Harry Caul, we have a job for you

What a strange job this is: tape changer:

A weekend contract worker to maintain recording room. The fully qualified candidate will have an acute attention to detail, strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize tasks. Individual must work well with minimal supervision. This position pays $500/month: Saturday/Sunday split shift 10am-1pm & 11pm-1am both days.

How strange it would be to go to downtown Oakland -- deserted, windswept, the fog blowing in overhead -- at 11 pm on a weekend night to enter a dry, secure room and "change tapes." Remember the job the protagonist has at the beginning of Walker Percy's The Last Gentleman? He was a newly-minted building engineer on the swing shift in a fully automated skyscraper -- nothing whatsoever to do. So reminiscent of that.