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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JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 7 pts · 239d
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.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 237d
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 “cue” as “Q” 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 “Q136 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.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 237d
Oh neat; you work in stage production? I bet you have some stories...
Or if you're familiar with Star Trek, pool and the art of judo:
“Q picked up his cue while waiting in the queue for his kyu promotion test.”
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 239d
Hey buddy how's your chili doing
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 239d
Uh... are you thinking of FauxPseudo, perhaps?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 238d
Nope, I tagged you: https://piefed.social/comment/9519027
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 1 pts · 238d
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..?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 238d
Hey, you said you hoped you'd run into me.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 1 pts · 238d
Alright fine, lol...
Okay, okay, I guess I got one for you--
It's about aluminum shavings, i.e. how combustible are they, anyway!?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 238d
Please do not eat aluminum shavings.
MrFappy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 239d
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.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 239d
Public performance in general can be stressful; people get stage fright all the time.
comradegreetingcard@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 239d
I've called in before and got on. And then my brain stopped working. Hah
So it's not just you.
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 238d
Lol what are word what does "caller" mean
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 239d
Por que?
solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 238d
Yeah messed me up that queue, que, and cue sound the same in English. Que was close enough to cue anyway
aaaa@piefed.world · 1 pts · 238d
In English, que isn't a word. It's a misspelling of queue
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 239d
¿Que?