It’s bad enough that they were trying to keep you away from your pet. What about people with kids? A babysitter might only have so much time, for example.

I didn’t chew out “the kid,” who was probably in his mid-20s, not much younger than me at the time. I was friendly about it, but insistent. I had a dog up there in a hot, stuffy apartment, and a couple of elderly neighbors who’d been standing around on the sidewalk with their own dog that they couldn’t get to.

Seriously. A production company once tried to deny me *egress* from my apartment one weekday morning before work because they were filming a tv show right on my front doorstep. I was like, “You’re kidding, right?” I mean, I’ll wait a few minutes or so, but 30? No. 

Doesn’t matter how long it is or isn’t. If you want the privilege of shooting on location instead of in a studio, you work around the people there; you don’t make them work around you.

Tough shit. Anybody who tries to stop me from getting to my home is going to be talking to a cop unless they back off. I suppose that’s too bad if someone blames you and fires you for not keeping me away, but people do not cede their rights to their homes because you got a permit from the city to film your little…

I’m enjoying how you know how long she would have been kept out of her home - and the reasons for her rush to get into her home. 

They were trying to keep her from her home and from walking her dog. That’s bullshit, I don’t care what your job is.

Yea.... it’s a power complex for SURE, combined with this false belief that people are enamored with your profession, like a 13 year old at Universal Studios or something.  It takes 30 seconds to let someone in their own house.  And I’m with you - if my dog’s happiness / comfort is at stake, you can fuck right off. 

Yea, well said. Idk how it works in NYC, but in LA, you typically get a notice from FilmLA a few days before a shoot that lets you know what locations will be blocked off, and when. Not that it makes it any less annoying, but at least there’s an element of consideration.  That said, preventing me from getting in and…

TamTams is right, I didn’t ignore the PA, but nor did I chew him out. In a very amicable way I said that once I went to the police precinct and got someone to escort me onto my own premises (this was a long time ago, now that I think about it, it was very Giuliani-era quality-of-life broken windows policing) I had the…

Person A: You’re not allowed to go in your own home for a movie.

I don’t know; it sucks that part of your job is being the middle man between the higher ups who want everything done on schedule, and the people who live and work in the places your projects are being filmed in, but it’s inevitable that people are going to be jerks when told they can’t enter/exit their apartment/place…

Tip for Jess:

$300 is a bullshit offer. A friend of mine came come to find L&O shooting on his front stoop and had this conversation:

Why? He can’t have his own personal beliefs yet still see the Church as an organized place for his spiritual needs? Do you really think every Catholic (practicing, or lapsed) is against birth control or homosexuality? I hope this doesn’t come as a shock to you, but many individuals do not march in lockstep with a…

You’re full of shit. My wife is an openly bi Catholic who actively disagrees with her church and does everything she can to institute change through her position in the Catholic Women’s League.

well then it’s a good thing “ally points”, a system you just made up, don’t matter one bit. individual beliefs and actions, on the other hand, do.

Gay Catholic men are very common in South Florida, in fact in a Hispanic community, it’s easier to find someone who’s gay over someone who isn’t Catholic.
And they’re not idiots, they know the history of persecution, they lived it. But they’re young and hopeful surrounded by other people that look at the best of…

I can’t imagine how tough that must be, and the strength it must take, but it looks like he's got it to spare. I’m glad that he has support from his colleagues. Good words at the end. Never let anybody define who you are.

They can say that if they want to give the 2015 title to the Cavs.