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KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2014, 10:39 PM Jan 2014

Thank you security guards

They aren't all cop wannabees give um a badge and they go all Barney Fife.

I'm still in Atlanta with my sister. Tonight I ended up having to drive in one of the poorest parts ....also most dangerous.... after dark. Stopped to let a a man and lady cross a busy street. She was obviously getting off work late and he got her safely to her car.

It is cold by Atlanta standards and the lady was either dog tired or had mobility issues. She was moving painfully slow. He didn't rush her at all. I got stuck at the light and saw him wait patiently while she got backed out and out in the road.

While he was waiting he looked at me and lifted his chin....thanks for stopping to let them cross. It was nothing.

The thing is this guy gets a paycheck. Probably a pretty small one. But in that neighborhood it's real. He sticks his life out there to make sure a person gets home.

So maybe tomorrow I call that business and whoever is his boss. Say nice stuff in their ear. Next time a rentacop is around I might just shake a hand and thank them for coming to work.

Everyone deserves appreciation for what they do.

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Thank you security guards (Original Post) KentuckyWoman Jan 2014 OP
Well said, KW. Well said... CurtEastPoint Jan 2014 #1
kick 840high Jan 2014 #2
K&R nt sheshe2 Jan 2014 #3
See that armed uniformed guard at the grocery store helping the little boy find his mommy? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #4
kick and rec to the max BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #5
Very nice! SCVDem Jan 2014 #6
I've never understood why people trash security guards Skittles Jan 2014 #7
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
4. See that armed uniformed guard at the grocery store helping the little boy find his mommy?
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 01:00 AM
Jan 2014

That was me in 1979.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
5. kick and rec to the max
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 01:17 AM
Jan 2014

You reminded me that for all we, as liberals, see that is hurting people, we have got to do and support whats right...especially on a person to person basis.

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