Chapter 15

           MISTERHISHONOR,misterchapterpresidentofthelocalchapterofthenationalunitedprojectionist andindependenttheateroperatorsunionjustsat. 

           Underandbehindandinsideeverythingthemantookforgranted,somethinghorriblehadbeengrowing. 

           Nothingisstatic. 

           Everythingisfallingapart. 

           IknowthisbecauseTylerknowsthis. 

           ForthreeyearsTylerhadbeendoingfilmbuildupandbreakdownforachainofmoviehouses. Amovietravelsinsixorsevensmallreelspackedinametalcase. Tyler’sjobwastosplicethesmallreelstogetherintosinglefivefootreels thatself-threadingandrewindingprojectorscouldhandle. Afterthreeyears,seventheaters,atleastthreescreenspertheater,newshowseveryweek, Tylerhadhandledhundredsofprints. 

           Toobad,butwithmoreself-threadingandrewindingprojectors,theuniondidn’tneedTyleranymore. MisterchapterpresidenthadtocallTylerinforalittlesit-down. 

           Theworkwasboringandthepaywascrap, sothepresidentoftheunitedunionofunitedprojectionoperatorsindependentandunitedtheatersunitedsaid itwasdoingTylerDurdenachapterfavorbygivingTylerthediplomaticshaft. 

           Don’tthinkofthisasrejection. Thinkofitasdownsizing. 

           Rightupthebuttmisterchapterpresidenthimselfsays,"Weappreciateyourcontributiontooursuccess." 

           Oh,thatwasn’taproblem,Tylersaid,andgrinned. Aslongastheunionkeptsendingapaycheck,he’dkeephismouthshut.