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I've been doing security for about 5 1/2 years now and perhaps I should have gotten used to this way before now, but I have to ask . . . are people really this freakin' stupid?!? I ask because in the last 2 hours I have responded to:
1.) A report of an unsecured dog running rampant on the property. An officer "detained" the dog (as the Animal Control wrote on his report) and secured him until an owner could be identified via pet license number and contacted to come retrieve the animal.
2.) A mother who thought it was appropriate to leave her 6 y/o son in an unlocked minivan for over 30 minutes in 75+ degree weather with only one window cracked while she was grocery shopping (She actually asked the cop that responded to this one if there is a law against parents leaving their kids in a car . . . um, yeah . . . it's called Child Endangerment.)
3.) A request for a lightbulb to be replaced in a track lighting fixture in a store because the employee is too short to reach the light fixture and their corporate safety first policy prohibits them from standing on ladders over 2 1/2 feet (WTF?)
4.) A store that called and reported that they had a customer going into labor. When we arrived, it turned out there was a "possible shoplifter" in the store and the employee wasn't trained on the Center's "secret phrase" for urgent response.
::sigh:: Someone, please tell me I'm not alone. I need a drink. Actually, maybe a few . . .
1.) A report of an unsecured dog running rampant on the property. An officer "detained" the dog (as the Animal Control wrote on his report) and secured him until an owner could be identified via pet license number and contacted to come retrieve the animal.
2.) A mother who thought it was appropriate to leave her 6 y/o son in an unlocked minivan for over 30 minutes in 75+ degree weather with only one window cracked while she was grocery shopping (She actually asked the cop that responded to this one if there is a law against parents leaving their kids in a car . . . um, yeah . . . it's called Child Endangerment.)
3.) A request for a lightbulb to be replaced in a track lighting fixture in a store because the employee is too short to reach the light fixture and their corporate safety first policy prohibits them from standing on ladders over 2 1/2 feet (WTF?)
4.) A store that called and reported that they had a customer going into labor. When we arrived, it turned out there was a "possible shoplifter" in the store and the employee wasn't trained on the Center's "secret phrase" for urgent response.
::sigh:: Someone, please tell me I'm not alone. I need a drink. Actually, maybe a few . . .
. When I told her we don't provide those services she then wanted me to help her carry her grocries in, not only do we not do that either but how can you carry grocries in if you've locked yourself out of your apartment 
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