Oh f**k you!

So I’m pissed. I have been for two weeks now. I’ve controlled it really well but I want to get it out before I end up killing someone. You may know that I co-own and operate a small security company. Well it used to be a large company but my partner ran it into the ground before I took over. Anyhow, I have one major client that accounts for most of the income for the company. When I first started a long time ago (ten years with a few small breaks) I took over and told them that I would give them the personal attention that a site of this size deserved. Well I gave it so much attention that I actually stopped pursuing new contracts. They became our big fish. Well in that time I personally have never had a serious complaint. I have been recognized by the board of directors and even the mayor for the work I’ve done here. So why am I mad? Well two weeks ago I got an email that said that they have decided to go with a different company for their special events. I was shocked. They have one HUGE event that lasts about two months a year and I have been there every single day since the first day it opened 9 years ago. I have handled two deaths, preformed life saving CPR six times, and administered first aid of all levels at least a thousand times. I was responsible for a more than two dozen arrests including a sexual predator (who we caught before he could assault anyone on our site) who had warrants out that put him away for 22 years. I stopped two armed robberies, subdued a knife wielding psycho and slammed into a bear to stop it from attacking a group of stupid teenagers. I was attacked by a bobcat and nearly mauled by a mountain lion. I put out four fires and found more lost kids than you could fit into a football stadium. Add that to the fact that I was able to run their registers, fix there equipment and even manage their staff when the management would leave the site and you have one pretty great officer. Sure my staff was not always top notch, but they got the job done. So now I lose a site that usually brought in an extra $50,000 or so a year for the company. we also lost an additional $30,000 or so with the rest of their events. So yeah it’s less work for me, but what I am worried about is if they are willing to insult me and just toss me aside for the events, i have to wonder if when my contract is over if they will renew. If they don’t I’m out of work. I had a few other job offers a year or two ago that I passed up on to stay here and now I am getting the shaft. the reason I was given was that our guards were “too social”. That pisses me off because I consider the staff here to be friends and because of that I volunteer my time every time they can’t afford the extra security in their budget. I added it up and I gave them $4,500 worth of free service last year. It’s bullshit. And it’s not like I have a second income or anything to fall back on. If I lose this site I won’t be able to find a job that will pay as well and even if I do I won’t be able to cram all my hours in on the weekend so I can be a full time dad. I really don’t want to lose having my kids five days a week. I feel like I worked the last 12 years to give my family a good life and now they are gone. The comforting thing was that I still had my business and now it’s going too. I’m on the edge of losing everything and I don’t know how to pull it all back.

I know they are planning on getting rid of us and I still have to sit here and kiss their ass, it sucks.

Okay I’m done bitching.