We have two supermarkets in my small town, and due to shoplifting and naughty children, both now employ security staff to protect staff and customers. All these security staff do is walk around playing on their smartphones. None of them are British born - no local would do this crap job for low pay, so Sth Asian immigrants mostly, probably came here on student visas, and are entitled to stay for three years or so. Smart young men - with nothing to go home to. Boring job for them, so I do my best to say hello and have a chat with them.
I employ five people myself, all local, as carers for my son: this job requires extreme sensitivity to local cultural norms, and whilst I have interviewed some immigrant workers, they nearly all fail to grasp the complex cultural context and lack the local networks - so all the staff I employ have deep local roots and affinities.
Further to my comment above; the security would walkie/talkie (yes, not phone) the next security man in the line warning them that we were coming. Sometimes we could hear both sides of their conversation.
Our crime - having a DSLR camera.
Good idea of yours Rob to show security that *others* are not the enemy.
I spent four years working overseas myself, in all kinds of jobs, some of which were very humble, such as seasonal fruit picking, and I know it can be quite lonely and alienating - it is really important to welcome anyone who is willing to come and work in your own town - this is probably not their first choice of job or location, but needs must, and they are just doing the best they can to make ends meet.
Luckily my town firmly resisted all proposals for charges for parking three or four years ago - a large demo was held when it was proposed - so they have been shelved. I've never seen a traffic warded here - its an advantage of living in a quiet town of 10k folk.
Seeing this now with UN forces.
Send soldiers to*keep the peace* against those of a culture that is foreign to them.
When I was in Qatar and UAE last November I noted how pretty much all the *security* was done by black skinned people.
A lot of the workers are Pakistani, or Filipino who possibly have kinship feeling toward others of their ethnicity.
Some job adverts stated what ethnicity a job would suit.
But against all this runs a PR campaign pushing woke. And lots of US influence.
We have two supermarkets in my small town, and due to shoplifting and naughty children, both now employ security staff to protect staff and customers. All these security staff do is walk around playing on their smartphones. None of them are British born - no local would do this crap job for low pay, so Sth Asian immigrants mostly, probably came here on student visas, and are entitled to stay for three years or so. Smart young men - with nothing to go home to. Boring job for them, so I do my best to say hello and have a chat with them.
I employ five people myself, all local, as carers for my son: this job requires extreme sensitivity to local cultural norms, and whilst I have interviewed some immigrant workers, they nearly all fail to grasp the complex cultural context and lack the local networks - so all the staff I employ have deep local roots and affinities.
Further to my comment above; the security would walkie/talkie (yes, not phone) the next security man in the line warning them that we were coming. Sometimes we could hear both sides of their conversation.
Our crime - having a DSLR camera.
Good idea of yours Rob to show security that *others* are not the enemy.
I spent four years working overseas myself, in all kinds of jobs, some of which were very humble, such as seasonal fruit picking, and I know it can be quite lonely and alienating - it is really important to welcome anyone who is willing to come and work in your own town - this is probably not their first choice of job or location, but needs must, and they are just doing the best they can to make ends meet.
It's hard to feel kindly towards the parking warden.
Luckily my town firmly resisted all proposals for charges for parking three or four years ago - a large demo was held when it was proposed - so they have been shelved. I've never seen a traffic warded here - its an advantage of living in a quiet town of 10k folk.
$60 instant fine for parking across my own driveway briefly.