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Being a security guard
#8267793 - 04/11/08 02:11 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I never thought it would come to this, but I just got fired today, and I think I'm going to apply to be a security guard. Seems like easy work that pays more or less what I'd be making at a boring office job. (I've discovered I do not like office jobs)
Has anyone been a security guard before? I know nothing about the occupation besides that it seems easy and a little boring.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
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you know moth, I like you, but I am honestly waiting for you to post "Should I wipe front to back or back to front?" 
what's with all the questions... should I shave my head? is being single fun? who likes to masturbate?
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StonedShroom said: you know moth, I like you, but I am honestly waiting for you to post "Should I wipe front to back or back to front?" 
what's with all the questions... should I shave my head? is being single fun? who likes to masturbate?
Well don't leave me hanging...how do you wipe your ass?
Actually, you're right...I don't know why I feel compelled to consult the Shroomery with every action I take in my life, but it just happens.
I guess I just like feedback.
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LOL!
To the original question, I've always kind of wanted to be a security guard. I think I'd be good at it, I'm about 6' tall, although not especially brawny. I think it would be pretty easy most of the time, but it might be kind of intense once in a while. I dunno. I'm working in an ice cream shop right now (assistant manager) and I had a pretty scary incident last week when some guy got knifed outside the store, and I would imagine you'd actually have to deal with stuff like that once in a while (unlike me, I just hid in the back room and called the cops).
I wouldn't go for the job just because it's probably easy and boring though. What actually interests you? Obviously you're not cut out for an office job (and who is, really? I can't imagine working in an office) so that's out, but what actually interests you?
Animals? Food? People?
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StonedShroom said: you know moth, I like you, but I am honestly waiting for you to post "Should I wipe front to back or back to front?" 
what's with all the questions... should I shave my head? is being single fun? who likes to masturbate?
Oh! I have an answer:
It's because I have no confidence in myself right now. I've been feeling pretty out of it the past few days.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267818 - 04/11/08 02:20 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said:
Animals? Food? People?
Plants.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
#8267823 - 04/11/08 02:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Can you get a job working with plants somehow? Like maybe in a greenhouse, or working for the city in park maintenance?
Jobs that don't interest you, or that you only take because you "probably won't hate them" (my usual logic) never end up being even remotely satisfying, at least in my experience. Why not go for what you really want, instead of settling for something that you think would be easy?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
#8267827 - 04/11/08 02:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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if you like standing/walking i think it would suit you just fine. only complain i hear is tired legs (i talk to security guards when i see them, they're always bored).
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267836 - 04/11/08 02:26 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: Can you get a job working with plants somehow? Like maybe in a greenhouse, or working for the city in park maintenance?
That would be a dream come true as far as working full-time goes. I guess I'll make it my mission to apply to every plant nursury in my county over the next few days. I did have what I thought was a successful interview at a garden center a few weeks ago, but the guy never called me back. I called him earlier just to bug him about it, and WILL CONTINUE to call every few days until he lets me know either way.
Yeah, security guard sounds like it'll suck. But I need a job within a week or so otherwise I'm going to have to move back to Texas and live with my parents. Ugh.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: razmablues]
#8267849 - 04/11/08 02:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I used to be a security guard. It was pretty cool. I used to get high at work all night. I was the only guard on duty at nights for a metal scrap yard. Every once in a while I'd catch people trying to break in. I'd just tell them to leave or I'd have to call the cops.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
#8267853 - 04/11/08 02:29 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I hear ya. Just don't get stuck doing something that isn't getting you anywhere though.
I wish there was a nicer smiley for smiling. Just know I meant that stupid grin as more of a "trying to exude confidence and caring and well being" sort of smile than a retarded grin, k.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
#8267855 - 04/11/08 02:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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well i've never been a security guard, but from watching tenacious d pick of destiny i happen to know they spend most of their shift getting high and telling bullshit stories about intruders they supposedly caught.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267856 - 04/11/08 02:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i think that's what you're looking for!
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: razmablues]
#8267861 - 04/11/08 02:31 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, but minus the physical contact. I rarely hug people, and even e-hugs are a bit disconcerting for me.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267865 - 04/11/08 02:32 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i find them rather pleasant

this is good too
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267869 - 04/11/08 02:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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man, we have a 24 hour security service at our job and in the past month er have had 2 break in's and one stolen car. fuck 2.5's
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267876 - 04/11/08 02:34 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: I hear ya. Just don't get stuck doing something that isn't getting you anywhere though.
Yeah, I'm in transition right now. I'm waiting to get financial aid for college but I still have to make $$ so that I can survive. It all feels so tricky, coordinating my life.
Thanks for the jolt of clarity and have a hug!
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267879 - 04/11/08 02:35 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: Yeah, but minus the physical contact. I rarely hug people, and even e-hugs are a bit disconcerting for me.
who doesn't enjoy a good hug?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267880 - 04/11/08 02:35 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i could use a hug
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267881 - 04/11/08 02:36 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't dislike hugs, I just get nervous. I don't know. There, that's for all you good people.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267889 - 04/11/08 02:37 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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hugs all around i guess...
fucking shroomery
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267895 - 04/11/08 02:39 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: I don't dislike hugs, I just get nervous. I don't know. There, that's for all you good people.
lol, the shroomery now with 300% more hugs.
so plurr
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267908 - 04/11/08 02:42 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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(this is another hit for my post count, (all i had to do was type ......))
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267917 - 04/11/08 02:46 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: I don't dislike hugs, I just get nervous. I don't know.
Aw...that strikes me as rather cute.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: MOTH]
#8267933 - 04/11/08 02:52 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I need to get a second job
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8267937 - 04/11/08 02:53 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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become a MOD. HAHAHAHA
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8267940 - 04/11/08 02:54 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Haha, yeah I'm on here enough.
Do they get paid?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8267949 - 04/11/08 02:57 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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youre asking the wrong person
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8267950 - 04/11/08 02:58 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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bmiles said: Haha, yeah I'm on here enough.
Do they get paid?
doubt it
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8267953 - 04/11/08 02:59 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was a mod here once.
I didn't get paid in anything but responsibility, which I typically shun. I eventually avoided the website because I couldn't stand lowering the hammer on people and being an "authority figure."
Hmm...on that note, maybe security guarding isn't for me at all.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267954 - 04/11/08 02:59 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I wouldn't be a good mod anyway, nor would I be a good security guard.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8267958 - 04/11/08 03:01 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think I would be an awesome mod, except for the whole responsibility part. Not that I couldn't do it, just that it would make me feel bad and I would stress out over any decision I made. Fighting on the internet makes me sad, I'm a sensitive soul.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267971 - 04/11/08 03:04 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mayfly said: I think I would be an awesome mod, except for the whole responsibility part. Not that I couldn't do it, just that it would make me feel bad and I would stress out over any decision I made. Fighting on the internet makes me sad, I'm a sensitive soul.
haha it's okay, i'm a sensi too. Are we really that sensitive or is everyone else just emotionally void and we appear so by comparison?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
#8267976 - 04/11/08 03:05 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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this has nothing to do with the subject but this idiot at work was promoted to crew leader which is one step down to supervisor all because he kisses ass. i hate this motherfucker cause he wont talk to anyone unless they have some sort of "power". what happened to hard work and the know how?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267980 - 04/11/08 03:07 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hmm, good question. I think a bit of both? I've always been maybe just a little bit excessively sensitive, but it seems like the majority of people are very unfeeling. I don't understand how people can be unkind to each other, I feel terrible if I do anything to hurt anyone else, be it accidental or out of anger, and I can't imagine intentionally hurting anyone or being proud of hurting anyone.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8267986 - 04/11/08 03:09 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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ApeBaboon said: this has nothing to do with the subject but this idiot at work was promoted to crew leader which is one step down to supervisor all because he kisses ass. i hate this motherfucker cause he wont talk to anyone unless they have some sort of "power". what happened to hard work and the know how?
i hate suck ups, it's like i've worked jobs where i work harder than anyone, but get passed over on promotions because i don't kiss ass.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8267999 - 04/11/08 03:12 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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thats where im at now. my job takes two people. fuck theres two lines and on the first line there are two people but on my line its just me. im not saying im ready for a leadership, but fuck. i kill myself every day just so i can be looked over cause i dont kiss ass.
sorry i dont have time to talk, IM FUCKING WORKING!!!!
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268003 - 04/11/08 03:14 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i hear ya man, thank god my jobs only part-time and temporary, at any rate i'm gonna pass out so i can wake up early pick up my paycheck and grab an eighth, and smoke all day. good luck w/ the old lady.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8268007 - 04/11/08 03:16 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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the dumb part is that we will be cool tomorrow. shit, i bet if really tried i could get some ass right now.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268012 - 04/11/08 03:17 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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haha, gotta love make up sex
damn i said i was going to sleep but the shroomerys got a hold on me
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: doitagain]
#8268037 - 04/11/08 03:26 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah, me too. its already 430am here. heh heh. 2 1/2 hours and i can get some beer.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268042 - 04/11/08 03:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's 2:30 here, I try to make it into bed by 4 every night.
I got a bottle of Jameson keeping my lonely ass company right now.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8268050 - 04/11/08 03:31 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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how can you be lonely when you have us?
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268054 - 04/11/08 03:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mylady is sleeping, and the internets can only give me so much.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8268057 - 04/11/08 03:35 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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well, theres always the dream state
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268070 - 04/11/08 03:39 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I slept til 2 PM today, I'll be up for a few more hours mah man.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8268072 - 04/11/08 03:41 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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well ill be up with you.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268076 - 04/11/08 03:42 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You just made me blush...
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: ApeBaboon]
#8268091 - 04/11/08 03:45 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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HAHA
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: mayfly]
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Being a mod isn't so bad. Sure you have to deal with weird random PMs all the time, and those damn annoying Notify Moderator PMs that you get everytime someone reports a post, which 1 out of 10 are actually worth reporting.
But fringe benefits include: naked pics of Ythan, free cookies, and thankless responsibility
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: Shroomism]
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i dont like cookies. well nutter butters are good but thats about it
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: Shroomism]
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I could do it, but there better be some pot in them cookies.
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: bmiles]
#8268137 - 04/11/08 03:59 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's Anno's secret formula
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Re: Being a security guard [Re: Shroomism]
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I knew he was the man with the goods
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