People who work in private security.

[The Last Standing Knight]

I have worked in that industry far longer than I wanted to. But that is not why I am writing this today. No, it is NOT a security guard bashing thread and I ask everyone to keep it that way.
Most people generally look down their noses at security guards. Underestimation is a bad thing. A lot of security guards working posts are far more than just somebody in a cheap uniform.

A security guard is SUPPOSED to be observant and have good instincts. Many do not. The security guard unlike the police officer who is just at scene a short time, is usually working a fixed position for a goodly amount of time. In that time he gets to know the people, the area, and the habits of those individuals. He knows what is going on from a distance but stays out of the situation. His job is to observe and be visible...not to be TJ Hooker or Joe Friday. This familiarity can and often is a double edged sword.

In today's society, I have noticed a significant and rapid decline in the mentality and outlook of individuals as a whole. A lot of this started with the end of COVID but it does go on prior to it. I found that just saying a daily greeting in passing to somebody can get you called into HR for whatever stupid reason. The same if you walk up to someone in a lobby and ask if you can help them. Not too long back, you got a response...now you are likely to be cursed out and reported. Then lectured on making people "uncomfortable" or "inconvieneced".

When you find adults crying and needing a coloring book because they are "oppressed" by whatever and this behavior is not only accepted and condoned but openly encouraged it causes issues and problems to fester and increase with time. Especially in today's corporate enviroment which uses the philosophy of "the end justifies the means" and nothing is contemptable.

My job is not a stable one and I can be replaced with a phone call with or without cause. That is not what I am writing this about. This is about observing the mindset of the masses. From what I am observing of them and in my dealings with them, all I can say is we are in some serious trouble and I don't see it getting better.

End of rant.

 

[Tom S.]

Every profession on earth has good people and not-so-good people. The better professions (IMHO) get rid of the not-so-good people, but too many places do not for a myriad of reasons. One of worst professions for failing to weed out the clunkers is the medical profession (again, IMHO), from doctors on down the list. It is estimated that over 100,000 people die each year in the US from medical mistakes. Granted, it is a hard field to be in, but I have seen doctors who should have never been given a license to practice, simply get shuffled around until they either went someplace else to mis-practice medicine or retire. Good workers are hard to find, especially if the wages and benefits aren't up to par. A good example of this is in the field of law enforcement. It takes a certain mind set to be a good officer and yet be willing to put your life on the line if needed. Likewise, teachers are another group that takes a special set of skills (to keep from going insane or duct taping the little monsters in a locker) to feed knowledge to kids, especially today when there are so many restraints on what can and cannot be done to maintain discipline. In both of these professions, I feel many are underpaid and underappreciated.

I do not disrespect any profession, only the workers in it who deserve to be disrespected because they can't or won't do their job.

 

[dockmurgw]

Every episode of On Patrol Live I blurt out the same comment over and over...they dont get paid enough for that. Come to think of it, the same thought comes to mind every time I see a yellow school bus go down the road. Last week my daughter had a feral human spit in her mouth while taking her into custody...now she has to go for aids and hepatitis monitoring...she doesn't get paid enough for that.

 

[Autonomous]

The advent of career victimhood has metastasized beyond race and gender to snowflakes of all stripes.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Worked as a security guard off and on through college.
1. Low pay leads to high turnover
2. Poor training
3. My one supervisor said "Ex-cops looking for ex-cops"
4. Veterans were preferred.
5. Dealing with the public-it's the 5% of snobs, the arrogant, the conceited, those who think the rules don't apply to them who leave a bad taste in the mouth.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

Every profession on earth has good people and not-so-good people. The better professions (IMHO) get rid of the not-so-good people, but too many places do not for a myriad of reasons. One of worst professions for failing to weed out the clunkers is the medical profession (again, IMHO), from doctors on down the list. It is estimated that over 100,000 people die each year in the US from medical mistakes. Granted, it is a hard field to be in, but I have seen doctors who should have never been given a license to practice, simply get shuffled around until they either went someplace else to mis-practice medicine or retire. Good workers are hard to find, especially if the wages and benefits aren't up to par. A good example of this is in the field of law enforcement. It takes a certain mind set to be a good officer and yet be willing to put your life on the line if needed. Likewise, teachers are another group that takes a special set of skills (to keep from going insane or duct taping the little monsters in a locker) to feed knowledge to kids, especially today when there are so many restraints on what can and cannot be done to maintain discipline. In both of these professions, I feel many are underpaid and underappreciated.

I do not disrespect any profession, only the workers in it who deserve to be disrespected because they can't or won't do their job.

"duct taping the little monsters in a locker" I've threatened to duck tape my collies to the wall on occasion.

Rick

 

[GnarlsR2]

I have worked in that industry far longer than I wanted to. But that is not why I am writing this today. No, it is NOT a security guard bashing thread and I ask everyone to keep it that way.
Most people generally look down their noses at security guards. Underestimation is a bad thing. A lot of security guards working posts are far more than just somebody in a cheap uniform.

A security guard is SUPPOSED to be observant and have good instincts. Many do not. The security guard unlike the police officer who is just at scene a short time, is usually working a fixed position for a goodly amount of time. In that time he gets to know the people, the area, and the habits of those individuals. He knows what is going on from a distance but stays out of the situation. His job is to observe and be visible...not to be TJ Hooker or Joe Friday. This familiarity can and often is a double edged sword.

In today's society, I have noticed a significant and rapid decline in the mentality and outlook of individuals as a whole. A lot of this started with the end of COVID but it does go on prior to it. I found that just saying a daily greeting in passing to somebody can get you called into HR for whatever stupid reason. The same if you walk up to someone in a lobby and ask if you can help them. Not too long back, you got a response...now you are likely to be cursed out and reported. Then lectured on making people "uncomfortable" or "inconvieneced".

When you find adults crying and needing a coloring book because they are "oppressed" by whatever and this behavior is not only accepted and condoned but openly encouraged it causes issues and problems to fester and increase with time. Especially in today's corporate enviroment which uses the philosophy of "the end justifies the means" and nothing is contemptable.

My job is not a stable one and I can be replaced with a phone call with or without cause. That is not what I am writing this about. This is about observing the mindset of the masses. From what I am observing of them and in my dealings with them, all I can say is we are in some serious trouble and I don't see it getting better.

End of rant.

"This is about observing the mindset of the masses. From what I am observing of them and in my dealings with them, all I can say is we are in some serious trouble and I don't see it getting better."

My wife and I have commented recently that it is beyond our comprehension how SO MANY people can be so full of hate and insane psychopathic behavior. What happened?

 

[F4phantom]

Every profession on earth has good people and not-so-good people. The better professions (IMHO) get rid of the not-so-good people, but too many places do not for a myriad of reasons. One of worst professions for failing to weed out the clunkers is the medical profession (again, IMHO), from doctors on down the list. It is estimated that over 100,000 people die each year in the US from medical mistakes. Granted, it is a hard field to be in, but I have seen doctors who should have never been given a license to practice, simply get shuffled around until they either went someplace else to mis-practice medicine or retire. Good workers are hard to find, especially if the wages and benefits aren't up to par. A good example of this is in the field of law enforcement. It takes a certain mind set to be a good officer and yet be willing to put your life on the line if needed. Likewise, teachers are another group that takes a special set of skills (to keep from going insane or duct taping the little monsters in a locker) to feed knowledge to kids, especially today when there are so many restraints on what can and cannot be done to maintain discipline. In both of these professions, I feel many are underpaid and underappreciated.

I do not disrespect any profession, only the workers in it who deserve to be disrespected because they can't or won't do their job.

In my opinion, in any profession there 10 percent who are really good at their job, there are 10 percent who are really bad at what they do and the other 80 percent just do their job.

 

[Petrov]

Ill be anything you want if you pay me enough.

 

[ladder13]

Worked as a security guard off and on through college.
1. Low pay leads to high turnover
2. Poor training
3. My one supervisor said "Ex-cops looking for ex-cops"
4. Veterans were preferred.
5. Dealing with the public-it's the 5% of snobs, the arrogant, the conceited, those who think the rules don't apply to them who leave a bad taste in the mouth.

I think 5% is very low. Entitlement is rampant.

 

[lihpster]

A large portion of the people in this country, on both sides of the aisle, are offended by everything and ashamed of nothing. They feel a sense of entitlement but not a sense of obligation. They think that their feelings trump others' rights and that if they make bad decisions, everyone else needs to fix it for them. We are raising generations of toddlers who think if they throw a big enough fit in the grocery store, someone will give them the fruity pebbles.

Oh, and they absolutely believe that you aren't to be given the same consideration. Why? Because you're irredeemably evil, of course. If you don't march in lockstep with them, you're Satan or Hitler. The whole country needs to go back to civics class, and maybe all the way back to kindergarten to study the Golden Rule.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I don't think it's a sense of entitlement so much as some people never learned manners. And some people derive their sense of worth looking down on others.
During college-50+ years ago-I worked at a Western Electric facility as a security guard, a "sub-contract" employee, along with the maintenance and cleaning people. Encountered my share of snobs, people who looked down their noses at us, others were friendly, considerate, etc.

 

[Shrek Of The Arctic]

Maybe there's a more geographically based thing going on there? I am a public sector worker myself. I still automatically say "Sir" or "Ma'am" on the phone, email, etc. I still make small talk with the public when I have to, all the various Attorneys, Public Defenders, Social Workers, etc. I do the same thing with people in public and I've flat out never had an issue with anyone. I'm sure some day somebody will feel picked on for it, but in the meantime there are countless people who have been thankful for the respect shown to them. I'm willing to pay that toll when the day comes.

The closest I have known is having a small handful of law dog inmates that wanna be referred to as a lady, Ma'am, etc. I just roll my eyes and go with it because of department policy, not wanting to be a test case, and to be real get through an 84 hr. work week with as little hassle as possible. insipid pronoun games are...indeed, insipid. But at my level, they aren't affecting safety and security of the institution.

That being said, prison culture is....weird. VERY weird, and a terrible model to base any societal view off of.