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I Am A Security Guard: Goodbye

By Jerome Haller
Funny how the job-hunting process works.

Posted on July 17, 2011

I Am a Security Guard: Rest In Peace

By Jerome Haller
I had watched him for the wrong reasons.

Posted on July 14, 2011

I Am A Wrigley Beer Vendor

By Wrigley Beer Man
Like any workplace, we've got our cliques.

Posted on June 30, 2011

I Am A Security Guard: Replacing Raquel

By Jerome Haller
A cocaine dealer by trade, he flashes a big wad of cash and talks loudly on a cell phone as though he were a big shot.

Posted on May 2, 2011

I Am A Security Guard: We're Here, We're Queer

By Jerome Haller
I once told the Nice Cashier that my favorite cross-dresser had nice legs.

Posted on January 20, 2011

I Am A Security Guard: Ode to the Nice Cashier

By Jerome Haller
We assumed the Nice Cashier had served her time. Subsequent events proved us wrong.

Posted on January 17, 2011

I Am A Security Guard: And I Won't Carry A Gun

By Jerome Haller
People like me should not pack heat.

Posted on January 11, 2011

I Am A Security Guard: 10 Degrees And Topless

By Jerome Haller
She wore blue corduroy pants - and nothing else.

Posted on December 23, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Working Stiffs

By Jerome Haller
Although I don't like my job, the kindness of others has helped me to survive.

Posted on December 16, 2010

I Am a Security Guard: The Roads Not Taken

By Jerome Haller
The security company that rejected me did me a favor.

Posted on November 15, 2010

Working The Door: No Public Restroom!

By Danny Fender
Not on my shift.

Posted on August 4, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: My Brief Foray Into Crime

By Jerome Haller
Although decades have passed since the theft, I have not forgotten the fear and shame I felt that afternoon

Posted on July 28, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Pitbull's Revenge

By Jerome Haller
Although the lookout and his partner had played me, Pitbull helped me get the last laugh.

Posted on July 27, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: And A Voyeur

By Jerome Haller
It's too easy to cross the line.

Posted on July 26, 2010

I Am a Security Guard: Karma and Condoms

By Jerome Haller
Truth be told, that cross-dresser ranks among the store's most polite customers.

Posted on June 22, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: How To Steal

By Jerome Haller
Despite our best measures, shoplifters have a fighting chance.

Posted on June 21, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Mistakes, I've Made A Few

By Jerome Haller
I've written about people who are quirky, obnoxious or just plain ignorant. This time, I acknowledge that I've been the idiot on several occasions.

Posted on April 29, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Why I Draw

By Jerome Haller
Ultimately, drawing does more than provide a means to pass the time. It gives me a survival tool. Unlike my uncle, I can't give it up.

Posted on April 26, 2010

At Your Service: St. Patty's Pizza

By Patty Hunter
I know that no matter what else is going on in my life, there will be hungry tourists waiting to tip me 10 percent.

Posted on March 25, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: The Roaring 20s

By Jerome Haller
I resisted the urge to shove his face through the door. Instead, I called the police.

Posted on March 9, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Where Is The Love?

By Jerome Haller
The New Cashier has a good heart, but can be flippant when someone ticks her off. Also, she had just dumped her loser boyfriend.

Posted on February 25, 2010

At Your Service: Holiday Hoedown

By Patty Hunter
My manager tried to follow the group as they walked out. I tried to hold him back but he's a big guy.

Posted on January 11, 2010

I Am A Security Guard: Hairy Situations

By Jerome Haller
Customer offenses.

Posted on December 10, 2009

I Am A Security Guard: Profiling

By Jerome Haller
Was the Head Guard targeting suspects based on skin color? I found out later that night.

Posted on November 13, 2009

I Am A Security Guard: Nicknames

By Jerome Haller
Churros, Coupons, Diapers, and Mr. Stinky.

Posted on November 12, 2009

At Your Service: Staff Unity

By Patty Hunter
I'm not afraid to tackle a bitch.

Posted on October 29, 2009

I Am A Security Guard: Origins Part 2

By Jerome Haller
As time passed it became clear that several of the other guards were lazy, incompetent, or both.

Posted on October 13, 2009

I Am A Security Guard: Origins Part 1

By Jerome Haller
I enjoyed the sessions because they provided a taste of the real world. No one talked about handling dangerous visitors at my old office.

Posted on October 12, 2009

I Am A Security Guard: Se Habla Espanol

By Jerome Haller
He approached me and asked for "gay or raid."

Posted on September 25, 2009

At Your Service: The Stupid Season

By Patty Hunter
I don't think I'll miss explaining a dozen times that our exit is located the same place you came in

Posted on September 24, 2009

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