So, we are having a hectic day on Friday, and towards the afternoon a series of events happen that really deserve to get mentioned.
While a vehicle is being towed out of a parking lot, across the way in another parking lot is an altercation. There is a guard who patrols there throughout the day keeping an eye for drunks and car thieves. So, this guy enters the parkade and heads to the upper decks. The guard sees him and goes after him. This guy has been told he isn’t allowed in the parkade since he never brings a car. He claims to be a photographer hired to take photos of the construction going on around the parkade. He usualy shows up drunk, so no one believes him.
He is told yet again to get out, and gives the guard some sass as he he is drunk and therefore an idiot. He is also a violent idiot, and kicks the guard. The guard calls for help and then sails into the idiot and its Hudson’s Bay Rules. The idiot tries to gouge the guards eye out with his thumb, the guard responds by headbutting him several times (this is known as a Glasgow kiss), breaking the guys nose and showering him with his own blood.
My manager and one coworker arrive in the lot and give the guard a hand. The idiot claims he is assaulted, and wants the police called. My manager points out that he is known to Security, is trespassing as he has been told repeatedly not to come into the parkade (all on record), and that when he kicked the guard he assaulted him and defence is defence. My manager then points out that if the police are called they would most likely arrest the idiot. So the idiot gets to wander around for awhile in a bloody shirt and has to breathe through his mouth as well. Doubt if he’ll come by for any more ‘photo shoots’.
What wasn’t mentioned is that there was a second, temporary guard assigned to the parkade to assist the guard in dealing with things like this. What did this temp guard do? He stood and watched. Didn’t lift a finger to help his coworker. This did not go unnoticed, and I seriously doubt that he’ll have a job on Monday.
Oh, and some guy tried to steal over $300 worth of anti perspirants from the drugstore.