Man, I was working on this shoot for a show called "Inside the Box with Ty Pennington" (yeah that Ty Pennington). It was one of those shoots where the days are so long, those working in TV and film know what I'm talking about. Of course everyone is making a daily rate, so when you work a 12 or 16 hour daym that rate is sometimes not so awesome. It just makes me wonder, why don't they just add a day or two to the schedule so people can have a little bit of downtime? I mean I know it boils down to squeezing every last bit out of everyone, and its all about the dough. I really think the industry is pretty messed up. I mean expecting people to work 7, 8, 9, 11, 20 days straight from 7 am to 11pm sucks. I know on union shoots people are compensated for that, but there are alot of reality shoots that aren't union and there are alot of people getting the shaft. It seems to me like some people love it, but I do not include myself in that group. I just don't get it. I've been in this industry for the last 4 years or so, and have gotten to work on alot of great shoots, but whenever I get on one of this type, I just wonder how is this legal?