Not so much witnessed...
Not so much witnessed by myself, althoguh I heard the noise and commotion caused by it.

Security guards can be awful. I often think that it is better to have no security than the poor effort you get from some of them. First a little bit of background.

I live in some halls of accomodation in Sheffield. These halls have 24/7 security guards, electronic locks all over the place and CCTV covering every entry point. However, when the security guards are so inept it can be difficult to see the point of all this stuff we pay for. ou're lucky to get one that understands and speaks english, I've more than once had to play scherades with a security guard so I could understand what he was trying to say! Our security are SUPPOSED to monitor the cameras and then do a tour of the premises every hour or so, whilst having a radio+mobile on them to recieve any calls. There is asecurity buzzer box thing in the foyer that puts us right through to them. You can often come back and just witness them watching Sky sports on the receptions giant plasma or even better, asleep with their feet up on the nice leather sofas in plain view of the entrance to the site. Now to the story...

A drunken girl comes home from partying out that night, she is on her own on returning to our halls. She has lost her key and cannot get into the building. She has however managed to get into the compound by flagging down the security guard who recognises her face (or her chest). He lets her in through the firs electronic gate, then through the next electronic door into the halls buildings. She has by this time let him know she cannot find her key and is wailing like a banshee whilst flailing her arms like an inefficient windmill. She is finding it difficult to retain her upright position and so the security guard very kindly holds her up and helps her into the building and up the stairs. She lets him know which flat and room she lives in so he can let her in. He not only lets her into her flat but then into her individual room too (funny how it was locked from the inside though...). He then stands there checking she is able to get undressed and into bed - just as all good perverted security guards do! Then walks off. I mentioned the door was locked from the inside, this is because this is not the drunken girls room. It is infact some other poor sods room and this other poor sod is fast asleep in her bed in there. Drunken girl gets in to the bed, realises there is someone else in there too. Starts kicking and screaming and generally beating the shit out of this poor girl. Security guard comes back as he hears the commotion as he is leaving (if he'd gone any further who knows what would have happened!). He watches the fight for a few moments before realising what has happened and seperates the girls. The girl who was asleep in her own locked room is now unconscious and has to be taken to hospital as a result of the drunken girl turning her seven shades of purple. Imagine being woken up like that...

An example of when 'security' goes wrong.
( MadAdamUk was last alive on, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 15:11, 1 reply)

Bad wake up call indeed
Would of been great if it was a man who was sleeping in the bed!
( RiverBlues Hello, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 15:30, closed)