Duty Story #439

Ok, so not really 439 stories about duty, but there very well could be. For the past two weeks, Leon the night guard has been out of town, on vacation to the Bahamas, so the evening shifts here in the hall have been, interesting. I think that the best analogy would be to think of the wingman finally getting his chance to bait the main woman without taking out the cockblock, it was just nasty, disorganized and fun for no one. Students going down to say that they are locked out, the guard not knowing to page the RA, paging the RD, the RD getting mad at the RA for not getting the page, the RA showing that no page was sent, the RD being mystified, the RA being mystified, the Security guard denying everything. I tell you a vicious cycle. But I guess the lesson that I have learned is to not be on duty when Leon is not around.

Unfortunately what the RA can't avoid is the Hulk of a guard called Mark, anyone that has tried to stumble into the dorm past midnight on any night of the week has to get past Mark. And mark is like a double thickness condom, no sensation, not much fun, and nothing gets through without clearance. He enforces the rules. As well he loves to harass the RAs. We walk past the desk at all hours of the day and night often with our hands full of posters and whatnot, he will still ask us for our ID's scrutinize the picture and look at our face. In short he is an abuser of power, someone who has taken a little bit of authority and run with it to an abusive level. "He does his job," I guess it takes all types to make the system work...