If it makes you feel any better, I’m at work today too, tubagirl. I also have to work next Sunday.
This may not be getting dicked over at my work, but it is so stupid, I must share. This just happened.
You need IDs to get into my building and I forgot mine this morning, so the duty supervisor had to sign me in. Seeing as it is Sunday, no supervisors are working today. (Management never has to work on weekends) So after 15 minutes, some phone calls, and vouching from my co-workers, the new security guard finally let me in the building. So a few minutes ago, I pass the same security guard and go outside for a smoke. When I’m finished, the stupid slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, uni-browed, knuckle-dragging asshole neanderthal doesn’t want to let me in cuz I don’t have my ID badge.
We just went thru this an hour ago!!! Well the hell is this guy thinking?
PS. If you happen to be a stupid slack-jawed, mouth-breathing, uni-browed, knuckle-dragging asshole neanderthal – God bless you and thanks for reading my post.
Now go back to your cave cuz you aren’t welcome in my world.
I’m working this morning too Tuba, but I get the luxury of working at home, so at least I can still be in my robe, hair piled high and looking like a Sunday morning slug.
I smack myself daily for having my home puter hooked up to work.
I have nothing against security guards, Wally. I worked as a security guard after I got out of the Air Force while I was going to college.
I have a problem with THIS security guard who I had to struggle with to get into the building in the first place, then he watched me walk right past him to smoke outside, then he forced me to struggle again to get back to my job. That just seemed really idiotic to me.
Wanna hear stupidity? I was working as a gurad at Plaza Frontenac in the St Louis area. Frontenac is a real high-class mall, where mostly the rich St Louisans shop. I used to see Bob Costas, Jack Buck (Cardinal broadcaster), Ozzie Smith, a couple Rams players, etc, shop there all the time. Rich people tend to think that the rules don’t apply to them and during a two day stretch, I got into it with 3 ladies determined to bring their little yappy dogs into the mall regardless of mall policy.
I don’t care if the dog is on a leash. I don’t care if the dog is in your purse. I don’t care how well house-broken the dog is. They are not allowed in the mall. Some people have allergies, some people have phobias - the policy stems from more than the pup leaving a gift on the escalator.
So 2 days in a row of me telling ladies to keep their dogs outside. On the 3rd day, I see a man walking his dog down the middle of the mall. This was not a little yappy dog, this looked like a German Shepherd mix. I couldn’t believe this guy walked right past the “No Dogs Allowed” signs at the door with that animal at thought no one would notice. I called out to the man, ‘Excuse me, sir!’
When he turned around, I saw the man was wearing sunglass, the dog was on a harness, and there was a yellow flap over the dog’s back that read “Guide Dog”
Yep, it was a blind man.
I just kept walking past him, I figured how does he know who called out.
Well, I work in a ‘highly’ secured building with security posted at every entrance, cameras, the whole shabang. Unfortunatly our security guards are as blind as bats. Here is what happened:
I was on my way into work on afternoon, talking to a co- worker and getting my last smoke in, when lo and behold, one of those Entertainment Book salespersons stop me to ask if I wanted to buy one.
Now don’t get me wrong, I try to help out the lil’ girl scouts and teenagers with the marching band with fundraisers, but I already had the damn coupon book! He continued to follow me after I had taken leave of my friend, the the back entrance of the building.
I told the guy who was following me that “this is a highly secure building, you will not be let in. Your not even allowed in the parking lot.” He just shrugged and continued into the building right behind me. As I went in the familar guard nodded at me, then asked him where his badge was.
He pulls up his Entertainment Book Co. ID and then folows me through the secured inner door. I immediatly went to my dept and told the guard there that there was a whole buch of unauhorized personel in the building fund raising.
She radioed it to the front desk, where they swept the building and got rid of them all. (had them arrested, signs are posted all over the place about this security breech)
Boy am I glad I told someone because I work in a very large comp. related company and having unauthorized personel in here is a HUGE ‘NO-NO’. And essentially I let him in.
The security would have never known though. This is the security that is supposed to be top rate. I think half of them get paid more than we do
the joys of weekend workers, i also am at work in a customer-service-entrance-desk thing, and I have seen about 10 people all day. It is pretty exciting. But it pays the bills.
Never heard of a Carl, how long ago did you work there? Head of security was Bill Strasburg when I was there. (96-98)
And I’ll quit in time, Shayna. Just not gonna go cold turkey. I’ve cut down on how much I smoke, no more than 6 a day right now. I keep my cigarettes in my car, so they aren’t easily accessible, I don’t allow myself to smoke first thing in the morning or last thing at night anymore. I basically smoke after I eat and a couple times in the evening. You can jump on my ass all you want if I’m still smoking by the end of August, ok?
Stop tormenting yourself thinking about it. I know, easier said than done right?? Just think about what waits on the other end. It must be like being seven in the middle of November, you can see christmas all around you, but you have more than a month to go!! At least you have 7 more blissful days of it. You must be like rabbits right now!
