R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Respect is a major part of the work place, but another unfortunate aspect of where I work is the infection of artificial respect. Where I work no one wants to be in charge, but SOMEONE has to be in charge and take the lumps of having to deal directly with all of the verbal and mental abuse that comes from other departments. The Security department at the Art Museum is not the most respected and for good reason.

Those in charge of it have never had an ounce of power in their lives; the legal ability to harass people for normal every day things. Knucklehead, Mismanagement, and Predator are all (or was in Predator’s case) wannabe cops. Remember that I covered the subject of wannabe cops before? It’s much worse with them.

With other people in the department like the new Lead Officers and Supervisors; Chop and Aretha Franklin. They have never been in charge of anything. Apart from maybe their kids, but never a crew of Security officers, and it shows with people like that. They took the job for the pay, and I don’t blame them, but there’s commanding respect and then there’s demanding it.

Look at get that you never had a decent job in your life, I understand that you have kids to feed and want a few more dollars on your paycheck, but a Stephanie Rawlins Blake haircut and a new job title isn’t going to make people instantly respect you. If you are the type of person that believes this then you have self esteem issues, or worse, you are secretly mad with power.

Sort of like the police, they’re not all bad and they can have their issues worked out, but that is for a psychiatrist and not your employees. Check yourself before you come to work. There might not be any rough rides at an Art Museum, but lawyers are just as much a factor if the wrong actions take place.