Security Guard Boardies

Blaalarry

I work as a part trime "security guard" for a bestard who probably gets 4 times as much as he gives me. Plus No Smoking, Clean shaven, Sunday best and all that ****. Always sneaking up on me, even during the night. I can't close my eyes for 5 mins but the bestard says I've been asleep all night! AND is going to dock me accordingly.

I could go on, but I'm sure there are other Security guards outy there with access to boards.ie. Its one of the few sites that keep me going through my 12, sometimes 15 hour shifts.

If I hadn't access to the internet I'd go ****ing crazy:eek:.

I'd like to hear from other low paid (what else) S/Os on how to get through the night...

SV

Boards mobile usually does it for me.

Not low paid though

arybvtcw0eolkf

Browsing the internet & getting paid for it, nice work if you can get it.

Doesn't sound like your boss is much of a "bastard" tbh.

mickdw

You think you should be allowed have a nice sleep while at work? and then think you will gets sympathy coming on here complaining about the boss who has often caught you asleep & still has you employed. Pretty good boss I reckon.

Latchy

OP if in between your patrols you're able to use internetz , I dont dont see that as being a bad deal at all .

mukki

i used to work shift, been 2 years now.....does boards still stop working from 3.02 till 3.40


dire thread BTW

JPA

Prepare to be massacred OP.

FlutterinBantam

Creeping Death and Degsy are security guards out in the JFK industrial estate.

They won't admit but the big 4" thick soles on their shoes prove it.

Pm them, say The Flutt told ya;)

Poccington

Aw you poor little thing.

My heart bleeds for ya.

Saibh

Blaalarry wrote: »

I work as a part trime "security guard" for a bestard who probably gets 4 times as much as he gives me. Plus No Smoking, Clean shaven, Sunday best and all that ****. Always sneaking up on me, even during the night. I can't close my eyes for 5 mins but the bestard says I've been asleep all night! AND is going to dock me accordingly.

I could go on, but I'm sure there are other Security guards outy there with access to boards.ie. Its one of the few sites that keep me going through my 12, sometimes 15 hour shifts.

If I hadn't access to the internet I'd go ****ing crazy:eek:.

I'd like to hear from other low paid (what else) S/Os on how to get through the night...

It is something to have got used to doing while working - browsing on the internet. If internet access was removed, you will have to find something else to do - like working

mukki wrote: »

i used to work shift, been 2 years now.....does boards still stop working from 3.02 till 3.40


dire thread BTW

Boards open 24 hours now

MementoMori

Boredom aside sounds pretty cushy overall OP.

Worked shift in a place before where one of the security guards used to have a kip regularly enough in the reception area.

Used to feel so safe there.

Blaalarry

JPA wrote: »

Prepare to be massacred OP.

I'm not lookin for sympathy. Far from it. OK I v'e got an easy job, (otherwise it wouldn't be so minium wage borderline:mad:). My access to dinternet is fleeting. I don't "sleep" on the job, it's hard to keep your eyes open 12-15 hours solid staring at 4 Monitors. Try it for 2 with 1 monitor.

My boss IS a bestard, (Please can I use an A in best?). He's got 20 guys spread around this area and he drops little "bombs" each time he visits so that everyone is suspicious of everyone else.

PS. What does OP mean for the benefit of anyone over 25??

Saibh

Blaalarry wrote: »

PS. What does OP mean for the benefit of anyone over 25??

Original poster.

Latchy

Original Poster

source

Blaalarry wrote: »

I work as a part trime "security guard" for a bestard who probably gets 4 times as much as he gives me. Plus No Smoking, Clean shaven, Sunday best and all that ****. Always sneaking up on me, even during the night. I can't close my eyes for 5 mins but the bestard says I've been asleep all night! AND is going to dock me accordingly.

[Sarcasm]What an asshole, not only does he want you to portray a professional image for his company by being clean shaven and properly dressed but he actually wants you to work instead of sleep??

Op if i were you i'd be gone, quit, it's your only choice.[/Sarcasm]

Christ op get a life, you have a job, while it might not be the best paid job, you could at least approach it with some bit of professionalism.

MementoMori

Blaalarry wrote: »

PS. What does OP mean for the benefit of anyone over 25??

BTW I'm over 25.:p

Also what does PS mean?:p

2qk4u

Blaalarry wrote: »

I'm not lookin for sympathy. Far from it. OK I v'e got an easy job, (otherwise it wouldn't be so minium wage borderline:mad:). My access to dinternet is fleeting. I don't "sleep" on the job, it's hard to keep your eyes open 12-15 hours solid staring at 4 Monitors. Try it for 2 with 1 monitor.

My boss IS a bestard, (Please can I use an A in best?). He's got 20 guys spread around this area and he drops little "bombs" each time he visits so that everyone is suspicious of everyone else.

PS. What does OP mean for the benefit of anyone over 25??

OP means Original Poster. I have sympathy for you, I was 10 years in the security industry and hated when I got stuck with a long overnight shift in a tiny room with nothing to keep me alive never mind awake.
Dont take any of the comments here personal, most of these posters go on the offensive through the keyboard because they have no life... I couldnt do your job now, it would kill me..

SV

Blaalarry wrote: »

otherwise it wouldn't be so minium wage borderline:mad:).

Eh..it really shouldn't be min wage borderline, might wanna look into your rights..

Latchy

2qk4u wrote: »

Dont take any of the comments here personal,

I dont think they were ment to be ,just people giving an opinion

Then you go onto say

most of these posters go on the offensive through the keyboard because they have no life... I couldnt do your job now, it would kill me..

Sweeping Generalisation no ? Keyboarding on Boards is part of most our lifes but only a part .And this is AH

2qk4u

Latchy wrote: »

I dont think they were ment to be ,just people giving an opinion

Then you go onto say

Sweeping Generalisation no ? Keyboarding on Boards is part of most our lifes but only a part .And this is AH

And the award for stating the obvious go to ..........Latchy

Latchy

Ahhhh if it hadn't being me it would have being somebody else

Blaalarry

SV wrote: »

Eh..it really shouldn't be min wage borderline, might wanna look into your rights..

Not exactly min wage but pretty close.

I don't mind people having a go at all unless it's derisory or snobbing. prob got better jobs and don't understand. i don't explain very well i suppose.

Anyway, thanks for all the posts. It got my nicely through an hour or so, AND I'm getting PAID for it.!! Maybe new thread here- "Anybody getting paid while posting on boards?" Bet theres quite a few!!!:rolleyes:

2qk4u

Latchy wrote: »

Ahhhh if it hadn't being me it would have being somebody else

True, at least you got there first...

Blaalarry

MementoMori wrote: »

BTW I'm over 25.:p

Also what does PS mean?:p

Very good...Your a gas man!:D But OP? Come on, tell us..

Latchy

2qk4u wrote: »

True, at least you got there first...

I have being known to get the second post in a thread , but most of the time I bring up the rear

El Siglo

A job is job, nobody said anything about liking it. OP you have a job, be happy about that it could be a lot worse. Yeh my 800th post!:D

longshanks

larry do you still have that ridiculous ponytail?

SM01

I've some sympathy. Doesn't sound like the most pleasant of work situations.

kincsem

I worked in Africa thirty years ago. Almost every house had a security guard that arrived at 18:00 and left at 06:00.

1) My first guard slept under the stairwell in the apartment block. The supervisor occasionally arrived on a Honda 50, kicked him awake, and gave him a bollicking.
2) A mate's security guard hid in the bushes until the robbers had gone.
3) At a house I had the guard had it cushy. He sat in a shed smoking dagga. You could see the glow all night. He was mostly incapable of speech.
3) The worst job was one at a friend's house who had a security company clock that he has to punch every fifteen minutes of a continuous 48 hour shift. No punch, no pay.

Your job doesn't sound too bad tbh.

AckwelFoley

I have images of the OP defending himself self on the internet in a little portacabin while the place he guards gets robbed blind.