u/New_Albatross626

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touchups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day, and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you have done what you were told by your peers?

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touchups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day, and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you have done what you were told by your peers?

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touchups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day, and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you have done what you were told by your peers?

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touchups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day, and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you have done what you were told by your peers?

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touchups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day, and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you have done what you were told by your peers?

A few days ago, I worked on a set where we had to make about 80 extras look sweaty using coconut oil and sponges. Since there weren't enough sponges for everyone, I cut them into smaller pieces and gave each extra their own for hygiene reasons.

Some coworkers told me this was a bad idea and that it was easier to use the same sponges on everyone because there wasn't always time for people to get their own sponge during touch-ups. I disagreed, especially since some extras had acne or warts, and I felt they deserved a more hygienic approach.

What bothers me is that those coworkers keep getting called back to the project, while I've only worked one day—and only because someone else couldn't make it. Now I'm wondering if I came across as difficult or if I was wrong for prioritizing hygiene.

Has anyone dealt with something similar?

A couple of days ago, I worked on a TV series as a background actor makeup assistant. There were around 80 extras, and our job was to make them look sweaty on set. To do this, we were given sponges soaked with coconut oil, but there weren't enough sponges for everyone.

I started cutting the sponges into smaller pieces and handing them out to the extras so they could keep their own piece, which seemed like a more hygienic solution. When my coworkers saw what I was doing, they approached me and told me they didn't think it was a good idea. They said that sometimes we didn't have enough time to wait for each person to take out their sponge for touch-ups, and that it would be better to use the same sponges on everyone.

Some of the extras had warts and acne, so I continued handing out individual sponge pieces because they are people, and I believe they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Still, the whole interaction left me with a negative impression of the girls who told me otherwise.

Here's the part that bothers me the most: they have been working on that project every day, even though all of us were hired under the same conditions. I, on the other hand, have only been called in for one day, and I only got that opportunity because another crew member couldn't make it.

I feel very frustrated because I feel like my work wasn't valued, and I've been thinking about this situation for days.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Am I wrong for trying to maintain proper hygiene? Should I have done what they were doing instead?