Any Security Guards here ?

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Passed my SIA badge 2 months ago and started my first security job.
I'm classed as "Car Park Security".

Its a posh building that houses many other companies and the workers pay for a parking permit (about £500 a year) so i have to make sure their spaces arnt stolen.
there are 14 spaces available for visitors and when they are full i have to direct them to some free parking elswhere offsite.
this is where the fun starts.
here is an example of a conversation the other day

Angry Visitor: I cant get a space and i have a £2.4million contract at stake here.

ME: oh right, i'll have to redirect you to .... interupts me

Angry visitor: WHAT !!! cant i just slam it on the yellows and just go in ?

ME: (laughs) no

Angry driver: WHY NOT

ME: because i'll have to give you an £80 ticket

He then goes red drivers backwards, handbrakes the car around and goes.


at this point im pee'ing myself laughing thinking to myself "WTF".


also some guy rents offices's at £6k a month. he has about 2 meetings there a month and the rest of his time is spent nightly 10pm to midnight practicing his saxaphone lol.

anyone else in the security industry and have some stories to share?
do you enjoy the work ect ?
 
You need a qualification to be a security guard?

Laughing at people when they're stressed because you control the car park is sure to earn you a golden clipboard in no time. ;)
 
I was a security guard awhile ago, used to have fun working on the building sites with the others, racing dumpers and playing with other big toys:D.
 
Rofl, played all round.

I do 4 on, 4 off alternating between days and nights, all 12hr shifts at a call centre for a major high street catalogue based retailer.
The site itself is located in the middle of a housing estate, so everyone that works here pretty much all know each other, so the crime rate is suprisingly low.
The worst I've had to deal with are neighbours kicking up a fuss when our generator kicked into action in the middle of the night after a fault developed in our substation.
 
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likwid said:
You need a qualification to be a security guard?

Laughing at people when they're stressed because you control the car park is sure to earn you a golden clipboard in no time. ;)
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well if he hadnt interupted me asking could he "slam his car on the yellows" i may have told him to park in the loading bay for an hour.
but like you he was a jumped up jerk ;)
 
likwid said:
You need a qualification to be a security guard?

Laughing at people when they're stressed because you control the car park is sure to earn you a golden clipboard in no time. ;)
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It's not about the control for a good many officers, it is all about common sense.
The amount of people that try to park in the hatched "keep clear" area we have at the front doors at work really drives this point home.

Random Joe "Is it ok if I park the car here for 10 minutes, I'm just popping in to collect my wage slip."
Me "I'm sorry sir, you have parked in a keep clear zone, I must ask you to move your vehicle."
Joe spews forth vast expletives and offers a generally poor attitude towards a fellow worker
Me "I suppose you'll still be swearing at me when you have fallen, broke your leg and the ambulance cannot get in because someone has parked inconsiderately in the keep clear zone, now sir, please move your vehicle.".
 
BloodyL said:
It's not about the control for a good many officers, it is all about common sense.
The amount of people that try to park in the hatched "keep clear" area we have at the front doors at work really drives this point home.

Random Joe "Is it ok if I park the car here for 10 minutes, I'm just popping in to collect my wage slip."
Me "I'm sorry sir, you have parked in a keep clear zone, I must ask you to move your vehicle."
Joe spews forth vast expletives and offers a generally poor attitude towards a fellow worker
Me "I suppose you'll still be swearing at me when you have fallen, broke your leg and the ambulance cannot get in because someone has parked inconsiderately in the keep clear zone, now sir, please move your vehicle.".
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exactly :)
 
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