Someone on this forum I believe had a bunch of cool sayings about steadicam, I think it was when I was asking for sayings for a T Shirt design, I got tstuff like "What's your drop time?, etc..
Some folks love it so much that they have their own made up stories about it.
I remember working with a Tech supervisor who told me when I rigged up that he first tried on a steadicam in 1975, I asked him, "did you work on bound for glory" he said "no", I then asked, what was it? , He said some sports show!, I asked him if it was maybe after 77, like 78, 79?, He insisted it was in 1975, but didn't remember the operators name, or if it was Garrett or Jerry He went on to tell me how he didn't like it, since it messed up his back. I just nodded and said, Cool! and moved on.
I always get the "Your back must be so sore after using that thing all day" I always tell them, it won't mess up your back if you use it correctly and if your back isn't messed up in the first place, it won't hurt it, but if you have back problems, Definitely don't use it for any length of time.
When working with a director or producer who has never worked with a steadicam on set before, after working a while on the set, if I feel they're abusing of us like using us as moving human tripods in order to save time inistead of using the right tool for the job, I insist on having them try it on because it will be a "Super Cool " picture for them. And after they rig up and stand up straight, I have the AC Move the stand away, like at least a full minute away, and when they get tired of learning how to walk a line and keep the crosshairs on something, etc.., and they say, "OK let's put this down", I call for the stand, and ... you guessed it, It's another minute till it gets here. After that it's a whole different story when the steadicam gets used. And there is one more Director and/or Producer who respects the tool and it's operator.