There is a security guard at this building that I work in. He makes me totally uncomfortable.. at first, I thought he was really nice.. he always said Hi and bye to me as I came to and left work. Then one day I decided I was going to start reparking my car during my lunch. He saw as I went out there to do it and when I came back in, he offered to do it for me everyday. I told him no thanks...I'm just going to try to see if it saves me time doing it. So he said... I could go to your desk and pick up your keys and repark your car for you everyday, it's no problem. Again, I told him, no, it's okay... I don't really know if reparking my car will save me much time anyway.
So after that first time, I never reparked my car again. I just didn't want him to ask me again or ask why I didn't want him to. The real reasons were of course that I felt uncomfortable with the thought of some stranger I don't really know driving in my car.. probably snooping all over my stuff. Secondly, I had the feeling he never really asked anyone else if he could do that. I asked another female coworker of mine who reparks her car if he ever offered that for her and she said no. That's when I really felt sick... I felt like he viewed me like something vulnerable... like I'd start liking him if he did that for me. It really grossed me out. I may sound like I'm jumping to conclusions, but sometimes you just have to go by your instincts. I don't necessarily think the security guard LIKED me, but he sure acted overly friendly.
So like... a few weeks later, I noticed he was making his rounds around the building so I felt it was safe to run out there and repark my car. I walked as fast as I could and then suddenly -- BAM -- there he was... across the hall from me.. and he waved to me... so I waved back.. and started rushing towards the front of the building and when I got there.. he was already there so I was a little mad.. and then I realized I forgot my keycard, so I had to ask someone to let me back in.. and of course HE let me in.. and he even said, "No Problem Rosalyn"... so he even knew my name... how I don't know.. but I know I never told him my name. So when I came back to my desk to get my keycard, I had 2 coworkers come with me to repark my car.. that way he would leave me alone.. and he did. And after that one evening, I started parking in the back so I would totally avoid him. And I JUST found out we will be moving to a new building in a couple weeks.. YES@!$ No more Mr. Security Guard... leave me be!
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