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Why is it stressful to call into a show?
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this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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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.
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.
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.”
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Uh... are you thinking of FauxPseudo, perhaps?
Nope, I tagged you: https://piefed.social/comment/9519027
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At the time, my dear @spacenoodle@lemmy.world-- I'll LET YOU KNOW when I need your help, again, mate.
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Okay, okay, I guess I got one for you--
It's about aluminum shavings, i.e. how combustible are they, anyway!?
Please do not eat aluminum shavings.
No problem; I'll just go for thermite!