Back to the Lunches
Thanks to Martine, who posted an interesting comment about my grumblings about the inequality of actors' lunches and doctors' lunches when they were both helping to examine students for a medical exam.
She pointed out that the actors were being paid and the doctors probably weren't, they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts for the next generation of doctors: so a good lunch was a kind of recompense for this.
Well, it's true that the actors were being paid, but the medical exam roleplay is very hard work (doing about 45 roleplays a day for two days, making sure every student gets exactly the same opportunity) - and actually, it pays less per day than other roleplay which is more demanding emotionally but takes far less time. So I too see it as payback time from me as a thank-you for all the really interesting roleplay that I do, and also to help the next generation of doctors.
It's true that it's mind-bogglingly dull for the doctors, who have to listen to the same thing again, and again, and again - - did he ask about smoking? drinking? when the pain started?
And, of course, if you compare the average actor's pay with the average doctor's pay the doctor is miles and miles ahead - even if the doctor was not paid extra for the examining, they would still have a salary at the end of the week, whereas for some actors the day's roleplay might be their only work that week.
But then again, people really don't go into acting for the money, unless they're stupid, which most actors who do medical roleplay certainly aren't. And most of the actors there that day would be perfectly capable of getting a salaried job if they wanted to: they have chosen not to.
I suppose, in conclusion, that my post was really about the fact that I think that if two sets of people are working together on the same job, then they should both get the same lunch. And I know that, all over the world, that doesn't happen. Thanks, Martine, for making me think about it further.
She pointed out that the actors were being paid and the doctors probably weren't, they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts for the next generation of doctors: so a good lunch was a kind of recompense for this.
Well, it's true that the actors were being paid, but the medical exam roleplay is very hard work (doing about 45 roleplays a day for two days, making sure every student gets exactly the same opportunity) - and actually, it pays less per day than other roleplay which is more demanding emotionally but takes far less time. So I too see it as payback time from me as a thank-you for all the really interesting roleplay that I do, and also to help the next generation of doctors.
It's true that it's mind-bogglingly dull for the doctors, who have to listen to the same thing again, and again, and again - - did he ask about smoking? drinking? when the pain started?
And, of course, if you compare the average actor's pay with the average doctor's pay the doctor is miles and miles ahead - even if the doctor was not paid extra for the examining, they would still have a salary at the end of the week, whereas for some actors the day's roleplay might be their only work that week.
But then again, people really don't go into acting for the money, unless they're stupid, which most actors who do medical roleplay certainly aren't. And most of the actors there that day would be perfectly capable of getting a salaried job if they wanted to: they have chosen not to.
I suppose, in conclusion, that my post was really about the fact that I think that if two sets of people are working together on the same job, then they should both get the same lunch. And I know that, all over the world, that doesn't happen. Thanks, Martine, for making me think about it further.
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