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Chapter 22 Two Days and One Night, Day Shift Security on the Second Day
In the early spring of 2021, in a certain city in the south.

Six thirty in the morning.

I have forgotten how I got on the subway.All I know is that during the subway ride, I sat on the seat closest to the door and rested my head on the side baffle and dozed off in a daze.

The subway at this time is not crowded, and there are many vacant seats. In the carriage, only the galloping sound of the train and the faint sound of TV advertisements can be heard.These sounds are more like lullabies in the early morning hours.

I dare not sleep too soundly, for fear that I will oversit.I can only doze off from time to time, and sometimes forcefully open my heavy eyes to look at the time and the station to make sure that I have not arrived at the station, and then close my eyes and continue to squint for a while.Fortunately, I didn't sit and stop, let alone be late. I haven't rested for 24 hours, I have no fighting spirit and passion, only a sluggish body.

I arrived at the do financial building.With the work experience of the previous day, I am already familiar with several places where I need to go to work frequently.I first went to the lounge and picked out a suit of work clothes that fit as cleanly as possible, and then put on my things.Since I didn't want to order the lunch box here, I went to the convenience store to buy a bento box for today's lunch after I went out.

The cloudy day added a musty smell to the mixed smell in the lounge.Captain Zhou and "Bingge" started smoking cigarettes and drinking strong tea early in the morning.

There are a lot of temporary workers today, and some unfamiliar faces have come to the lounge or are already sitting in the lounge.There were three young teenagers who came together. Although they were young, they were dressed in shabby clothes, and their skin color and appearance did not belong to the type that people and girls like to praise.They said very little, and "Bingge" asked them to choose suitable work clothes to put on, and they just nodded and did so.

There are also an uncle and another young man who are new.The uncle is quite talkative, and he took the initiative to flatter Captain Zhou and several old employees as soon as he entered the door.He speaks with an accent, from which I can probably tell where he is from.When "Bingge" asked him where he was from, the populous province he answered confirmed my guess.

It's almost time, and it's time to start work.This time, I didn't go to the dark underground garage yesterday, nor did I go to the temperature measurement post on the basement floor of the building. Instead, I was taken to the open-air parking lot downstairs by "Bingge" and assigned to a security guard there.The security guard looked 28 and nine years old, with a slightly fat body, wearing a pair of glasses with black frames.He looks simple and honest but not stupid, and he looks a little cute, and I don't know if this is an appropriate description.For the sake of convenience, I will call him "Brother Glasses" for the time being.

"Brother Glasses" asked me if it was my first time to work here. I told him that I had been here yesterday and told him about yesterday's work. He nodded and said he understood.He took me into the entrance of the underground parking lot and told me to stand here first. If I stand for a long time, I can walk around here, but don't leave here, let alone sit.At this time, several persons in charge of the property company in the building will enter the parking lot from here to park their cars. If they are lazy, it will be very troublesome to be caught by them. Wait until nine o'clock to leave here, and go to the place where you just met him to find him. up.There is actually no content in the work, just standing.

"Brother Glasses" speaks in a very kind tone, and he doesn't put on airs. It can be seen that he, like "Bing Brother", is a very good person.

I stood under a pillar directly opposite the entrance to the underground car park, where I was sheltered from the cold wind blowing in from the entrance.Especially today's cloudy and windy weather is very cold.There is a circular convex mirror hanging on a nearby pillar, which is very common in underground parking lots, and it is mainly used to expand the driver's field of vision and play a role in preventing theft.And looking at myself in the mirror from where I was standing was an exaggerated appearance with a distorted figure, which looked very much like myself in the distorting mirror.This reminds me of when I was a child, there were always distorting mirrors near the toy stalls in the mall to attract children's attention.When my mother took me to the mall, I always asked her to take me to deliberately pass by there to play for a while, and then visit the toy stand by the way.

I made some poses and movements in front of the convex mirror to amuse myself and pass the boring time.I couldn't help laughing out loud at my childish behavior and myself in the mirror.This is one of the few laughs I have on days when I am not happy, and it is the kind that comes from the heart.This foolish behavior that would be puzzled or even abused by outsiders is extremely precious to me at this moment!Those are the times when grown-ups are having fun during the difficult years.

An hour and a half wasn't a long time, but it seemed so long in such a cold and boring situation.After finally staying up until nine o'clock in the morning, I dragged my tired pace back to the open-air parking lot to find "Brother Glasses".

He said to me: "It's hard work, you go to rest for 10 minutes, go to the bathroom, and drink some water."

The words "Brother Glasses" reached my heart, because I really need to drink some hot water to warm my body at this time.

After a short break, I came to the open parking lot.The sky began to drizzle, adding some humidity to the cold weather.At this time, it was the morning rush hour, and the parking spaces in the parking lot were very tight. "Brother Glasses" told me that today's job is in this open-air parking lot.He told me about the work while taking me to familiarize myself with the parking lot.The parking lot is neither big nor small, distributed around the building, with a total of only about fifty parking spaces.There will be a team of two security guards, one for the parking spaces on the east side and the rear entrance, and the other for the parking spaces on the west side and the front entrance.The person in charge usually stands on the main road leading to the parking lot in their respective areas, but they have to inspect from time to time and remember how many parking spaces are left in the area they are responsible for, and then communicate with each other with the walkie-talkie to inform each other of the latest number of parking spaces in their area.If the parking spaces in the area you are in charge of are full, place the rubber and plastic square cones stacked in the corner on the main road, and block the road leading to the parking lot in this area to show that the parking spaces are full, and you can only go out and not enter.If there is a vehicle out, it is necessary to clear the roadblock in time to facilitate the owner's driving.

The entrance and exit of the parking lot are on the east side of the main entrance of the building, so it is convenient to guard them.

This job is not difficult, but it is not easy.It seems that there is nothing wrong, but you must always remember the number of parking spaces, and you must calculate the addition and subtraction of vehicles entering and leaving.Compared with yesterday's work in the dark underground garage, it has a taste of the world.It's just outdoor work, coupled with the cold wind and drizzle, it makes people shiver, but how can there be so many things that have the best of both worlds when working outside.Fortunately, every hour of work will be replaced by another group of security guards. "Brother Glasses" said that this position no longer needs people after six o'clock in the evening, because the people in the financial building started to get off work one after another at 04:30 in the afternoon, and the parking space will not be tight by six o'clock.

My partner is the uncle who likes to flatter the security guards in the morning and speaks with an accent.Although the uncle likes to swipe his beard, he only slicks his beard with Brother Bing and others, and he treats temporary workers like him differently.

He can still be considered to be well-versed in his work, which is mainly due to the fact that there is no degree of difficulty in this job.He loves commanding, he likes to command a few words to those who are struggling to reverse the car or to my work.He'd talk to me on the walkie-talkie when I was going to check how many spots were left and tell me to come back quickly and not hang around too long.He will also correct me when we report the remaining number of parking spaces to each other. Don't just say the number, but tell the whole story. The tone is very similar to the tone of a local cadre when he speaks bureaucratically to his assistant.Anyway, the way of speaking and the sentences he cares about are irrelevant things. After all, this kind of thing is not a word game, as long as he can know the meaning he wants to express.

In fact, looking at the uncle's daily behavior since he came to the present, he can know that he is an "official fan", but he has never been a leader in his life, so he seized every opportunity to experience his so-called "official addiction".He didn't dare to have fun with the security guards here, because if he didn't live well, he wouldn't have a good time here all day, so he could only make do with the temporary workers by "watching people order dishes".But he still chose the wrong person, because I didn't pay attention to him at all, which also made him very "not enjoyable".I think he may have his own story, perhaps because he has seen the mighty and domineering leadership and envied him, or he may have been deeply hurt by something that he can't let go of for a long time.

When working in this position, you will find that the driver does not even care about your presence.Even if you are clearing roadblocks for them, they will not have the slightest patience to wait for you to complete all the actions before rushing past you, let alone thank you.

"Anyway, if we hit it, we won't die, at most it's broken. It's better to take insurance! It's not us who hurt!"

These are the exact words from the open window of a man driving a speeding car when I was clearing a roadblock and almost got hit by him.Not because of anything else, just because you are an insignificant character, a practitioner who is considered by him to be at the bottom of society.It is said that "work does not distinguish between high and low." These words are all deceptive. The bitterness of every job can only be swallowed by oneself.

When it was time to rest, "Brother Glasses" replaced my uncle and me with another temporary worker, who was one of the three teenagers who just came here this morning.

My uncle and I got into the elevator to the lounge together.Not long after the elevator doors closed, and the elevator was still slowly rising, I heard the sound of the exhaust of the uncle standing behind me, leaning against the corner.After a few times, there were several more times. The sound was very loud, and the uncle did not shy away from such things.There is an indescribable smell in the small space.

I looked back at him, and he was staring forward with a calm and reasonable expression. It seemed that he had long been used to this kind of thing, and he was already a "shameless" person.I don't know what kind of qualities a person needs to be an official, but I know that when he is with colleagues who are not very familiar with him, the leader will not do this kind of thing.

During the lunch break, I took the bento I prepared in advance and warmed it up in the microwave.The uncle was eating a bucket of classic instant noodles, and a bucket of instant noodles was his entire lunch.I can feel that he is not full, even though he has already drank the bowl of instant noodle soup without a drop left.

Towards the end of my lunch break, one of the morning's newcomers came to the break room for lunch.He found that the lunch box had been taken away, and the portion of the meal that belonged to him had also been taken away.Captain Zhou and "Bingge" opened the record of ordering lunch to re-count the ordering situation of lunch to uphold justice for him. He called the people who took the boxed lunch one by one to inquire about the situation, and then confirmed whether they ordered according to the list and payment records. had lunch.After the investigation, it was found that no one took the wrong food, but the person who delivered the food made a mistake and delivered one less. "Bingge" returned the lunch money to the boy and pointed him to a fast food restaurant or a place selling bento for him to have lunch.The boy shook his head with a full face of grievance and said that he didn't want to eat, and he would eat it after get off work at night. "Bingge" told him in surprise that it was still a long time before he got off work, and he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it.But the young man still shook his head without saying a word and insisted on his own thoughts aggrieved.A security guard who was resting took out a small package of snacks and two small buns and handed them to him to fill his stomach. He declined a few times, and finally accepted it with a stubborn thank you. "Bingge" handed him a cigarette to let him relax.He ate the snack shyly, his eyes flickered under the long eyelashes, and his dark skin made him look very healthy.His legs were trembling unnaturally as he stepped on a pair of worn-out sneakers.boy!Neither is easy.But rationally speaking, it is not easy to be a reason to be pitiful at all.If you really want to make yourself strong, you still have to rely on yourself.

After lunch, continue to stand for the post in the afternoon.At this time, the rain stopped and the wind weakened, leaving a thin layer of dark clouds wandering in the sky.The sunlight is blocked by this thin layer of cloud, but it can still emit some residual heat, which also makes the outdoor temperature not as cold as before.

Not long after, Captain Zhou also came to the open-air parking lot.He said that there will be leaders coming in the afternoon, and people from the property management will also come here to inspect. I am not very clear about the so-called "leaders".After all, in this society, there are so many "leaders".

Captain Zhou also helped us manage the site, and his on-site business ability is beyond words.With him here, the work of my uncle and I will be easier, we just need to stand there pretending to touch the fish.

The area where I am located is full of parking spaces, and I am taking the rubber and plastic square cone to the only way to enter the warehouse to prepare for the roadblock.Just after the roadblock was set up, I saw a champagne-colored commercial vehicle of a foreign brand driving from the entrance of the parking lot very fast to this place and passing by me!Not only did it almost run over my foot, but it also knocked the rubber and plastic square cone away a few meters away!This move frightened me, and my anger came directly to me.

Captain Zhou, who was standing aside, looked at everything in front of him calmly, as if he was used to this scene.He came to my side and said to me: "This is a public car, remember the license plate number, let him in whether there is a parking space or not."

The so-called official car should refer to the existence of a certain agency in this building.This unit should have certain rights and status, so that people would not dare to provoke them easily.At least that's the case for this building.And this car belongs to that unit.

Since Captain Zhou has already said so, I don't bother to interfere in these "bad rules" between them.It's just that the driver's actions just now were too radical. This is not just a matter of disrespecting people, but disrespecting life and not following the rules.Power is sometimes terrifying. If an unknown small unit dares to have such a "temper", it is unimaginable to go up to a higher level.

There was no vacant parking space, and the commercial vehicle was parked at the main entrance of the building, and no one stepped forward to let him drive away.In fact, many vehicles will drive to the main entrance of the building to pick up and drop off people during peak hours, but usually they just stop and go. If there is a slight delay, they will be reminded and urged.The rules are sometimes set differently according to different groups of people.

Just now when the car flashed by, I saw the driver. He had a Mohawk hairstyle, which is the kind of hairstyle with a tuft of hair in the middle and a short haircut elsewhere.The expression is even more attractive.Coupled with a coat depicting dragons and tigers and various behaviors, one can tell at a glance that he is a guy who likes to bully others and cause trouble!This position is usually either a brother-in-law or a lover's brother.The failures of many famous people are caused by such people around them.Thinking of this, I'm actually really sweating for this so-called "leader". I don't know whether his current position will be guaranteed or not, and whether he has made some news.

I can't remember how long the car stayed there and then drove away. Team Zhou asked me to remember his license plate number, but I didn't even bother to look at it, the ghost would care about him!All I know is that since then, when I meet a champagne-colored business car, I won’t take it seriously. I just get in if I like it. I don’t have a place to solve it by myself. Anyway, I won’t go to this muddy water again. As soon as I got up and then drove me into a bad situation, it would not be worth the loss.I believe this is also the working mentality of the vast majority of part-timers.

Captain Zhou walked towards me with a rubber and plastic square cone in both hands, and I saw him put the two rubber and plastic square cones in an empty parking space opposite the main entrance of the building.This is a very convenient parking space both in and out.After setting up the roadblock, Captain Zhou came to me and told me that this is the afternoon when a leader will come to inspect the building, and this parking space is reserved for him deliberately.The leader will come in a black car of a certain German brand, and someone from the building will come out to greet him.The car will be parked in this parking space after waiting for the leader to get off at the door. Then you have to clear the roadblocks in time to ensure that everything goes smoothly.Immediately after Captain Zhou said the license plate number of that car, I didn't remember what went in my left ear and out of my right ear.One is that I haven't rested for a long time, and my mind is already a little numb.Besides, anyway, the ostentation will definitely not be small, even the blind can see it!Temporary workers don't care about the trivial matters of whether the leader is not leading. We only care about whether we are tired during the work process and whether we can get paid on time.

I also rested, and I will hand over the matter of reserving parking spaces for the leader to my "glasses brother" who will replace me.I pointed to the parking space and before I could say anything, "Brother Glasses" knew what I was going to say, and quickly said that he knew about it and asked me to take a good rest.No matter what kind of job it is, it is very important to have a reliable partner like this, and I have a deep understanding of this.

When I came to the lounge to rest, a female security guard was sitting in a corner, facing the wall and her back to the room.There was also a male security guard nicknamed "Pig Hair" eating on the table. "Pig hair" put the last of the rice in the lunch box into his mouth, then kept making "呲" and "呵" sounds and picked his teeth with his tongue.

There was a sobbing sound from the corner, and I saw the female security guard wiping her tears. It turned out that she was crying.She is more than 40 years old, and "Pig Hair" is about 50 years old, both are middle-aged.

After a while, Captain Zhou came in.With a helpless look on his face, the female security guard turned around, crying and aggrieved, expressing that she was going to resign and did not intend to do it anymore. "Pig Hair" put his feet on the table and put on a smug look. He continued to pick his teeth and said that he would speak after the female security guard finished speaking.The female security guard pointed at the "pig hair" and cursed a few times, and said how did I offend you. The more she cursed, the more she cried. "Pig Hair" didn't want to anymore, he pointed at her and asked who she was scolding, believe it or not, he dared to beat her.Captain Zhou shouted helplessly that he should not say a few words.It seems that before I just came in, these two people had just had a conflict.

I don't have much contact with these two people. I think "Pig Hair" doesn't have a good reputation. He seems to be a person who likes to find trouble, but just hearing it doesn't represent the truth.

I wisely got up and left the lounge.I don't think it's good for me to stay here any longer. First, because the atmosphere makes me very irritable. Second, because I'm just a temporary worker, I can't bear to witness the conflicts in other people's companies. Besides, my presence will be detrimental to Zhou. Captain's adjustment.

I can only find a place to sit for a while by myself, and my rest time was successfully destroyed by them.What is the cause of their conflict, who is right and who is wrong, I have no way of knowing, and I don't want to know.Compared with these, I should cherish my own rest time more.But I still feel that they are all low-level working people who come out to work, all for the meager taels of silver.It's better to give each other face if there is anything, the real guy is to make money!Why bother each other.

Sit east for a while, stand west for a while and get through the rest time.When I returned to work again, the parking space was still reserved, and the so-called unknown "leader" still hadn't arrived.

After standing for about 10 minutes, a man in a gray suit and gold-rimmed glasses came out of the building.He came to my side and asked me if that parking space was reserved for the leader of a certain license plate number.I didn't remember the license plate number at all, but I nodded and said yes to show that I was a professional person while talking about the color and make of the car.The man nodded his head gratefully to me and kept saying "yes yes yes".In this way, I confirmed that it was the car that reserved the parking space, in case there was a mistake.

I was about to remove the two rubber and plastic square cones used to occupy the space, and the man in the gray suit had already taken the first step to help me move.A few more people in professional attire came out of the building, some men, and some long-legged female secretaries in stockings uniforms.Looking at their positive appearance, this "leadership" should be coming soon.

Sure enough, a black car drove towards the direction where we were standing, and the group of people headed by the man in the gray suit immediately went up to it. The "leader" got out of the car. He was wearing a black coat and his back was facing me. I couldn't see his face.The man in the suit stepped forward and shook the leader's hand respectfully and greeted him a few words. His expression was as excited, kind and exaggerated as if a refugee saw a savior.This expression alone fully expresses the "mask" worn by adults in the workplace.

After bidding farewell to the "Leader" group, I continued my work.At six o'clock in the afternoon, I was assigned to the temperature measurement post at the entrance of the lobby of the building.Since the main entrance of the building is open, unlike the basement floor of the previous day, there is no need to open the door for anyone here.

There are many office workers in the building who like to order takeaway or fill in the delivery address in their own company.But many office buildings have such a rule, that is, takeaway guys and courier guys are not allowed to enter.I need to tell the couriers and takeaways when they come here to put the courier or takeaway on the table at the door or call the recipient to come down and pick it up, and they all know this rule.

I was dazed until it was time to get off work. I went back to the lounge and changed my clothes and walked towards the elevator.The young man who came alone today and I took the elevator together.He told me that he had a part-time job of swiping bank cards last night.The part-time job is in a small office, where I don't have to do anything. I sit and play with my mobile phone to sleep all night, and I also serve dinner. I made a full two hundred yuan in one night.He showed me his WeChat account transfer records and asked me if I wanted to do the same.I waved my hand because I knew exactly what kind of job that was.

This job requires you to provide a bank card of your own to the other party, and then the other party uses the bank card you provided to do some other things, but I don’t know exactly what it is used for, but most of them are illegal Improper conduct.The bank card is at risk of being frozen and becoming a dishonest person at any time, and maybe one day you will get into trouble.Otherwise, how could people not want you to cook good wine and food for you?It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of part-time job will ruin your life.

He is still trying to persuade me to do it, I don't make any noise, and I don't pay attention to him anymore.As soon as the elevator doors opened, I parted ways with him immediately.At this time, I have not rested for 36 hours.

With a tired body, I walked to the central square that must pass through to the subway.

Every skyscraper in the financial center has its own show.Glittering screens and colorful lines embellish and enrich the night.I looked at the surrounding high-rise buildings and the brightly lit night scene.I know in my heart that every building here is far from being as simple as imagined.

(End of this chapter)