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I work security at an apartment building full of seniors. A good many of them are pretty cool, one even gave me a quick intro to Arabic writing.
Most of the tenants are pretty cool, there's a few I'm wary of though, because of their predilection for gossip or drama.
Well, last night another one made my shit list. You see, we're allowed to read, sketch, or write between rounds (no electronic stuff though- laptops and DVD players are out), so I bring my sketchbook, and reference pics for whatever I'm working on at the time. So last night I was sitting in the office right off the building lobby, and had gotten my desk set up for the night. Sketchbook on one side, our report sheets on the other, and the newspaper I was reading.
One tenant comes in, walks into my office, and starts talking at me. No, she didn't have a security concern, she just wanted to talk at me. Partway though this, she reached over my desk, and without so much as a "May I?", grabbed one of the pics sitting on top of my sketchbook. And she was not in any way gentle- she grabbed it in such a manner that she almost bent it double, and was creasing the paper. I do confess, my response wasn't the most diplomatic.
"Stop that, you're manhandling it!"
She made a catbutt face at me and said something I couldn't make out. She seemed quite put out that I would take offense at her hamhanded grabbiness.
So she's offended? Tough! The things on my desk aren't for other people to grab at, whether it's our paperwork (not intended for the eyes of tenants), building property, or our own stuff. Seriously, what made her think it was okay to just grab and manhandle somebody else's belongings like that?
Most of the tenants are pretty cool, there's a few I'm wary of though, because of their predilection for gossip or drama.
Well, last night another one made my shit list. You see, we're allowed to read, sketch, or write between rounds (no electronic stuff though- laptops and DVD players are out), so I bring my sketchbook, and reference pics for whatever I'm working on at the time. So last night I was sitting in the office right off the building lobby, and had gotten my desk set up for the night. Sketchbook on one side, our report sheets on the other, and the newspaper I was reading.
One tenant comes in, walks into my office, and starts talking at me. No, she didn't have a security concern, she just wanted to talk at me. Partway though this, she reached over my desk, and without so much as a "May I?", grabbed one of the pics sitting on top of my sketchbook. And she was not in any way gentle- she grabbed it in such a manner that she almost bent it double, and was creasing the paper. I do confess, my response wasn't the most diplomatic.
"Stop that, you're manhandling it!"
She made a catbutt face at me and said something I couldn't make out. She seemed quite put out that I would take offense at her hamhanded grabbiness.
So she's offended? Tough! The things on my desk aren't for other people to grab at, whether it's our paperwork (not intended for the eyes of tenants), building property, or our own stuff. Seriously, what made her think it was okay to just grab and manhandle somebody else's belongings like that?
Talk about unzipping your fly*
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