I tried to call into the majority report two days ago, and I just get some serious stage fright, didn't help that a national news story broke. I was stressing waiting for que to call in, calling in and getting voicemail, then getting put on hold. Like it was weird that I was high strung to the point where it was hard to form words.

I might try again after things calm down I'm America

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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Speaker phone might help, but I know what you mean from back in the day. Having to be 'on' when they need you to is naturally stressful.

Btw-- it's "queue," sounds like "cue." "Que" is a Latin and Romance-language word.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yup. Queue is a line. Cue is a trigger. The cashier can cue the next person in the queue to approach the register.

    Even more confusingly, my job frequently shorthands β€œcue” as β€œQ” because it is quicker to write in a script. For instance, the script margins will have the stage manager’s notes, which include lighting cues, sound cues, etc… So the stage manager will write something like β€œQ136 when light switch flipped” if lighting cue 136 needs to fire when the actor flips the light switch. So they can call it at the appropriate time.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Oh neat; you work in stage production? I bet you have some stories...

    The cashier can cue the next person in the queue to approach the register.

    Or if you're familiar with Star Trek, pool and the art of judo:
    β€œQ picked up his cue while waiting in the queue for his kyu promotion test.”

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (7 children)

    Hey buddy how's your chili doing

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Uh... are you thinking of FauxPseudo, perhaps?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    Oh, well shizzle my whizzle!

    At the time, my dear @spacenoodle@lemmy.world-- I'll LET YOU KNOW when I need your help, again, mate.

    Got me..?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Hey, you said you hoped you'd run into me.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Alright fine, lol...
    Okay, okay, I guess I got one for you--

    It's about aluminum shavings, i.e. how combustible are they, anyway!?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I get the same thing just calling in to my favorite podcast to leave a voicemail. Which is especially odd since they are somewhat successful, not not enough that something like leaving a VM should make me nervous at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Public performance in general can be stressful; people get stage fright all the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Just picture the other people naked

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I've called in before and got on. And then my brain stopped working. Hah

    So it's not just you.

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