So as I left off with the last post. My friend, named Steve, wanted the opportunity to learn how to change the movies on the sign. To help me keep watch over my him, I had a fellow employee who was used to doing the job assist us. So I showed Steve the starting routine, this involved figuring out the movies that needed to be changed, getting the right letter cards, and taking the ladder for the climb up. Than I attached the ladder to the sign and made my way up.
After getting to the top I swung my way under the bar and onto the platform. I than waited for Steve to make his way up. When he got to the top he couldn't figure out how he was supposed to get himself onto the surface. I told him to grab hold of the bar and pull himself up like I did. But because he couldn't reach the bar, he instead grabbed hold of the grated floor and pulled himself onto the platform. I think the other employee had to help Steve get himself fully onto the surface and I'm pretty sure I also had to grab hold of Steve and help him up.
After a great deal of effort and cursing, Steve made it. He laid down for a second to get himself together. When he felt he was ready, he used the handles on the sided to help himself stand up. "HOLY SH-T!" he yelled "This is up high!" As Steve took in the distance to the ground, the other employee came up the ladder to join us. We had a brief discussion about who was going to do what. It was decided that since Steve was too freaked out, myself and the other employee would worry about changing up the titles. All Steve had to do was hand us the different cards out of the bag when we needed them.
We finished the one side and were about to move to the other when we realized Steve wasn't going to be able to get across. This is because in order to get to the other side you had to get back onto the ladder and than get off again on the other side of the sign. We decided it would be too much of a hassle to get Steve across, so he agreed to let us leave him on the platform while we took care of the other side. When the other side was done all we had to do was figure out a way to get Steve down.
As I said in the last post, the ladder was lower than the platform, so in order to get back on you had to find a way to drop on it. If you were skilled enough, you could hold onto one of the bars while dropping yourself onto the ladder. The alternative would be to some how slowly lower yourself, but your legs were gonna dangle before touching the ladder. Knowing there was no way Steve was going to drop off, we had to think of a way to lower him.
I told him what he needed to do and made sure the other employee was waiting on the ground incase something went wrong. Steve insisted that their was no way he was going to be able to make it. I told him that there was no other way to get him back down. Steve's response could have been a bit more graceful. "F-CK!" he started yelling "THIS F-CKING S-CKS!" One of our managers named Paul happened to be walking in the parking lot when he heard Steve yelling. "STEVE!" Paul shouted "SHUT UP! EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU!" "F-CK YOU PAUL! GET ME THE F-CK DOWN FROM HERE!" Steve replied. Thank God the theater was technically closed or we may have had complaints from a multitude of customers.
After letting himself calm down a bit, Steve laid down and started to slide legs over the ledge. As soon he felt himself start to dangle, he started yelling again. "STEVE!" Paul yelled "I TOLD YOU TO KEEP QUIET!" But Steve continued. "CALL THE F-CKING FIRE DEPARTMENT!" he screamed. I can just imagine what it would have been like our boss was there. He probably would have had a heart attack seeing Steve dangling in the air and swearing like crazy. I couldn't help but laugh to myself at the idea.
I told him to move his leg to the side and drop down a bit further. His screaming continued as I helped him to get his footing on the ladder. Slowly he was able to make his way down. Finally, we could put everything away and call it a night. To my knowledge, Steve did not get into trouble for his yelling. So I consider the trial a successful failure.
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