Without us, Hollywood is screwed!

By Anonymous

Another one of my responsibilities as a PA was taking all of the lunch orders for the production office, picking up the food, and delivering it to everyone. On one particular occasion our Production Coordinator had placed an order for Mexican food, and had requested an additional 3 orders of chips and salsa for everyone to share.

After picking up the food and bring it back, our coordinator looked everything over and was furious when she saw the chips and dip. After asking us where all the chips were (even though the 3 bags were clearly marked and laid out in front of her) she screamed, “That’s it??? Those are all the chips you picked up? How fucking stupid are you? That’s not nearly enough chips for everyone to eat.”

Seeing as everyone had ordered their own individual meals, and no one had requested additional chips, I didn’t see the catastrophe in the situation. I had simply picked up the correct amount of food she had ordered. There were three medium packs of chips included – but apparently she wanted large ones.

Our coordinator then instructed me to pour out the three bags of chips she had ordered and INDIVIDUALLY COUNT each and every chip to determine how many we had. Then I had to inform her of the exact number, and how wrong I had been to not pick up more (even though it was not my responsibility to do so, and I would have gotten in trouble for changing her order).

Good times …