Look thru the fog to see the scam! In short, I only acted in High School, lost my job, always see the ads (Extra work$) Went to office, lots of young snotty girls at desk, read a script (Why do I need a script read for extra work?) Was told it was a REALLY GREAT READ and told to call a # at 11 next day. (Left thinking: this could be fun) Called the # on time, got this really fast talking guy on the phone. Told me I needed headshots, gave me another #, he would put 50dollars on it. Call him back. Hung up. He sounded like he was reading from a script. Called for headshots (???) also sounded like reading fom a script, pressured me to book ASAP. I called back fast talking guy who tried to hang up on me when I managed to tell him I couldn't afford headshots, just wanted to do extra work. He said with BIG DISGUST: oh, all I can get you is $50 audience work. I actually felt embarrassed to accept. When, I got off the phone, I got it. The amateur shows up, told they are great, the agency acts all busy, says they need headshots, there is probably a deal between the photo shop and Act. Reps. He makes me feel bad for asking for extra work which was the reason I went there in the first place. So to close, I then spent EIGHT HOURS (for real) watching Carnie Wilson host the NEWLYWED SHOW. I couldn't leave. It was awful. Traumatic! I never got paid. Weeks later, getting the scam i called fast talking guy whom had assigned me some wierd code word to address him by. He told me to go by the office on a certain day at a certain time and ask for the money. I told him to *%$. 40dollars is nothing, it was all principle now. I called the day and time assigned... Now this is the worst. The B$t#H who answered the phone said (very snotty) honey, you have to c/b later and hung up when I mentioned picking up $. I called back and when she recognized my voice, she huffed and hung up again, then a third time, she yelled at me and said something and hung up on me again. All I got out was that I was coming by for a check and wanted to be sure it was there before making the trip... After all this, you make the decision. I sure went through alot. I just wanted to be an extra!
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