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Some minor suck from Hubby's job today, mostly due to language barriers. Hubby is a security guard at a gated community. Today he was doing patrol.
At the main gate, there is a Member's gate, and a Visitor's gate. Foreign-group-that-does-not-speak-English pulls up to the Member's gate. The gate doesn't open, since these people are not residents of the community. Gate Guard instructs them to loop around and pull up to the guard shack at the Visitor's Gate. Gate Guard then opens the gate for them to pull around. The group takes off instead.
Hubby gets called to track them down. Hubby finds them and pulls them over. The driver just smiles and nods, while the passenger talks in very broken English. Hubby tells them they need to go back to the gate to sign-in. The passenger tells them they were just looking at property and were leaving. Hubby follows them all the way back to make sure they leave.
The language-barrier allows for some forgiveness. On the other hand, the gate is an obvious indication that access is limited.
Though some suck probably falls on the realtors themselves. There are lots of "Property For Sale" signs outside the gate, some with arrows pointing inward, which could imply one could simply follow the arrows in. (In actuality, people wanting to view properties have to be escorted by a realtor.)
At the main gate, there is a Member's gate, and a Visitor's gate. Foreign-group-that-does-not-speak-English pulls up to the Member's gate. The gate doesn't open, since these people are not residents of the community. Gate Guard instructs them to loop around and pull up to the guard shack at the Visitor's Gate. Gate Guard then opens the gate for them to pull around. The group takes off instead.
Hubby gets called to track them down. Hubby finds them and pulls them over. The driver just smiles and nods, while the passenger talks in very broken English. Hubby tells them they need to go back to the gate to sign-in. The passenger tells them they were just looking at property and were leaving. Hubby follows them all the way back to make sure they leave.
The language-barrier allows for some forgiveness. On the other hand, the gate is an obvious indication that access is limited.
Though some suck probably falls on the realtors themselves. There are lots of "Property For Sale" signs outside the gate, some with arrows pointing inward, which could imply one could simply follow the arrows in. (In actuality, people wanting to view properties have to be escorted by a realtor.)
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