1) The way they begin every conversation with "Of course, you can do it for 5.00?"

2) Counting is not their strong point: a production manager's week bears absolutely no correlation whatever with a real week.

3) They are in your face on the fit-up, in the bar during the show and unavailable when you need to get paid.

4) They never look out of the window in the morning because then there would be nothing left for them to do in the afternoon.

5) On a fit-up, they believe that the centre of the universe shifts slightly with every important step they take.

6) They believe actors are props with dialogue, producers are props with clipboards and if we could all read minds, we wouldn't need headsets.

7) They have no comprehension of national holidays that fall on a Monday.

8) At home, their door mat is gaffered down so no one will trip over it; their furniture has wheels and their staircase has a temporary ramp for easy Christmas shopping get-ins and get-outs.

9) Their only two "essentials" are credit cards and a mobile phone; they can pack a bag in five minutes and leave home for a month in the same way anyone else would pop out to the shops.

10) They believe that Gaffer tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.


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