A story from when I worked part-time at a local TV station

Hello.
I am adaiutonnel, and I keep writing articles to win prizes in the spring posting challenge.
The theme this time is my first job, so I would like to go back to my university days to write about it.

How I started working at a TV station

The first time I received a paycheck was for a part-time job during my freshman year of university.

I am a lazy person by nature, so I didn't have a part-time job until around the summer of my freshman year. Since I had very few things I wanted, I wasn't particularly struggling for money.

However, I started being teased by those around me as a "neet," and I began to think that I really should do something. (Thinking about it now, I wasn't a neet because I was a student. However, perhaps because I went to a national university, there weren't many students around me who had money, and the majority of students had part-time jobs.)

I decided to get a part-time job for the sake of appearances.

However, since I wasn't in need of money, it was hard to decide on a part-time job.

If I'm going to do it, I want to do a job that no one else has experienced.

Thinking that, I decided to work at a "local TV station."

The reason I chose this part-time job was a strange motive: I wanted to have an experience different from ordinary people.

What is the work at a TV station like?

I started working at the TV station, and my job was a camera assistant.

I'm not sure if "camera assistant" is the official title, but that's what I was called because I did work to assist the cameraman.

The work was something like this.
Basically, I was called when there was work outside, and I would go along on location shoots.
My job was to make sure the cables extending from the camera didn't get in the way, and to extend or wind up the camera cables as the cameraman moved.

The interesting part of this job was that I could experience various local events on-site.

I was able to accompany them to various places, such as city marathon broadcasts, J.League match broadcasts, and coverage of traditional rituals known as strange festivals.

City marathon broadcast

During the city marathon broadcast, I had the strange experience of being alone with a cameraman for about two hours waiting for the runners. Since I had nothing to do until the runners arrived, we chatted, and I became friends with the cameraman. It was an interesting experience for an 18-year-old to hit it off with a 50-year-old man.

J.League broadcast

For the J.League broadcast, I ended up working at the very edge of the pitch where you usually can't go, and I had the valuable experience of watching a professional match from a spot closer than the ball boys.

The commentator for the day was former Japan national team player Nobuhiro Takeda, and I remember being moved because it was the first time I had met a real celebrity when I was 18.
I can even vividly remember thinking that his nails were shiny like a woman's, and that he was exactly the image I saw on variety shows.

Strange festival coverage

During the coverage of the strange festival, I remember being overwhelmed by the sight of men in nothing but loincloths fighting over a sacred tree.
For some reason, Bobby Ologun was also participating in the festival in a loincloth, and everyone was surprised because his physique was so impressive.

Conclusion

Even just remembering them one by one, I think they were experiences you couldn't have at a normal part-time job.

If you are looking for a part-time job but aren't sure what to do, how about a TV station?

That was my story from when I worked part-time at a local TV station. I hope this is helpful.

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