Did the Producer not confirm you were rolling or decks are at speed? Part of the blame falls on the Producers shoulders, everyone should be cross checking everyone in an EFP team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpzKG0Nou2k

Hahaha oh no😂. Hope you're okay, as a guy who has plenty of experience making chili and going to the bathroom with freshly cut scotch bonnet on my hand I can attest to it not being the greatest feeling ever. Also, awkward at Thanksgiving dinner.

..but they wait for your confirmation before beginning. That's the point.

Grass before beer, in the clear. Beer before grass, on your ass.

reply all, take ownership in front of everyone, and apologize. It'll be fine, shit happens - its a cooking show, you didnt miss the Berlin wall coming down.

It happens. Wasn't a fuck-up, but it was a screw-up. Life goes on.

I'm definitely switching back because sadly I probably would make that mistake again 🤣

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I'm willing to bet that given your immediate and lasting anxiety over this means that it's not an issue but is probably something that would be worth exploring in your therapy ironically enough.

"Here's something mundane that happened and has driven me up the wall"

You know it's insane, I assume your therapist knows you're a lesbian so why would it cause this much distress?

^ no experience being a cameraman or TV editor, and I'd say this is how I'd expect them to do it. Sound guy got the whole recording. Sucks you won't see him cry, but you can still hear it lol. Now I'm gonna spend the next year watching cooking shows and wait for a contestant #5 who never had a post-interview

As a manager I would hire you again.

You were open about your mistake, didn't try and hide it or anything and are unlikely to ever repeat it.

A more useful question is what could be changed about how the team functions to prevent this from happening again.

They're definitely right. The loud music has caused it, being high just made you notice it.

You do realise those people sign up exactly for this right? I mean it's not a random dude on the street, it's someone who knowingly signed up for this and gets paid for it.

Oh my god!!! At least you'll never make that mistake again...😅

No only that, it's the cameraman's job to confirm he's rolling. Some setups, everyone looks to you and you say "rolling" or why you're not ("everyone fucking settle in please!!!", people gabbing and making noise). Some setups the interviewer or producer turns to camera and asks if we're rolling. In my experience, generally camera confirms that sound is rolling if there's a separate recorder.

Don't know who you work for - when I'm shooting interviews, everyone looks to me to say "rolling". I say it once the room has settled down and the red light is blinking in my viewfinder. Nobody stops halfway through to confirm I'm actually doing my job.

It's not the cameraman's job to operate the camera?

You unknowingly did the right thing really

It was nice though

It shouldn't be totally on you to remember to record. A simple confirmation of recording before starting the interview would have saved the situation.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ken-bones-disturbing-reddit-history-shows-hes-not-nearly-as-adorable-as-we-thought as an example

You've got the turkey trots.

If you want an easy life, just cut ties with exs. It's not worked out, best to move on and not stay in touch. The friends thing rarely works out and almost always causes issues with their/your new relationships