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So, if you had on-site security @ work, how weird does someone have to be before you call?
Just wondering.
Because I deal w/a lot of weird people, but call only rarely and I just called because the guy I just gave directions to strikes me as either drunk or just REALLY confused or mentally ill.
And I always feel slightly guilty about calling. But if he is as confused as I think he is, someone smrter than I am checking up on him would be good. (he seemed harmless--probably. But my hackles went up a little, something was a touch 'off'--which may have been the crazy.
He's not super scary...hell, I shook his hand. [His name is "John" and he's a veteran--we also had a conversation because I try to be polite]
And I made my employees who are leaving 'buddy up' to get to cars--that or they had to wait until I had a security escort (about 15 minutes), just in case. Because we work in a rough area and this guy piqued me.
Re: So, if you had on-site security @ work, how weird does someone have to be before you call?
Yeah, I called the woman working alone in an office where she could be cornered w/ a head's up and I've got people around for the next hour (I don't leave for another hour +).
If I get creepy vibes when I leave, or I see him, I'll get security to walk me out--they do that for me whenever I work late anyhow.
always trust your gut. good job calling security. maybe he got lost - maybe has alzheimers and someone is looking for him...kwim?
my grandpa used to get lost when he had alzheimers and he was still lucid enough to have a normal conversation. but yeah, would get incredibly lost and confused.
or maybe this dude is genuinely shady. who knows. be safe though!!
Yeah, I always feel guilty calling...
but I also know that my handicapped relatives...well, calling isn't always bad. And I know the Sgt. on duty tonight, nice guy. SO John is probably in good hands--assuming they caught up with him.
That is why we have onsite security (most of whom are retired city cops). I do get rather 'mother hen' about my employees--they tend to think they're invincible but I make them take some safety/paranoia lessons from me.
Let's see, the one job I had that was in a rough area had doors with security codes and a pirahna (sp?) guarding the tv in the lunchroom. No guards except after hours.
The next job we didn't get a regular security guard until a customer called his case worker and threatened to shoot up the place. However, we didn't get *good* security guards until after another co-worker was attacked by a client who was off her meds--she was hit over the head repeatedly with a chair while the security guard was outside on his smoke break. The receptionist called 911 and the other customers stopped the attacker.
At my last job, I was on secured floor and the security guards checked anyone new in.
LOL, yeah. Everyone was giving him the "WTF!" look, you could hear the screaming and commotion outside but he didn't bother to come in to check it out. They fired him on the spot AFTER the police report was filed.
The sad part was, the attacker was on her last chance residence and they were going to get her settled in that day--but she blew it completely by skipping her meds and going psycho. Once she got out of her visit to the psych ward, she was on the street.