Lockdown at CCSU (next door to Charter Oak)

[sanantone]

Sanantone, I agree with your assessment of the security officer as an insurance premium reducer. After 10 years working in security for $10 an hour (or so) I now work for Starbucks at $8.50 which offers me ten free RA college courses, $1000 per year for education. Reduced textbook rates and other perks including full insurance for $75 a month plus I walk two blocks to work and I'm home every night. The average rate for a security officer in Chicago is about $10.00 an hour unarmed $12.00 armed with the requirement to pay about $300 a month for insurance plus two hours driving time. (not including the hundreds of shootings in a city that has very strict gun control) I'm much safer and happier at Starbucks, most of the time Now I know you don't see it as "work" but I find it more interactive than sitting in a gatehouse watching B&W CCTV with an antique revolver.

Starbucks is work, but it's not a career much like security unless you move into management. The experience one gains in food service often does not pertain to his/her future career. No one cares that I worked at McDonald's.