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My wildest story…

As smm/content creator, you see some wild stuff.

Here's the wildest thing I've ever been asked to do...

One time I got hired to film a naked man getting cut open.

In a past life, I was a wedding videographer.

I was never actually very good at filming weddings, but I hustled like nobody's business.

Before we niched down to couples with rich parents, we took any job that called.

And I quite literally mean ANY job that called.

One night at around 8 pm, I got a call asking if I can be a second shooter the next morning at 6 a.m.

In case you hadn't picked up on this...

I needed the money.

I showed up at the designated address with no context.

It's a local hospital.

I figure we've got a marketing video.

Maybe we interview a couple doctors, wrap up by 8, and I'm back in bed for a power nap before my 10 a.m. class?

Some lady greets us at the front door and says, "Let's get ya'll scrubbed up."

That's Red Flag No. 1 if you're counting along. 🚩

Sure enough, we put scrubs on and walk into an operating room.

Red Flag No. 2 is a bit more obvious... 🚩

It's the large, unconscious, naked man lying on the table.

The doctor says, "We will now remove the bladder."

The primary videographer leaves as soon as the scalpel touches the abdomen.

I film for probably 30 minutes.

I grab some shots of the doctors, the equipment, I have no idea what I'm doing.

They specifically requested that I try not to include any shots of the gentleman’s gentleman area.

For the record… I had no plans to film his gentleman area regardless of what I was told.

When I leave the operating room, the woman that hired me said, "Sorry, I don't do blood so that's why I called you last night. Maybe I should have given you a heads up."

Sometimes I think about that man who has no bladder.

I hope he's well.

Takeaway:

It may be a bad day today... but is it "having to film a naked man getting his bladder removed" kind of bad day?

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