Unfortunately, I think I am on borrowed time at my weekend security guard job. I work for a great security company and I have no problem with the company at all. The problem lies in the site that I have been assigned to provide security at. The site where I have been assigned has a security manager that just does not like me for whatever reason and has made it her sole purpose to make my life miserable. I don’t work for this security manager. This security manager works directly for the company that owns the site that I am contracted to work on. Let’s call this security manager Linda.
Linda once tried to write me up for not doing my job. She does not have the power to write me up. When I saw the write up form in my mailbox, I wrote refused to sign on the form. I told my manager at the company I work for and he said not to worry about it because I don’t work for Lina. Then fast forward a couple of weeks and Linda decided to make surprise inspection of my security post. It just so happens that I was using the bathroom when she showed up.
As I was walking out of the bathroom, Linda approached me, got way too close to me, and started yelling at me like I was a small child being disciplined. She accused me of abandoning my security post. I said nothing at all until she stopped. Once she stopped, I quietly said while enunciating my words, “Good morning. Please do not every speak to me like that again. I am an adult. I needed to use the bathroom and I went ahead and did that. At no time did I abandon this post. When I was trained, I was never told that I had to get anyone to relieve me prior to using the restroom. In the post orders book, there is nothing in writing stating that I had to do so.”
I am sure what I said did nothing to further endear me to her. I still don’t know how I ended up on Linda’s shit list but I am guessing I am not “black enough” for the site. I am the only white security guard there. Perhaps Linda, being African American, wants me gone. Well, the handwriting is on the wall and I need to begin looking for a new security gig. Sadly, there isn’t jack shit out there but I keep checking Indeed every day.