Caught a homeless guy hiding in my office (and doing something unpleasant)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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That is so weird… wow…

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Wait, so was the thong porn site “underwear-thong” or “footwear thong”?

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Definitely the first one on your list, among other types - nothing very “hardcore” though.

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Watch out for the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHOMGIMGONNADIEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

…Fans

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Security is getting a bit of a bad rap, on this.

  1. As a general rule, since the building is ‘open’ anybody can just walk in. If your door is unlocked, I think he cannot be called ‘trespassing’ unless he has reason to believe that he is uninvited. Even if he could be technically charged, no police officer will do it. Did you even tell the freak not to come back, or to leave your office?

  2. Security guards are not police officers, and are not trained to do police work. ‘Observe and report’ is the basic sphere of influence for them; or, to respond to a call for help, which they didn’t receive. You can’t expect a security person to jump off to do an arrest when you stroll over and point out somebody. They don’t know what happened, and security, as mentioned above, has no more powers of arrest than you.

  3. If the police were there, they would probably tell the guy to not come back. When I had an employee that refused to leave the property, I called the police. I wanted the dufe arrested, but the police just came out and made me tell him, in front of them, not to come back, in case he did come back later.

  4. I’ve worked security in the context of the OP, and we weren’t there to control access, since it wasn’t a ‘closed’ building. Any bum walking to the elevator may have been a client of one of the lawyers. We were there to respond to calls for help from the tenants, and to be low echelon concierges. I am willing to bet that there are multiple points of entry to the building, and security cannot see all entry ways. Or, there isn’t anybody to relieve the security for a restroom break. In this context, the building manager isn’t taking building security seriously, I’m sure, since only about 1 in 100 of them do.

If you want a closed environment, the cost will go up for your, and everybody else’s company in the building. The manager should have explained to your boss what the building security is about when the lease was signed. Or, conversely, your company might have noted the open door policy of the building, and addressed it sometime since the lease was signed.

Best wishes,
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