Needless to say, I am a security guard in a private Canadian company, and that's why I have decided to start this blog. As a security guard over the years I have made some strange - hopefully equally interesting - observations which many other "experienced" guards have also made but have chosen to ignore.
My blog is not a guide to becoming a security guard. There will be no job postings here. There will be no intentional demonizing of any security company or its clients. All I am going to present is a sketch of my observations to give a sneak peak into an industry which is ubiquitously visible yet shrouded in mystery and awe, nevertheless, is equally ridiculed and despised by many outsiders.
Whether or not you are in the industry you'll find something here that you might find interesting. Who knows, you might even learn something.
If you are a security guard then I don't need to tell you that a security guard's job is the one that is most thankless and under-appreciated. For many outside observers security guards do nothing but walk, stand and - even worse - sit around all day (afternoon, evening or night; it is called rotatory shifts, people) and get paid. They don't know that having to do nothing and still staying alert is the hardest job ever. That's why they invented the Terminator, T-800 model. (If you didn't understand this last bit, go watch Terminator 2. You just finished your 12 hours shift. You've earned it.)
Many so-called observers would have security guards be unpaid volunteers rather than be paid employees. Damn it... even a scare crow gets more appreciation than a security guard.
"Mister Geppetto is the father of Pinocchio", an observer retorts.
I stand corrected.
