mi job, mi boss, mi day

Would u ever forget your fishing line, if u were a fisherman?
Would u ever forget your gloves, if u were a boxer?
If u were a cop, would u ever forget your bullets?

If u were a cameraman, would u ever forget your film?


Today's a day that's deemed appropriate to label it a "tragic comedy". A lil' bit of background of my temp job. I'm an assistant to a graphic designer / photographer. So in another words, he's my boss, my gaffer.

We had to take some photo shots of our clients today. Some corporate photos of our main client, which is a big big company, a household name everyone will know. We're supposed to be there at 1.30 but we reached there at 2pm. Rushed like mad. So when we got there, everyone that's expecting us to take their photos, were rather "pissed".
We set the place right, put up lightings and backdrop. My boss is an experienced photographer and of course, he does the shoots.

lights.....perfect!
backdrop.....perfect!
camera......perfect!
first model's smile.....perfect!

"Ok, smile........" *click* plus *sound of shutter*

After the pressing the button on the cam, he looked up and looked at me

"Fabian, wo qu na dong xi, deng yi xia!" (Fabian, i'm gonna get something, hold on for a second).

And so, he left the room to get his "stuff"........ or did he?

After 5 mins.....

Client: Where's your boss?
Me: He told me he went to get something.
Client: (starting to look impatient)

10 mins later.....

The door swung open, and my gaffer came back with a big big sheepish grin, as he smiled to everyone in the room.

Boss: Fabian, help me get some stuff.

Me: Ok... (followed him out)
Boss:(speaking to everyone in the room) Just give me another 10mins. I still have to carry something.

And so we went out of the room... He closed the door and turned to me.. His grin disappeared.

Boss: Damn, I didn't bring my CF (memory card) card out. I tried searching for one around here, couldn't find it.
Me: (my goodness)

We drove to Great World City to buy a CF card. Oh man.... how on earth can he ever forget the most important thing? Its as bad as bringing a camera without a film.
Eventually he managed to get one and we had to rush back to the venue.

In the car....

Boss: This is the first time this sort of thing has ever happened.
Boss: Ok fabian, u concentrate on driving. I need to get back into the stress free mode in order to take good pictures later on.
Boss: Not many people can switch back so quickly after panicking.
Boss: But i can. I'm well-trained.

See the irony? first time ever happened? well-trained to such situations.

I don't really believe its really his first time this screw up has ever happened. My boss is no stranger to sticky situations whenever he panics. 24 hours before this tragic comedy took place, again, he was late for an appointment. He was rushing off, and we left the office together. He had to lock the door, not having enough hands, his idea was to put his portfolio on the parapet so that he could lock the door, but he was so panicky, that when he released his portfolio from his hands, the portfolio did not land on the parapet, instead it went out of the building and went down..... He literally "threw" his documents out of the building.

Thats my boss....