Tonight, less than an hour and a half ago, a client's (a grocery store in a very tough neighbourhood) employee asked me go outside to drive some youths away from a cart corral (they were just hanging around it, playing on it as kids do, no violence whatsoever). I know these youths, they are probably the best-behaved kids (about 14 years) in the area. I was also less than 3 minutes from going off duty, as if that had anything to do with it.
When I said that what goes on outside the store is not within my mandate (deterrence of theft, arrest as neccessary, and general security inside the store), he really let me have it, right out of the blue, in his best argumentative and condescending tone, at one point stepping within 1 foot of me.
Going on and on about "What is your job? What do you do?" and "In 20 years I've seen the likes of you a thousand times" "Being a hero for the [baggers] front end staff, and writing in your little notebook."
Needless to say, my boss heard about this scene almost immediately after I exited the area (going off duty), and I wrote a complete report on it as soon as I got home (only two minutes away), making it a pdf and emailing to the boss.
I can take grief from a worthless p-o-s all day long, but to take it from someone that, in a very real way, I work with every day, well that bothers the hell out of me. What if the mustard hits the fan and I need this guy for help? Will he give it?
Yet another shred of the faith I have in people is dashed upon the rocks.
wjohnc
every day is a lesson
When I said that what goes on outside the store is not within my mandate (deterrence of theft, arrest as neccessary, and general security inside the store), he really let me have it, right out of the blue, in his best argumentative and condescending tone, at one point stepping within 1 foot of me.
Going on and on about "What is your job? What do you do?" and "In 20 years I've seen the likes of you a thousand times" "Being a hero for the [baggers] front end staff, and writing in your little notebook."
Needless to say, my boss heard about this scene almost immediately after I exited the area (going off duty), and I wrote a complete report on it as soon as I got home (only two minutes away), making it a pdf and emailing to the boss.
I can take grief from a worthless p-o-s all day long, but to take it from someone that, in a very real way, I work with every day, well that bothers the hell out of me. What if the mustard hits the fan and I need this guy for help? Will he give it?
Yet another shred of the faith I have in people is dashed upon the rocks.

wjohnc
every day is a lesson
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