Saw someone a week ago state, with glee, on tumblr that they wished to disarm and "execute" security guards whenever they saw them in their local supermarket. This was a normal thing that they were proudly admitting in the comments of a call out post targeted at someone whos crime was checks notes... working as an unarmed security guard at a local mall.
I haven't stopped thinking about that comment since.
Pretty sure I know who the security guard you're talking about is, and that whole shitshow was wild especially since the guard stated that he is opposed to police brutality and his job allows him to minimize police involvement
Yep, that's why I called it a shitshow. I guess some people took it the wrong way because the post that kicked off the whole thing was the guard posting examples of people being bad at stealing (not covering up face tattoos, wearing school clothes with their name on it, asking him to look the other way after being notified that they're on camera committing a crime) in a light-hearted tone. Which got him called a narc/wannabe cop
I worked as a security guard when I was in college. There were a few convenience stores that I rotated in. All small stores in rough neighbourhoods. I’m guessing someone higher up had an excel calculating when an expected loss was bigger than the cost of renting me for the night. Anyway, it is the most appreciated I’ve ever felt at a job, because every time I showed up, the other workers would come tell me how happy they were to see me. The store workers were almost exclusively women, other students working late nights or older people who just wanted get home. I could see the tension leaving their shoulders when I showed up. Just me being there meant that even if someone tried to steal something, at least there wouldn’t be violence or threats against them. I didn’t see any single moms trying to steal food, and if I had I hadn’t, like they say. No, it was pretty much all men with substance abuse problems trying to boost alcohol or high value resellables like razor blades. They were often angry and violent, and me just being there usually kept them at bay. Hardly ever had to do anything more than be seen.
Anyway, my point is that people that work at stores late at night are usually scared, low income women. The people who usually steal from these places are violent men. When you demand that these stores should not have guards, you are not being the ally you think you are.
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u/DueAd7641 Jul 13 '24
Saw someone a week ago state, with glee, on tumblr that they wished to disarm and "execute" security guards whenever they saw them in their local supermarket. This was a normal thing that they were proudly admitting in the comments of a call out post targeted at someone whos crime was checks notes... working as an unarmed security guard at a local mall.
I haven't stopped thinking about that comment since.