@ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip
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- on Guillotine Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2d ago
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on Guillotine Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3d ago
Security is like this. I work unarmed security, and people will sometimes treat me like a sentient security camera. I am a person, I promise.
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on kink rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 Sep 2026
No fair, my trauma made me asexual.
These interactions aren’t in a retail setting, and the company I work for has never sent me to a retail setting, thankfully. One of them involves sitting at the front of a building that has a bunch of businesses in it and the other one I am at the front desk of a data center. A lot of times when you work security you’re basically a receptionist that goes on hourly patrols.
I recently had a woman try to secretly film me because I was browsing Lemmy at work. I looked up almost immediately because I have peripheral vision and saw her doing so. She panicked and quickly shut the door she had opened a crack to spy on me. The fact that I looked up immediately when she was being weird proved I was being attentive. I’m only ever on my phone when there’s no one around.
Shortly after that they updated the site orders to say you can’t be on personal electronic devices. You’re expected to sit in an empty room for 7 out of the 8 hours of this shift and stare at the fuckin wall, apparently.
At the data center people will bang on the window if you don’t buzz them in within 5 seconds of them getting to the front door. I’ve politely asked them to give me some time to notice them before they scare the shit out of me by banging on the glass. It’s like being a fish in an aquarium. One guy didn’t even respond to my request, he just rolled his eyes then walked away, then called my company to complain. I am no longer allowed to ask people to stop hitting the glass.
All this shit is dehumanizing. It’s like they don’t really want humans to be security guards, they want robots and had to settle for me.
Thanks for letting me rant a bit : )