Security Job Boredom

Still working as a security guard. It's not as fun as I thought but it pays some bills. I would like to read more than just sit around and watch cameras all day. Thankfully, I found a way to do homework while working so I'm not bored to death. I just print off stuff from online and take notes about them. If I can't bring the computer with me to work, I'll just bring the internet with me!

First day(s) as a guard

My first day went...okay I guess. I kind of didn't get along with the captain. He's the boss under the boss. He's nice but I guess all the new stuff was getting to me which made it difficult to get along with him. I met the other guy I work with whose called Joseph. He's from Africa and he's training to be a cop. Joseph has a lot more experience than me. He was even a bodyguard for P. Diddy (don't know who that is) while he was in New York. The second day went a lot better since I got to walk around the factory. It's an easy job but it's so boring. I don't want to do this for the rest of my life for sure but it pays the bills so it's okay. I want a more mentally-stimulating job.

One of the parts of the job is to wand people when they set off the metal detector. The company makes gifts that often have diamonds and rubies in them (Holy Crap!) that can easily be snatched up and carried out. I swear I have to wand half the company during breaks. Why? Because if they want to smoke they have to go outside and if they want to go outside they have to go through the detector. I'm surprised how many people smoke, young people too. I thought smoking was out of fashion with all those ads on the TV. Mom says it's part of the culture in factory jobs which is kind of interesting. I could get some good stories from here.

Job coach and Training

Met with my job coach today and we finished my resume and my linkedin profile. Apparently, I had a linkedin profile that was...oh lets say five years old. Whelp, it's not like I was looking for jobs with linkedin anyway. Speaking of jobs, I start training at the security job tomorrow. I'll be working Wed and Thur from the ungodly hours of 8am to 4pm but at least I get paid which is good. Once I pay off some bills. I'm going to get me a ps4!

Security Job

A few weeks back I got a job working as a security guard and "tomorrow" is my first day. I say "tomorrow" because I'll be working the graveyard shift. Looks like I'll be working the job from my car. I'll sit in my car all day and flick the lights on if anyone drives by. Don't these people have a desk for me to sit behind or a monitor to watch? It doesn't matter. I get seventy bucks and that'll help pay my speeding ticket. I'll tell that story later...

Mice and "men"

So for the past few weeks, my family has been fighting the never-ending battle against mice in our house. Every few years or so a mouse finds its way into our house except this time, the mouse was either pregnant or two mice started a nest. After killing two mice, Mom discovered a third mouse hiding behind some food above the microwave. Mom's scream brought my dad and I to the kitchen where mom had trapped the mouse. We tried multiple things including trying to scare it into a trap and vacuuming the little pest. Dad got out a hammer and gave it to me to whack the mouse. I'm already afraid of mice, which I discovered today, and I didn't want to see a mutilated mouse smashed on a hammer.
So my dad took the hammer and told me to move the fridge so he could kill the mouse. In moving the fridge, I caused the change jar to almost crown my dad. Despite the efforts, and my hiding behind the threshold, the mouse got away. My dad teased me saying that at least now, he knew he had TWO daughters. Mom teased him by telling me that dad was too scared to hold the hammer himself and made me do it. So overall, my dad and I discovered that we're both wimps. LOL