At least I only need to put up with two more weeks of this. I wish him all the best, but he's honestly sad to look at.