Long story short, I’m a security guard and after a couple of months decided that with a history of suicidal ideation I probably shouldn’t carry a pistol, I told the doctor at my work, they said I could no longer carry a pistol and I figured they were going to bring me in today (yesterday now), fire me and that’s that. Well, somehow I was not fired, I got in at 1:30, sat for 2.5 hours waiting for something to happen and the people who should have done the firing just went the fuck home… So, I continued to sit. I sat until 9:00 when I was told to go collect trash from the various guard posts. Ok. Then they told me to report in tomorrow at 7:30am (I don’t work at 7:30) and they would have me working days until “my issue is resolved”. So tomorrow I’ll just let them know that it’s not going to be resolved, hopefully they can me then, if I quit I cannot claim un-employment. This is weird as hell because I may end up in a stalemate as a glorified janitor until I can find another job and resign.

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    In a country with pretty strict controls on firearms - especially pistols - so this whole thing reads super weird to me.

    Mental health concerns aside (and massive respect to you for being brave enough to be honest with yourself) what is the point of you having a gun in the first place? What does management expect you to do with that gun?

    Putting myself in your place, if I’m supposed to stand there being a deterrent sure, but I’m not killing someone to stop them stealing stuff (you guys are insured), so unless I’m here to stop armed intruders hurting others (isn’t that what the police are for?) or to defend myself (would I need to defend myself if I wasn’t standing around with a gun, and again, if someone is trying to break in, wouldn’t I be better to just avoid confrontation and call the cops?) what’s the point of being armed in the first place?