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SoLiDUS · 12-21-2002, 05:37 PM

OKAY. Gather around men; let me tell you about the Force... err, I mean,
my personal experience with security-related jobs.

My first job EVER was as a scanography technician: a very fancy way of sayin'
x-ray dude. It was at the canadian parliament and tourists just came in all
the time, so bag after bag had to be put into the machine and we'd look to
see if any bombs or knives were being taken in. Another part of the job was
telling people to get ready to take out any metallic objects they had in their
pockets so the detector wouldn't sound off needlessly: if they beeped, one
of the guards near the rear of the room would GARRETT them (use a hand-
held metasl detector). Did I mention breaks were short and we were always
standing up? The job sucked wolfy balls and after one summer's worth, I
was happy to leave.

The other security job I had was at Toys'R'us. Yes, Toys'R'us... STOP
LAUGHING! Anyway, it was during Christmas time and they wanted to
minimize theft in the electronics section, so they hired me and said
"your job is to walk around in the electronics section with your security
coat and look for thieves", to this I replied: "and what if I see a crime
in progress? do I arrest out of store?" and he said "no, you only walk
around..." Needless to say, I wanted to laugh and tell him how stupid
his idea was, but decided to go against that because the job was great:
employees were paid 8$ or something while I got an extra dollar to
walk around and chill. My feet were killing me though...

That's about all I can think of at the moment; if some more comes to
mind, I will be sure to post it here for your entertainment biggrin:

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SoLiDUS is Offline Senior Member Posts: 5,158 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gatineau, Qc, Canada	12-21-2002, 05:37 PM OKAY. Gather around men; let me tell you about the Force... err, I mean, my personal experience with security-related jobs. My first job EVER was as a scanography technician: a very fancy way of sayin' x-ray dude. It was at the canadian parliament and tourists just came in all the time, so bag after bag had to be put into the machine and we'd look to see if any bombs or knives were being taken in. Another part of the job was telling people to get ready to take out any metallic objects they had in their pockets so the detector wouldn't sound off needlessly: if they beeped, one of the guards near the rear of the room would GARRETT them (use a hand- held metasl detector). Did I mention breaks were short and we were always standing up? The job sucked wolfy balls and after one summer's worth, I was happy to leave. The other security job I had was at Toys'R'us. Yes, Toys'R'us... STOP LAUGHING! Anyway, it was during Christmas time and they wanted to minimize theft in the electronics section, so they hired me and said "your job is to walk around in the electronics section with your security coat and look for thieves", to this I replied: "and what if I see a crime in progress? do I arrest out of store?" and he said "no, you only walk around..." Needless to say, I wanted to laugh and tell him how stupid his idea was, but decided to go against that because the job was great: employees were paid 8$ or something while I got an extra dollar to walk around and chill. My feet were killing me though... That's about all I can think of at the moment; if some more comes to mind, I will be sure to post it here for your entertainment biggrin: