If you're going to jaywalk anyway, why press the button? Meathead!
Into this wild abyss,
The womb of nature and perhaps her grave,
Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,
But all these in their pregnant causes mixed
Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,
Unless the almighty maker then ordain
His dark marterials to create more worlds,
Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of hell and looked a while,
Pondering his voyage ...
- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II
Hey look, a blog! I wonder how to do this... :P
It's strange, it's like I have a constant source of stuff going on, but I don't get to blog it. Time seems very short these days, and the amount of time I actually spend on the computer is a fraction of what it was before. Not that I'm complaining of course...
The title of this blog was something that someone actually said to me the other week. I'd come to a T intersection at around 2300 and hit the cross button. And when the light turned yellow I started to walk across.
And I managed to get all the way across before the light turned red. I'm a fast walker, so sue me.
And one of the cars that had stopped yelled the title out at me. I thought I was on an episode of All In the Family, and I was Archie's Polish son-in-law. :P
So I shouted back "Just to inconvenience you, asshole. Why don't you go home and sober up?"
Hmph.
Finished Half-Life 2 while I've been in stealth blog mode. Fun to play, lots of interesting stuff... but it must be deliberate on their part that the endings to their games suck so badly. I didn't even get to see Xen or the borderworlds! Bastards!
And... why does my sniping crossbow fire red-hot rebar?
Work.
I actually got two days off this past weekend, and it was fantastic! I'm back on to six days (or maybe more) for a few weeks since the Sleeper is on vacation (want to bet he stays up 24/7 on it?) but after that I think I'm down to five days permanently. Short of whatever extra work I can scrounge up.
But you remember the email that the property manager sent to the person at the site that hired my company? About me standing in the lobby and greeting people? Read what I found when I went in after my weekend:
From: (Property manager)
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:00 AM
To: (Guy who hired my company)
Subject: Security Guard
(Guy who hired my company),
As you may or may not known, (property management company) advised (bike patrol guys' company) to replace the morning bike patrol following the problems we had with the (my site) security guard.
It was my understanding that the (my site) guard was going to be reminded of the scope of his duties and that he was to remain within (my site) premises and not provide a distraction to the bike patrol.
This morning at approx. 7:30 am I observed the (my site) guard once again standing in the main lobby, carry on an animated conversation with the new bike patrol. It did not appear they were discussing a security issue.
(Guy who hired my company), I did my part last time and replaced the bike patrol who was clearly not doing his job properly. Could I ask the same of (my site) and have your guard replaced by someone who will follow instructions and not be a hinderance to other guards trying to do their job?
Please call to discuss further.
(Property manager)
Well spank my ass and call me Charlie!
I let my S/S handle talking to the guy who hired us last time, but as I'm less sure of him now, it prompted me to scribble up a little note to the guy myself.
It wasn't the best written thing I've ever produced, but being irked in the middle of the night does that to your writing style. Plus my style sucks anyway. Enjoy:
(Guy who hired my company),
I've just read the latest bit of correspondance from (property manager), and would like to say a few things. To address him one paragraph at a time:
1) (Property management company) did not advise (bike patrol guys' company) to replace the morning bike patrol, (property manager) did. And the reason the guard received was that (property manager) had complained about the guard's injured foot and ankle and said it must be impossible for him to do his patrol in such a state. This coming from the guard's own mouth, the day he received this news.
2) Not that (my site)'s business is any of (property manager)'s concern, but since March 1 2005 many of the PriceWaterhouseCooper auditor's cards no longer work. And even for those with working cards, they don't all have keys to the rooms they use.
I can't issue them cards or keys, but I can take them to where they're supposed to be to do their work. And since I know the approximate times that those who require such services arrive, and since reception is closed and the appropriate Human Resources staff often haven't arrived yet, I sometimes meet them in the lobby and escort them up.
As for the "provide a distraction" comment, all I can say is that all of the guards, both (my company) and (bike patrol guys' company), are adults. This is a comment more suitable for eight-year-olds in school.
3) I observed (property manager) observing us. I even pointed him out to the guard as he didn't know who he was. And he's not the new guard, he's the filler guard. He's already taken a different assignment and most likely won't be seen here again.
As for the "animated conversation", the guard was filling out some paperwork and asked me for one of the building codes. I supplied it to him. He then described his new assignment to me. Our conversation ended with him remarking on how nice the (my site) employees semmed to be, and then my PWC people arrived and I had to leave.
4) I don't take instructions from (property manager). And if a (bike patrol guys' company) employee is not doing their job properly, it has nothing to do with me. In my opinion, (property manager) is greatly overstepping his mandate as a property manager by attempting to give you unsolicited advice on (my site)' outside contractors.
Now for some supplementary information you may not be aware of.
One of the (bike patrol guys' company) guards has quit during all of this. Partly because of this (property manager) nonsense, and partly from frustration at a lack of general logistical support from (bike patrol guys' company). He's since applied to (my company).
Under the terms security guards are licensed by the province, if you tell me that the lobby is off-limits (and how do I cross to get to the office I need to patrol?) and I respond to a problem there, I can be terminated without notice and no severance pay.
Meaning, if (property manager) has his way, if I see you getting stabbed in front of reception, it will cost me my job if I try to help you. Don't think that it's escaped the notice of all the (bike patrol guys' company) guards who work here that their $9.00/hour jobs have needless been made a little more dangerous.
No, there have been no stabbings, but we have had to attend to violent situations in the past.
The vice president of (property management company) has expressed admiration to us personally that our two companies work in harmony together to provide better overall security. He also wanted to make sure that both sets of guards could communicate with each other, and was pleased to learn that we can and do keep in contact.
He also gave me his card and told me he was available if I ever need him. Is this such a time? With (property manager) seeming to have a grudge against me for no apparent reason (we've never spoken, he and I) and asking the (bike patrol guys' company) guards about me, and emailing you asking for me to be replaced, I wonder.
When I started here, I only did three of the weekday morning shifts. There's a reason I now do all five (and a sixth day on the weekend).
Ask a random sampling of your employees (those who work late, or those who come in early) about me. Get them to gauge me.
Check the logs for the use of my key at the magnetic locks and compare them to my daily reports.
And should you say the word, I can have all of the (bike patrol guys' company) employees who have worked this site (both present and past) contact you and offer their observations of me during the shifts we've worked together.
In short, I feel I do my job, see to (my site)'s needs, am liked, and don't need (property manager)'s childish vendetta.
I'm available anytime you need/want to contact me.
Rimmy
Well, this was long and disappointed. Next time I'll tell you of the origin of the Romanian's hate for China. ;)
The womb of nature and perhaps her grave,
Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,
But all these in their pregnant causes mixed
Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,
Unless the almighty maker then ordain
His dark marterials to create more worlds,
Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of hell and looked a while,
Pondering his voyage ...
- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II
Hey look, a blog! I wonder how to do this... :P
It's strange, it's like I have a constant source of stuff going on, but I don't get to blog it. Time seems very short these days, and the amount of time I actually spend on the computer is a fraction of what it was before. Not that I'm complaining of course...
The title of this blog was something that someone actually said to me the other week. I'd come to a T intersection at around 2300 and hit the cross button. And when the light turned yellow I started to walk across.
And I managed to get all the way across before the light turned red. I'm a fast walker, so sue me.
And one of the cars that had stopped yelled the title out at me. I thought I was on an episode of All In the Family, and I was Archie's Polish son-in-law. :P
So I shouted back "Just to inconvenience you, asshole. Why don't you go home and sober up?"
Hmph.
Finished Half-Life 2 while I've been in stealth blog mode. Fun to play, lots of interesting stuff... but it must be deliberate on their part that the endings to their games suck so badly. I didn't even get to see Xen or the borderworlds! Bastards!
And... why does my sniping crossbow fire red-hot rebar?
Work.
I actually got two days off this past weekend, and it was fantastic! I'm back on to six days (or maybe more) for a few weeks since the Sleeper is on vacation (want to bet he stays up 24/7 on it?) but after that I think I'm down to five days permanently. Short of whatever extra work I can scrounge up.
But you remember the email that the property manager sent to the person at the site that hired my company? About me standing in the lobby and greeting people? Read what I found when I went in after my weekend:
From: (Property manager)
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:00 AM
To: (Guy who hired my company)
Subject: Security Guard
(Guy who hired my company),
As you may or may not known, (property management company) advised (bike patrol guys' company) to replace the morning bike patrol following the problems we had with the (my site) security guard.
It was my understanding that the (my site) guard was going to be reminded of the scope of his duties and that he was to remain within (my site) premises and not provide a distraction to the bike patrol.
This morning at approx. 7:30 am I observed the (my site) guard once again standing in the main lobby, carry on an animated conversation with the new bike patrol. It did not appear they were discussing a security issue.
(Guy who hired my company), I did my part last time and replaced the bike patrol who was clearly not doing his job properly. Could I ask the same of (my site) and have your guard replaced by someone who will follow instructions and not be a hinderance to other guards trying to do their job?
Please call to discuss further.
(Property manager)
Well spank my ass and call me Charlie!
I let my S/S handle talking to the guy who hired us last time, but as I'm less sure of him now, it prompted me to scribble up a little note to the guy myself.
It wasn't the best written thing I've ever produced, but being irked in the middle of the night does that to your writing style. Plus my style sucks anyway. Enjoy:
(Guy who hired my company),
I've just read the latest bit of correspondance from (property manager), and would like to say a few things. To address him one paragraph at a time:
1) (Property management company) did not advise (bike patrol guys' company) to replace the morning bike patrol, (property manager) did. And the reason the guard received was that (property manager) had complained about the guard's injured foot and ankle and said it must be impossible for him to do his patrol in such a state. This coming from the guard's own mouth, the day he received this news.
2) Not that (my site)'s business is any of (property manager)'s concern, but since March 1 2005 many of the PriceWaterhouseCooper auditor's cards no longer work. And even for those with working cards, they don't all have keys to the rooms they use.
I can't issue them cards or keys, but I can take them to where they're supposed to be to do their work. And since I know the approximate times that those who require such services arrive, and since reception is closed and the appropriate Human Resources staff often haven't arrived yet, I sometimes meet them in the lobby and escort them up.
As for the "provide a distraction" comment, all I can say is that all of the guards, both (my company) and (bike patrol guys' company), are adults. This is a comment more suitable for eight-year-olds in school.
3) I observed (property manager) observing us. I even pointed him out to the guard as he didn't know who he was. And he's not the new guard, he's the filler guard. He's already taken a different assignment and most likely won't be seen here again.
As for the "animated conversation", the guard was filling out some paperwork and asked me for one of the building codes. I supplied it to him. He then described his new assignment to me. Our conversation ended with him remarking on how nice the (my site) employees semmed to be, and then my PWC people arrived and I had to leave.
4) I don't take instructions from (property manager). And if a (bike patrol guys' company) employee is not doing their job properly, it has nothing to do with me. In my opinion, (property manager) is greatly overstepping his mandate as a property manager by attempting to give you unsolicited advice on (my site)' outside contractors.
Now for some supplementary information you may not be aware of.
One of the (bike patrol guys' company) guards has quit during all of this. Partly because of this (property manager) nonsense, and partly from frustration at a lack of general logistical support from (bike patrol guys' company). He's since applied to (my company).
Under the terms security guards are licensed by the province, if you tell me that the lobby is off-limits (and how do I cross to get to the office I need to patrol?) and I respond to a problem there, I can be terminated without notice and no severance pay.
Meaning, if (property manager) has his way, if I see you getting stabbed in front of reception, it will cost me my job if I try to help you. Don't think that it's escaped the notice of all the (bike patrol guys' company) guards who work here that their $9.00/hour jobs have needless been made a little more dangerous.
No, there have been no stabbings, but we have had to attend to violent situations in the past.
The vice president of (property management company) has expressed admiration to us personally that our two companies work in harmony together to provide better overall security. He also wanted to make sure that both sets of guards could communicate with each other, and was pleased to learn that we can and do keep in contact.
He also gave me his card and told me he was available if I ever need him. Is this such a time? With (property manager) seeming to have a grudge against me for no apparent reason (we've never spoken, he and I) and asking the (bike patrol guys' company) guards about me, and emailing you asking for me to be replaced, I wonder.
When I started here, I only did three of the weekday morning shifts. There's a reason I now do all five (and a sixth day on the weekend).
Ask a random sampling of your employees (those who work late, or those who come in early) about me. Get them to gauge me.
Check the logs for the use of my key at the magnetic locks and compare them to my daily reports.
And should you say the word, I can have all of the (bike patrol guys' company) employees who have worked this site (both present and past) contact you and offer their observations of me during the shifts we've worked together.
In short, I feel I do my job, see to (my site)'s needs, am liked, and don't need (property manager)'s childish vendetta.
I'm available anytime you need/want to contact me.
Rimmy
Well, this was long and disappointed. Next time I'll tell you of the origin of the Romanian's hate for China. ;)
posted by Rimmy at 17:32
2 Comments:
Looking forward to it...
Just to inconvenience you, asshole. Why don't you go home and sober up?
That's what I love about you, Rimmy, you're such a people-person!
And here I thought you loved me because of my sweet ass - way to yank the rug out from under me. :(
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