Gate 3 - 12/3
Universal Studios is getting to be a regular stop for me, as Paramount was the first few weeks. As usual, I worked the morning shift - 6am. Today, we had some close calls of picketers getting run over by cars, myself included. In the end, though, we all made it through unscathed.
We had a visit from Neal Baer, a member of the WGA negotiating committee, who talked about what went on in the negotiating room last week and where the WGA is going from here. The discussion went on for over 30 minutes and was very detailed. I’m not going to try and sum it up here, there are better web sites for that kind of information.
Past jobs was a topic of conversation today. I talked a little about my pizza delivery days while others talked about operating forklifts, loading trucks and stocking grocery stores. Some jobs seemed very out-of-place for a writer, like our gate captain, Steve, who used to be a prosecutor. Our visitor, Neal Baer, went to medical school and became a pediatrician before his current role as showrunner of Law & Order: SVU.
I’m not sure where I’m going to head tomorrow, either Fox, Paramount or Universal. I’ll make up my mind in the morning.