Of course, totally agree with the OP and others, been there too many times. But I will say its a bit sad that for the most part, which is exactly as senator said also, that its these wannabes (frankly a lot of us suffer these fools) that run most little bitty non-union shoots. And to be noted, union shoots aren't exactly immune to this either... And principally their MO seems to be to oust and shit on the sound guy for no apparent reason, other than probably to make their underpar or inadequately used genitals seem bigger. Sleep Well..!