Poker Poker Poker!: [vpFREE] Re: xvp The real dope on security guards

You forgot to mention my favorite group of
bipolar LV employees; cab drivers. Best
of all time, was a gal who regaled me with
tales of stabbing her ex. That's a ride you
remember and a gamble I'd rather not take.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, DRAlNBRAMAGE@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/8/2008 11:07:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> santos446@... writes:
>
> It happens frequently in Las Vegas. I suspect they thought
Starhunter
> was someone else. And in my experience, casino security guards
are
> some of the most insecure, power hungry individuals in existence
> (really, how many stable individuals want a career in "casino
> security"?). It doesn't take much to raise the ire of these wanna-
be
> cops.
> ............................
>
>
> OK, now you're tickling the reptile part of my brain. In the past
I worked
> full time and now part time as both armed and unarmed security.
90% of my
> fellow guards are mentally ill and about 10% are gun happy.
You'll show up on a
> site as relief and they have to show you their collection of guns
spread out on
> the passenger seat. And, this would be at an unarmed guard at an
unarmed
> post. A lady guard would show up in her truck, get out and you'd
see she was
> wearing a holster with a gun in it. This was near MLK and
Alexander, North Town
> where its very illegal to have a gun except for special
circumstances. The
> site was an unarmed site and she alluded to not having even a
conceal carry
> permit, complained to the office of my company and they ignored
me. She would
> frequently be loaded on pot when she arrived. Complaint, ignored.
The reason
> is it's so hard to find employees who will show up at all.
>
> The Jewlery Show. you know how Metro has the SWAT team on the roof
of the
> Sands Convention center? Inside every other booth has an armed
guard at night.
> From first hand experience I know many of the armed guards have
no gun
> license at all. The Security company ignores state laws to make
more money. Watch
> for a bloody mess someday when there's a robbery attempt.
Untrained unlicensed
> armed guards shooting at the robbers and each other and yes some
of them
> look like Rob.
>
> This is true at all low paying jobs in Vegas. Notice if you buy
food from
> Jack In The Box there is no phone number on the receipt [except
the store
> number] to complain if you are short changed. Look in the phone
book, no number to
> complain. Go on the web and they have a comment form you can fill
in but...
> try to finalize and send it by decoding the wavy word. I tried six
times and
> my answer was rejected. I finally called "Jack" at the home
office in San
> Diego. Meanwhile "Michael" the cheating employee Finished the
rest of his shift
> polishing his dishonest skills. And... he looked a little like Rob.
>
> There used to be about 60 security companies in Vegas, now maybe
150. Call
> up any company and ask, "What's the purpose of having a security
guard."
> They'll lie at first and say, "To protect your property." If you
keep asking they
> will have to admit what the State of Nevada says, "To observe and
report."
> That's true of casino guards too. They have no business for
example of having a
> running gun battle like we saw on the robbery tape at the Gold
Coast a couple
> years ago. But like Mickey Crimm stated the Nevada law bends in
favor of
> casinos. All security guards are there as a deterrent to crime.
It works too. A
> burglar seeing a sleeping guard on a construction site would
rather go to the
> construction site down the street with no guard at all. I
reported to a
> construction site for the swing shift once and the Super, who
might have been
> Rob, came up to me and said, "See those 20 condenser boxes?" [the
outer part of
> AC units for apts, full of copper tubes] "They'd be a great bed to
sleep on
> huh?"
>
> If you ever see two security guards talking they are usually
discussing
> dreams they'd had while asleep on the job. One of my dreams was
somebody was
> walking in between the construction equipment, I woke up and there
was nobody
> there.I was sleeping once in the cab of a CAT D10, my boss came on
the site for
> a post inspection. He climbed up the side and knocked on the door.
I woke up
> startled and said, "Mister. You're not going to steal THIS
bulldozer."
> Sometimes I sleep so much on the job, I go home and I can't sleep.
> Drain
>
>
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